Litter box
OwnerJames R. Sage, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A litter box having a first litter box half with a first recess. The first litter box half triangularly shaped. The litter box having a second litter box half with a second recess. The second litter box half engages with the first litter box half to form an enclosure. The first recess aligning with the second recess when the first litter box half and second litter box half are engaged to form an entrance to the enclosure through which an animal can enter the enclosure. The second litter box half triangularly shaped, and with the first litter box half to fit into corners. The litter box having a screen which fits into either the first litter box half or the second litter box half. The screen having handles so the screen can be lifted from either the first litter box half or the second litter box half.
Claims6
A litter box comprising:
- a first litter box half with a first recess, said first litter box half triangularly shaped;
- a second litter box half with a second recess, said second litter box half engages with said first litter box half to form an enclosure, said first recess aligning with said second recess when the first litter box half and second litter box half are engaged to form an entrance to the enclosure through which an animal can enter the enclosure, said second litter box half triangularly shaped, and with said first litter box half to fit into corners;
- and a screen which fits into either the first litter box half or the second litter box half, said screen having handles so the screen can be lifted from either the first litter box half or the second litter box half.
A method for dealing with cat litter comprising the steps of:
- placing a screen into a first litter box half;
- placing cat litter onto the screen;
- engaging the first litter box half with a second litter box half so the first and second litter box halves form an enclosure;
- having an animal enter the enclosure through an entrance defined by a first recess in the first litter box half and a second recess in the second litter box half which align and form the entrance when the first and second litter box halves are engaged;
- removing the second litter box half from the first litter box half after the animal has left the enclosure;
- lifting the screen out of the first litter box half so it scrapes the interior walls of the first litter box half with a rim of the screen as the screen is lifted;
- shifting the cat litter through the screen into the first litter box half;
- cleaning the screen;
- placing the screen into the second litter box half;
- pouring, the cat litter onto the screen in the second litter box;
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- engaging the first litter box half with the second litter box half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.