Apparatus for toilet training a pet and method for toilet training a cat

An apparatus for toilet training a pet, comprising:

• a toilet seat cover adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and an opening formed through said top and bottom cover surfaces, said top cover surface permitting the pet to squat thereon;
• a receptacle removably disposed in said opening of said toilet seat cover,
• wherein said receptacle includes:
• a tubular part having an upper end that engages removably a periphery of said opening of said toilet seat cover, and a lower end opposite to said upper end;
• and a cap part removably secured to said lower end of said tubular part and adapted to receive litter material and pet excrement falling into said receptacle via said opening of said toilet seat cover and said upper end of said tubular part.

An apparatus for toilet training a pet, comprising:

• a toilet seat cover adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and an opening formed through said top and bottom cover surfaces, said top cover surface permitting the pet to squat thereon;
• a receptacle removably disposed in said opening of said toilet seat cover;
• and
• litter simulating elements disposed removably in said receptacle.

An apparatus for toilet training a pet, comprising:

• a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening;
• a toilet seat cover connected liftably to said toilet seat, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through said top and bottom cover surfaces, said second opening being smaller than said first opening and having a size sufficient to permit the pet to squat on said top cover surface;
• and
• a receptacle disposed removably on said toilet seat cover and extending through said second opening in said toilet seat cover and said first opening in said toilet seat,
• wherein said top cover surface of said toilet seat cover is a roughened surface.

An apparatus for toilet training a pet, comprising:

• a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening;
• a toilet seat cover connected liftable to said toilet seat, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through said top and bottom cover surfaces, said second opening being smaller than said first opening and having a size sufficient to permit the pet to squat on said top cover surface;
• and
• a receptacle disposed removably on said toilet seat cover and extending through said second opening in said toilet seat cover and said first opening in said toilet seat,
• wherein said receptacle includes:
• a tubular part having an upper end that engages removably a periphery of said second opening of said toilet seat cover, and a lower end opposite to said upper end;
• and
• a cap part removably secured to said lower end of said tubular part and adapted to receive litter material and pet excrement falling into said receptacle via said second opening of said toilet seat cover and said upper end of said tubular part.

An apparatus for toilet training a pet, comprising:

• a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening;
• a toilet seat cover connected liftably to said toilet seat, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through said top and bottom cover surfaces, said second opening being smaller than said first opening and having a size sufficient to permit the pet to squat on said top cover surface;
• a receptacle disposed removably on said toilet seat cover and extending through said second opening in said toilet seat cover and said first opening in said toilet seat;
• and
• litter simulating elements disposed removably in said receptacle.

A method for toilet training a cat, comprising:

• (a) providing a toilet training apparatus which includes:
• a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening,
• a toilet seat cover connected liftably to the toilet seat, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through the top and bottom surfaces, the second opening being smaller than the first opening and having a size sufficient to permit the cat to squat on the top cover surface, and
• a receptacle disposed removably on the toilet seat cover and extending through the second opening in the toilet seat cover and the first opening in the toilet seat;
• (b) positioning the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover of the toilet training apparatus on a litter container containing cat litter, and lowering the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat to allow the cat to squat on the top cover surface and to relieve itself on the cat litter in the litter container through the second and first openings;
• (c) after the cat gets used to the idea of relieving itself by squatting on the top cover surface of the toilet seat cover, removing the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover of the toilet training apparatus from the litter container, connecting the toilet seat to the toilet bowl, filling an amount of cat litter in the receptacle, and disposing the receptacle on the toilet seat cover so that cat excrement can fall into the receptacle through the second and first openings when the cat squats on the top cover surface to relieve itself on the cat litter in the receptacle;
• and
• (d) after the cat gets used to the idea of relieving itself by squatting on the top cover surface of the toilet seat cover with the toilet seat connected to the toilet bowl, removing the receptacle from the toilet seat cover so that cat excrement can fall into the toilet bowl through the second and first openings when the cat squats on the top cover surface to relieve itself.

A method for toilet training a cat, comprising:

• (a) providing a toilet training apparatus which includes:
• a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening,
• a toilet seat cover connected liftably to the toilet seat, and having a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through the top and bottom surfaces, the second opening being smaller than the first opening and having a size sufficient to permit the cat to squat on the top cover surface,
• a receptacle disposed removably on the toilet seat cover and extending through the second opening in the toilet seat cover and the first opening in the toilet seat, the receptacle including a tubular part having an upper end that engages removably a periphery of the second opening of the toilet seat cover, and a lower end opposite to the upper end, and a cap part removably secured to the lower end of the tubular part, and
• litter simulating elements disposed removably in the receptacle;
• (b) positioning the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover of the toilet training apparatus on a litter container containing cat litter, placing the litter simulating elements on the cat litter, lowering the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat to allow the cat to squat on the top cover surface when relieving itself, and alternately placing and removing the tubular part of the receptacle, which has the litter simulating elements disposed therein, on the toilet seat cover so that cat excrement falls on the cat litter in the litter container through the tubular part when the tubular part is placed on the toilet seat cover and through the second and first openings when the tubular part is removed from the toilet seat cover;
• (c) after the cat gets used to the idea of relieving itself by squatting on the top cover surface of the toilet seat cover, removing the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover of the toilet training apparatus from the litter container, connecting the toilet seat to the toilet bowl, disposing the tubular part with the litter simulating elements disposed therein on the toilet seat cover, filling an amount of cat litter in the cap part of the receptacle, and alternately connecting and disconnecting the cap part to and from the tubular part so that cat excrement can fall into the cap part when the cap part is connected to the tubular part and can fall into the toilet bowl when the cap part is disconnected from the tubular part;
• (d) after the cat gets used to the idea of relieving itself without requiring the cat litter, disconnecting the cap part from the tubular part, and gradually reducing the number of the litter simulating elements in the tubular part;
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• (e) permanently removing the tubular part of the receptacle from the toilet seat cover.