Animal litter and associated methods
AssigneeMFM Industries, Inc.
InventorsElliott Mallard, Jack Hollrah, Todd Zielinski
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Abstract
An animal litter composition includes bentonite clay, montmorillonite clay, and pieces of pine wood. In a particular embodiment, the animal litter composition has the following proportions of components by weight: bentonite clay, 40-70%; montmorillonite clay, 20-50%; and pine wood, 5-20%. In another embodiment, an animal litter composition has the following approximate proportions of components by weight: bentonite clay, 40-70%; montmorillonite clay, 20-50%; pine wood, 1-5%; and cedar wood, 2-8%. The clay mixture is believed to provide superior clumping characteristics over animal litters known in the art, and the pine wood, having a hollow capillary vessel structure, serves as a “biofilter,” effectively trapping moisture and odor.
Claims12
An animal litter composition comprising bentonite clay, montmorillonite clay, cedar wood, guar gum, and pine wood having the following ranges of proportions of components by weight:
- bentonite clay, 40-70%;
- montmorillonite clay, 20-50%;
- and pine wood, 1-5%, and cedar wood, 2-8%, and guar gum, 0.10-0.75%,
- wherein at least greater than 80% of each component passes a respective mesh size as follows:
- bentonite clay, 4 mesh;
- montmorillonite clay, 10 mesh, pine wood, 4 mesh;
- and cedar wood, 10 mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.