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US 8,522,719 B2Granted
Portable and disposable living-grass pet toilet
OwnerAndrew Craghan Feldinventor
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Abstract
A portable, fully-disposable, pet toilet is comprised of a receptacle whose cavity is fitted with living grass, living sod (including washed or soil-free sod), or a grass-seed medium. The unit has a fitted, removable cover or fold-back lid to enable the convenient shipping and disposal of the unit in its entirety. The pet toilet is used by the pet for a set period of time, at which point it is completely disposed of and replaced with a new one.
Claims3
A pet toilet unit construction and continuous delivery and replacement method comprising the steps of:
- constructing a pet toilet, wherein a single, integrated unit is created, said unit having:
- a receptacle made from, lined with, or coated with a liquid impermeable material, and a plurality of sidewalls that rise from a base of the receptacle and connect to form an internal cavity into which a piece of living grass is fitted for the purpose of collecting the bodily waste of a pet, and having a fitted cover that can be removed or folded back;
- establishing a continuous delivery and replacement method for the continuous delivery and replacement of pet toilet units, each unit constructed in a manner substantially similar to the unit previously described, said delivery and replacement to occur at regular, specified intervals so as to continuously provide at least one customer with a new unit to replace a previously delivered unit;
- wherein the unit is designed to both transport the living grass for initial use and to serve as a fully disposable pet commode;
- wherein the unit has a fitted cover or fold-back lid to facilitate the convenient shipping and disposal of the unit in its entirety;
- wherein the unit has one or more openings that enable air circulation in the unit in a state where the cover or lid is covering the receptacle base and keeping the living grass completely contained,
- wherein the continuous delivery and replacement method provides a self-contained unit that is delivered in its entirety and is replaced in its entirety when the shipment of a new unit arrives;
- wherein the continuous delivery and replacement method maintains the freshness of the unit's living grass during shipment by the circulation of air;
- wherein the continuous delivery and replacement method maintains the freshness of unit's living grass until the unit is discarded and replaced with a newly shipped unit;
- and
- wherein the continuous delivery and replacement method provides a unit that allows a pet's entry into the unit by the removal or folding down of the unit's cover.
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