EP1139724A1 - Bac a litiere pour chats - Google Patents

Bac a litiere pour chats

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Publication number
EP1139724A1
EP1139724A1 EP99960033A EP99960033A EP1139724A1 EP 1139724 A1 EP1139724 A1 EP 1139724A1 EP 99960033 A EP99960033 A EP 99960033A EP 99960033 A EP99960033 A EP 99960033A EP 1139724 A1 EP1139724 A1 EP 1139724A1
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Prior art keywords
side walls
box
bottom plate
litter box
kitty litter
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Petrus Cornelis Boekel
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Tommy's John BV
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/01—Removal of dung or urine, e.g. from stables
    • A01K1/0107—Cat trays; Dog urinals; Toilets for pets
    • A01K1/0125—Foldable or collapsible litter boxes

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a cat litter box, comprising an assembly of a housing and a lining cooperating with the housing.
  • a cat litter box is disclosed in patent specification US-A-4, 788, 935.
  • the known cat litter box is formed as a completely disposable assembly of a housing and contents for the housing.
  • the contents of the housing comprise a half-product serving as packaging, which by unfolding becomes a box comprising a bottom plate and upright side walls. In one of the side walls an opening is provided for the cat.
  • a sleeve supplied therewith can be used to complete the cat litter box.
  • the sleeve then functions as housing.
  • the box enveloped by the sleeve is returned to its original half-product condition, for which purpose the side walls are pushed from outside the sleeve, into the folded condition.
  • the known cat litter box has several drawbacks. Firstly, manipulating the box in order to insert it into the sleeve when using the cat litter box for the first time as well as pushing back the walls of the box through the sleeve after it has been used, is rather akward. Secondly, there is a large amount of waste, since every time the box containing the excrements of the cat is discarded, the sleeve thus serving as waste disposal bag, also has to be discarded. Thirdly, the assembled known cat litter box consisting of a cardboard box and an enveloping flexible sleeve, does not stand very firmly when in use so that it can easily become a play ball for the cat. This has negative consequences with respect to the hygiene of the cat litter box.
  • the cat litter box according to the invention is characterized in that the housing is formed as a first box comprising a bottom, upright side walls and optionally a lid, and is designed for permanent use, and in that the lining is removable and that it is formed as a disposable second box of a size such that the second box can be accommodated in the first box substantially without play between the first and the second box. Readying the cat litter box according to the invention for use merely requires the simple measure of placing the second box into the permanent first box functioning as housing. After the cat litter box has been used, the second box may simply be removed from the housing of the cat litter box and discarded. This limits the amount of waste and due to the permanent character of the housing, the stability of the cat litter box according to the invention is ensured.
  • the housing has high side walls and a relatively low lid. This prevents the cat litter box becoming a play ball for the cat.
  • the side walls of the second box are slightly tapered from the bottom upward. This facilitates easy placing and simple removal of the second box from the housing of the cat litter box.
  • the second box is formed from a sheet of plastic or cardboard comprising a bottom plate coupled to which are the side walls.
  • a sheet of plastic or cardboard comprising a bottom plate coupled to which are the side walls.
  • a preferred embodiment is characterized in that each of the side walls of the second box is firmly connected with its bottom plate via an intermediate portion and in that each of the intermediate portions extends substantially perpendicularly in relation to the bottom plate and is firmly connected with its adjacent intermediate portions.
  • the upright intermediate portions together with the bottom plate form a receptacle for moisture that collects in the second box, without being able to seep through.
  • the flaps are provided with lips that can project outward to clampingly couple the wider side walls to the straight side walls.
  • the straight side walls are provided with notches in their side edges suitable for receiving the lips.
  • a further desirable preferred embodiment is characterized in that the straight side walls are coupled with the long sides of the bottom plate and that approximately halfway up, they are provided with a third fold line extending parallel to said long sides; it being further desirable that the straight side walls near the edge furthest away from the bottom plate, are provided with a cut-out in the shape of the handgrip.
  • the interior of the second box be provided with a moisture-proof lining. This particularly serves the hygiene of the cat litter box according to the invention, since all the cat's moist excrements can be safely collected in the second box.
  • said second box be provided with cat-box litter such as granules or the like.
  • the invention is also embodied in a sheet, suitable for forming a box as described above, and in a half-product formed from such a sheet, which half-product is also suitable for forming such a box that serves as part of the cat litter box according to the invention.
  • the sheet according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises a substantially rectangular bottom plate as well as intermediate portions which are adjacent to the bottom plate and separated from the bottom plate by first fold lines and side walls which are adjacent to the intermediate portions and separated by fourth fold lines, two opposite side walls extending in straight alignment with the first fold lines, and the other two side walls being wider in relation to the first fold lines.
  • the half-product according to the invention is characterized in that the same comprises a bottom plate and adjacent to the bottom plate substantially upright intermediate portions, and side walls movably coupled to the intermediate portions, of which two opposite side walls can be moved toward the bottom plate between the upright intermediate portions, and the other two side walls can be placed upon the upright intermediate portions as lid.
  • This half-product can form the basis for a finished second box for placing into the housing of the cat litter box, while also providing a sealed wrapping for the fouled contents of the second box by folding the same after removal from the housing, to obtain the original half-product .
  • the half- product should be filled, for example, with cat-box litter.
  • a preferred embodiment of the half-product is characterized in that approximately at the halfway point, the side walls usable as lid are provided with third folding lines extending parallel to the bottom plate, and in that the portions of said side walls bordering to the third fold line and facing away from the bottom plate abut and extend parallel to the bottom plate.
  • the adjacent portions of the side walls are provided with a cut-out near the edge that is farthest removed from the third fold lines.
  • This provides a hand grip to facilitate easy handling of the half-product.
  • the invention is further embodied in an assembly of two such half-products, which assembly is formed by abutting two such half-products in mirror image.
  • Such an assembly provides two half-products which, from a consumer's point of view may be conveniently applied in a standard shopping pattern, which is characterized in that the shopping is done once a week. In such a pattern, two half-products will meet the weekly requirement of two boxes to be used in the housing of the cat litter box.
  • FIG. 1 shows the cat litter box according to the invention without and with the second box that is to be inserted into the housing of the cat litter box;
  • Fig. 2 shows the sheet according to the invention;
  • Fig. 3 shows the assembly of to half-products according to the invention.
  • a housing 1 of the cat litter box according to the invention is shown, in which one of the side walls is provided with an opening 4 serving as entry and exit for the cat.
  • the cat litter box is shown without a second box inserted therein, but with the lid 2, lifted of the housing 1.
  • a finished second box 3 made from a sheet or half-product is inserted in the housing 1.
  • One of the side walls 11 of the second box 3 is provided with an opening 5 which corresponds to the opening 4 provided in the housing 1.
  • the housing 1 is formed like a box with a bottom and upright side walls and is also provided with a lid 2.
  • This housing 1 with lid 2 is designed for permanent use.
  • the second box 3 is made to be removable from the housing 1 and is formed as a box of a size such that it can be inserted into the housing 1, avoiding any play between the housing 1 (the first box) and the second box 3.
  • Fig. 1 also clearly shows that the side walls 8,11 of the second box 3 taper slightly from the bottom plate upward, to correspond with the side walls of the housing 1.
  • the second box 3 is formed from a sheet shown in this figure and made, for example, of plastic or cardboard, comprising the bottom plate 6 and side walls 8,11 coupled to the bottom plate 6.
  • Each of the side walls 8,11 of the second box 3 is connected with the bottom plate 6 via an intermediate portion 7.
  • each of the intermediate portions 7 stand substantially perpendicular in relation to the bottom plate 6, and all intermediate portions 7 are firmly inter- connected.
  • Fig. 2 further clearly shows that there are four side walls 8,11, of which two side walls 8 are positioned opposite each other and which are substantially in straight alignment with first fold line 14 surrounding the bottom plate 6. In relation to the first fold lines 14 the surrounding the bottom plate 6, the other two side walls
  • a second fold line 16 is provided in order to provide flaps 12 that can be directed toward the straight side walls 8.
  • Said flaps 12 are further provided with outward projectable lips 13 for clampingly coupling the wider side walls 11 to the straight side walls 8.
  • Fig. 2 further clearly shows that the edges of the straight side walls 8 have been provided with a notch 17, suitable to accommodate the lips 13, and that the lips 13 extend in the flaps 12 substantially diagonally. Especially this latter measure contributes to the desired tapering shape of the second box, when it is finished just before insertion into the housing 1.
  • the straight side walls 8 are coupled with the long sides of the bottom plate 6 and are provided approximately half-way up with a third fold line 18 extending parallel to said long side.
  • the straight side walls 8 are provided with cut-outs 19 shaped as handgrip 19.
  • the function of the handgrip is particularly clearly shown in Fig. 3, representing the assembly of two half-products formed from the sheet according to Fig 2.
  • the half-product formed from the sheet according to Fig. 2 is not further shown in the figures since for a person skilled in the art that shape is sufficiently clearly shown in Fig. 3.
  • the half-product can be formed from the sheet according to Fig. 2 by bending the intermediate portions 7 more or less perpendicularly two the bottom 6 along the first fold line 14 and by bonding these by means of adhesive or the like.
  • the side walls 8,11 are coupled to these intermediate portions 7, which together with the bottom plate 6, form a shallow tray.
  • the wider side walls 11 are then bent toward the inside of the shallow tray after the flaps 12 have first been bent inward along the second fold lines 16.
  • the side walls 11 then fit into the shallow tray formed by the bottom plate 6 and the upright portions 7.
  • Said shallow tray can then the closed off by means of the side walls 8, by folding them toward each other until they practically abut to the third fold lines 18.
  • the portions 10 of the side walls 8 fartherst removed from the bottom plate 6 then abut and can then together be folded toward one and the same side parallel to the bottom plate 6, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.
  • the above description of the invention is a typical exemplary embodiment of the cat litter box, the sheet and the half-product, and assembly according to the invention, without being limited thereto.
  • Various modifications to the exemplary embodiment discussed are possible, all within the scope of the appended claims.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un bac à litière pour chats qui comprend un ensemble de boîtier et un revêtement coopérant avec le boîtier, le boîtier se présentant comme une première boîte (1) comportant un fond, des parois latérales verticales et éventuellement un couvercle. Le bac est conçu pour une utilisation durable et caractérisé en ce que le revêtement est amovible et en ce qu'il se présente comme une deuxième boîte jetable dont la taille est choisie de manière à ce qu'on puisse placer la deuxième boîte dans la première sans qu'il n'y ait pratiquement aucun jeu entre les première et deuxième boîtes.
EP99960033A 1998-12-11 1999-12-13 Bac a litiere pour chats Withdrawn EP1139724A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL1010790 1998-12-11
NL1010790A NL1010790C2 (nl) 1998-12-11 1998-12-11 Kattenbak.
PCT/NL1999/000767 WO2000035272A1 (fr) 1998-12-11 1999-12-13 Bac a litiere pour chats

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EP1139724A1 true EP1139724A1 (fr) 2001-10-10

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JP (1) JP2002532076A (fr)
AU (1) AU1697900A (fr)
CA (1) CA2353449A1 (fr)
NL (1) NL1010790C2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2000035272A1 (fr)

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CA2353449A1 (fr) 2000-06-22
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WO2000035272A1 (fr) 2000-06-22
JP2002532076A (ja) 2002-10-02

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