JP3316202B2 - Excretion discipline for pets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for excreting pets such as small dogs and ferrets kept indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, small dogs and cats have been kept as pets kept indoors, and ferrets, which are a family of weeds, have been kept recently because of their ease of keeping. These small pets kept indoors can heal the hearts of the people who live with them and live happily. In particular, there are many advantages for those who live alone and who can talk to them.

[0003] When keeping small pets indoors, it is important to discipline them. Ideally, excretion training should be performed when the animal is small, but usually the animal is kept in a cage such as a wire mesh, and after the habit of excreting in a certain place is established, the animal is released indoors. Often.
In addition, indoor excretion training is performed by repeatedly teaching the place of excretion and making habits.

[0004] If a pet animal is freely released indoors without disciplined excretion, it is excreted in various places in the room, and it is difficult to clean it later. It cannot be erased.

[0005]

As described above, the excretion of pets in a room is performed repeatedly and the same, so that excretion is very troublesome and time-consuming. As a result, there are many people who stop keeping animals indoors because the training of animals is difficult.

An object of the present invention is to enable anyone to easily excrete a pet without polluting the room.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a column for detachably mounting a water-absorbing sheet on its peripheral surface is detachably set up at the center of a substrate on which a water-absorbing sheet is detachably mounted on its surface. A support shaft having a stopper for fixing a drawstring of a dog or the like to a base portion of a support portion provided in a substantially horizontal direction and rotatably supported at the upper end of the support. Features.

In the substrate according to the present invention, a concave portion for detachably mounting a water-absorbing sheet is provided inside an edge formed by smoothly chamfering an outer surface, and a screw hole for mounting the support is formed in the center of the surface. A non-slip piece having a cushion function is provided on the back surface.

[0009] Further, the support portion according to the present invention is provided with a locking portion by bending the upper and lower ends of the connecting portion connecting the tips of the vertically positioned branch rods to the left and right to fix the drawstring of a dog or the like. A movable piece having a stop portion at the distal end and a base end connected to the connecting portion is provided so as to be rotatable between the locking portions.

Further, the support portion according to the present invention allows the holding shaft rotatably supported on the upper portion of the support column to be inserted into a through hole provided in a horizontal direction so as to be able to advance and retreat, and to fasten a drawstring. A support plate having a stop portion at a tip is fixedly fastened with a tightening screw so as to be adjustable in length.

[0011] Furthermore, in the support according to the present invention, a partition plate is detachably attached to a narrow groove provided on a lower side surface, and a water absorbing sheet is detachably attached to the surface of the partition plate. And

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Is located at the center of the upper surface of the substrate 11 made of a thin planar member.
0 is detachably mounted, and a holding shaft 25 having a supporting portion 30 attached to a side surface is rotatably provided at the upper end of the support.

The substrate 11 is formed with a smooth surface 12 such as a slope or a curved surface on the outer side of the peripheral portion formed in a square or a circle, so that a step existing between the floor surface and the substrate 11 is not felt. Is provided with an edge portion 13 and a concave portion 14 is provided inside the edge portion. The recess 14 and the edge 13 are not always necessary. By providing a smooth surface 12 on the outer surface of the edge 13, the small animal can easily go up and down from the floor surface to the substrate, and the rejection of the small animal when climbing on the substrate 11 is reduced as much as possible. Training can be facilitated.

At the center of the front surface of the substrate 11, a screw hole 15 is provided for establishing and detachably attaching a screw portion 21 provided at the lower portion of the support post 20, and four corners on the back surface of the substrate 11 are formed at the four corners. In order to prevent the substrate from slipping and to prevent noise due to rattling of the substrate, a non-slip piece 16 made of, for example, a synthetic resin material and having a cushion function is provided. In this case, needless to say, a member having a non-slip function and a cushion function may be attached to the entire back surface of the substrate 11.

At the lower end of the column 20, a screw portion 21 having a slightly smaller diameter is provided through a latching step 20a for screwing into the screw hole 13 of the substrate 11, and the upper end of the column is A connecting shaft 22 for rotatably supporting the holding shaft 25 is attached. If the screw hole 13 is formed as a blind hole, it has a function of preventing urine and the like from leaking from the screw hole 13 to the floor, but it is a blind hole because it is absorbed by the water absorbing sheet and does not leak. Things are not always necessary.

The first support portion 30 is composed of two branch rods 31 which are positioned vertically and are arranged substantially horizontally. The first support portion 30 has a slightly wider base end and is fixed to the side surface of the holding shaft 25. It is.
Of the two branch rods 31, the lower part is horizontally arranged, and the upper part is inclined downward and downward as it goes forward, so that the tip parts are integrally formed by contacting each other, and a drawstring such as a dog is connected. A stop 33 is provided. Reference numeral 34 denotes a connecting piece for reinforcing the upper and lower two branch rods 31 constituting the first support portion 30 with each other, and is provided at an intermediate portion at arbitrary intervals.

FIG. 3 shows the second support portion 40. The base ends of the upper and lower branch rods 41 are slightly wider and fixed to the side surfaces of the holding shaft 25. The distal ends of the branch rods 41 are integrally connected by connecting rods 42 located in the vertical direction, and the distal ends of the branch rods are extended forward and bent left and right, respectively. That is, the branch rod 41a located above is
For example, it is bent to the right in a substantially horizontal direction at an angle of about 10 to 20 degrees, and its tip is bent downward at a right angle to provide a right locking portion 43a. Also, the lower branch 4
1b, for example, is bent to the left in a substantially horizontal direction at an angle of about 10 to 20 degrees, and its tip is bent upward at a right angle to provide a left locking portion 43b. Therefore, a movable piece 45 described later can rotate between about 20 to 40 degrees between both locking portions.

The movable piece 45 connected to the front end of the support section 40 is provided with a stop 46 for connecting a drawstring to the front end, and the rear end portion is formed wide in the vertical direction and provided at each rear end. An annular portion 47 is rotatably connected by being inserted into the connecting portion 42. Therefore, the movable piece 45 can rotate within a limited range between the locking portions 43a and 43b located on the left and right at the tip of the support portion.

FIG. 5 shows a third supporting portion 50, in which a slightly long supporting plate 51 provided with a stop portion 52 for connecting a drawstring at the end thereof is rotatably mounted on the upper portion of the column 20. The holder 25 is attached to the shaft 25 so as to be able to move forward and backward through an insertion hole 26 provided in the horizontal direction, and the length is adjusted by a tightening screw 27 to adjust the length of the holding shaft 25.
And fasten it.

FIG. 6 shows an excretion training apparatus that can be used also as a ferret. A vertical narrow groove 27 is formed on the lower side surface of a column 20a attached to the center of the upper surface of the substrate 11, and a flat shape is formed in the narrow groove. The end of the partition plate 28 is detachably attached. The number of the narrow grooves is not limited to one, and two or three narrow grooves can be provided as necessary.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a commercially available water-absorbing sheet for pets, which has a deodorizing function, and may be simply laid on the upper surface of the substrate 11 or fixed with a double-sided tape. Further, if the pet is cut into a predetermined size and wound around the column 20 for mounting, or mounted on the outside of the partition plate 28 and used, the excretion of the pet can be facilitated.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In the excrement facilitating device 10, the water absorbing sheet 60 is laid on the entire upper surface of the substrate 11 or in the concave portion 15 provided at the center of the upper surface, and the water absorbing sheet 60 is wound around the same. A screw portion 21 provided at the lower end of the strut 20 is screwed into the screw hole 13,
The central portion of the water-absorbent sheet is fixed by pressure by a hooking step 20a provided at the upper end of the screw portion.

Since the water absorbing sheet 60 is laid in the recess 15 of the substrate 11 and the column 20 is mounted, it is possible to prevent the central part of the water absorbing sheet 60 from shifting or rolling up. Substrate 11
By attaching the water-absorbing sheet 60 to the upper surface of the base and the peripheral surface of the column 20, the excrement of animals can be quickly absorbed and the substrate 11 can be absorbed.
It can be prevented from leaking outside.

The dirty water-absorbing sheet 60 can be easily cleaned by removing it from the substrate 11 or the pillar 20 and replacing it with a new one. Further, a double-sided tape (not shown) or an adhesive tape may be attached to the back surface of the water-absorbent sheet 60 to prevent the water-absorbent sheet 60 from peeling off.

One end of a drawstring connected to the animal's collar is attached to a stop 33 provided at the distal end of a first support portion 30 having a base end attached to a side surface of a holding shaft 25 rotatably provided on the upper portion of the column 20. Concatenate. Since the support portion 30 is provided at a high position above the support post 20, even if an animal moves around the support post, the drawstring does not drag on the water absorbing sheet 60, so that the drawstring is wet by the excreted animal urine and the smell is smelled. It does not stain and can prevent the generation of offensive odor.

Since the animal can freely move within a certain range around the support 20, the animal instinctively excretes near the support. For this reason, the habit of performing excretion near the strut 20 on the substrate 11 can be relatively easily acquired even if the animal is released from the drawstring and is free to move indoors by moving the strut 20 around the center for a certain period. it can.

When the second support rod 40 is attached to the holding shaft 25 of the excretion training apparatus 10, the second support rod 40 is used.
Is divided into upper and lower branch rods 41 and a movable piece 45,
Since the proximal end of the movable piece 45 is rotatably attached to the connecting portion 42 provided at the distal end of the first movable part 45, when the animal suddenly moves linearly in the direction of the support 20, the movable piece 45 is moved to the left or right by the drawstring. When the movable piece 45 is pulled in the direction of the arrow, the movable piece 45 rotates in the pulled direction with the connecting portion 42 as a fulcrum, and when the movable piece 45 hits the locking portion 43a or 43b on the swing side, the branch rod 41 is held by the movable piece. By rotating the shaft 25 smoothly, the animal can relatively freely move without hindering the movement of the animal, and
The entanglement of the drawstring can be prevented.

When the third support portion 50 is attached to the excretion training instrument 10, the support plate 51 is inserted through the insertion hole 56 of the holding shaft 55 provided at the upper part of the support column 20 so as to be able to advance and retreat. Since the length of the support plate is adjusted and tightened and fixed by the tightening screw 27 provided at the upper end of 55, the range of action of the animal connected to the drawstring can be easily adjusted, and the tangle of the drawstring can be prevented. it can. The third support 50 has a very simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost.

When used for excretion training for ferrets, the end of a partition plate 28 whose entire outside is covered with a water-absorbing sheet 60 is fitted into a long groove 27 provided on the lower side surface of the support post 20. It is only necessary to attach the partition plate to the lower part of the column 20 fixed above.

Since the ferret has a habit of excreting on the corners and walls of the room, a partition plate 28 for facilitating the rubbing of the buttocks by the ferret is provided on the support post 20, so that the ferret is excreted on the corner wall of the room. Because you can
Can be used for excretion training.

[0031]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a water-absorbing sheet is removably laid on substantially the entire surface of a substrate, and a supporting portion having a stop at the tip is provided at the upper end of a column attached to the center of the substrate. Since the holding shaft is rotatably supported, the excretion can be disciplined while preventing the drawstring from being stained and allowing the animal to freely move within a certain range.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the outer surface of the edge of the substrate is chamfered into a smooth surface to reduce rejection when an animal climbs on the substrate, and to facilitate climbing and descending to prevent injury to the animal. Further, an edge portion is provided on the peripheral edge of the concave portion provided on the substrate to prevent excretion from leaking, and by laying the water absorbing sheet in the concave portion, displacement and winding of the water absorbing sheet can be prevented. In addition, slippage of the substrate can be prevented by providing a non-slip piece on the back surface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the supporting portion is separated into a branch rod and a movable piece, and the movable piece is easily formed with a small force because the movable piece is formed small and light, so that the animal can move in the direction of the column. Even when acting linearly, the movable piece oscillates in either direction, and the holding shaft having the support portion is smoothly rotated to allow the animal to move smoothly and run around a wide range.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the third support portion is movably inserted into an insertion hole formed in a holding shaft rotatably mounted on the upper portion of the support column, and is fixed to the support plate by a tightening screw. Since the length is adjustable, there is an advantage that the range of action of the animal can be freely changed by adjusting the length of the supporting portion.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the partition plate can be detachably attached to the column, so that it can be used not only as a dog but also as an excretion training device for ferrets.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pet excretion training device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of a second support unit.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main part showing a state where a movable piece of a second supporter rotates within a certain range.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view of a main part showing a contracted state of a third support part.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a partly broken main part in a state where a ferret partition plate is mounted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Excretion training instrument 11 Substrate 12 Slope 13 Edge 14 Depression 15 Screw hole 16 Slip piece 20 Prop 21 Screw part 22 Connection shaft 25 Holding shaft 26 Insertion hole 27 Tightening screw 28 Partition plate 30 First support portion 31 Branch Rod 33 Stop portion 40 Second support portion 41 Branch rod 42 Connecting portion 45 Movable piece 50 Third support portion 51 Support plate 52 Stop portion 60 Water absorbing sheet

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A support (20) for detachably mounting a water-absorbing sheet on its peripheral surface is detachably established at the center of a substrate (11) on which a water-absorbing sheet (60) is detachably mounted on its surface. A stop (3
The holding shaft (25) having the base end of the support portion (30) provided in the substantially horizontal direction and having 3) is rotatably supported on the upper end of the support (20). Characteristic excretion discipline for pets. 2. The substrate (11) is provided with a concave portion (14) for removably mounting a water-absorbing sheet inside an edge portion (13) formed by smoothly chamfering an outer surface, and the pillar is provided at the center of the surface. Forming a screw hole (15) for mounting (20);
The pet excretion training device for pets according to claim 1, wherein a non-slip piece (16) having a cushion function is provided on the back surface. 3. The support portion (30) is formed by bending the upper and lower ends of a connecting portion (42) connecting the tips of the vertically positioned branch rods (31) to the left and right, and respectively engaging the locking portions (41a) (41).
b), a movable piece (45) having a stopper (46) at its distal end for fastening a drawstring such as a dog, and a base end connected to the connecting part (42), The excretion training device for pets according to claim 1, wherein the device is provided so as to be rotatable between the two. 4. The support (50) is provided with the support (2).
0) a retaining shaft (25) rotatably supported on the upper part of the retaining shaft (25) is inserted into a through hole (26) provided in the horizontal direction so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a stopper (52) for fixing a drawstring is provided at the tip. The length of the support plate (51) can be adjusted by tightening the screw (27).
2. The excrement discipliner for pets according to claim 1, wherein the device is tightened and fixed. 5. A column (28) is detachably attached to a narrow groove (27) provided on a lower side surface of the support (20), and a water absorbing sheet (60) is detachably attached to a surface of the partition. The pet excretion training device for pets according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the device is adapted to be operated.