JP5846843B2 - Pet toilet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet toilet used for the treatment of excretory fluid from pets (small animals) such as cats and dogs.

  2. Description of the Related Art As a pet toilet for processing the excretory fluid (urine and the like) of pets such as cats and dogs, there is known one in which a liquid absorbing material such as sand is spread on the bottom of a tray-like container. For example, when a cat is raised using such a toilet, the cat has a habit of applying sand to the excretion site after excretion, and therefore it is necessary to prevent the sand from scattering. For this purpose, it is necessary to raise the side wall of the tray for storing sand in the pet toilet. For example, Patent Document 1 describes an animal toilet in which side walls are provided on three surfaces of a rectangular granular material container in plan view, and the remaining surface is lowered to provide an entrance. In this toilet, since it is not possible to prevent sand scattering from the doorway, in this document, another member is arranged at the doorway to prevent sand scattering. However, disposing another member leads to an increase in the number of toilet components, which is not economical. In the toilet described in the same document, since the entrance / exit position is high, when raising a small small animal, the entrance / exit becomes higher than the line of sight, and the animal recognizes that there is an entrance / exit there. hard. Even if it can be recognized, the doorway is too high to enter the toilet. The same applies to animals whose physical ability has been reduced due to aging or disease.

  A toilet described in Patent Document 2 is known as a toilet that can be used for a cat that cannot overcome a high side wall, such as a cat with reduced physical ability. In this toilet, instead of forming the entrance with a slope at a low level, the slope is provided with an opening through which sand can fall downward. However, this slope is necessary only when raising a kitten or a cat with reduced physical ability, and is not necessary when raising a healthy healthy cat. Therefore, when raising a healthy healthy cat, the size of the toilet is increased by the amount of the slope.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-6605 JP 2010-284089 A

  Therefore, the subject of this invention is providing the toilet for pets which can eliminate the fault which the prior art mentioned above has.

The present invention includes an outer container having a bottom portion and a side wall standing on the periphery of the bottom portion, a bottom portion of a cocoon child structure capable of transmitting pet excretion fluid, and an inner container having a side wall standing on the periphery of the bottom portion. A pet toilet with
While providing a low outer low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the outer container, providing a low inner side low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the inner container,
The outer container and the inner container are relatively movable,
By arranging the inner container inside the outer container with the positions of the outer low side wall part and the inner low side wall part matching, the height is lower than the side wall of the adjacent part, and the pet can enter the toilet A pet entry part is formed, and
Disposing the inner container inside the outer container so that the position of the outer low side wall part does not coincide with the position of the inner low side wall part, thereby closing the outer low side wall part by the side wall of the inner container; and A pet toilet in which an inner low side wall portion is blocked by a side wall of an outer container so that the pet entry portion is not formed is provided.

  The toilet for pets according to the present invention can be used since the pet was young, and can maintain the effect of preventing sand scattering even after the pet has grown. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the toilet as the pet grows, which is economical. It is also useful as a toilet for pets with weak physical abilities.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a pet toilet according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the pet toilet according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the pet toilet of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the pet toilet of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the inner container used in the pet toilet of the present invention. 6A is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIa-VIa in the pet toilet shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIb-VIb in the pet toilet shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the inner container used in the pet toilet according to the present invention.

  The present invention will be described below based on preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. The pet toilet of the present invention is used for breeding small mammals such as cats and dogs. The pet toilet according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes two members, an outer container 10 and an inner container 20. The outer container 10 and the inner container 20 are relatively movable. As shown in the figure, the inner container 20 is arranged in a nested manner inside the outer container 10. Both the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 can be manufactured, for example, by injection molding of synthetic resin.

  The outer container 10 has a substantially rectangular bottom 11 in plan view. A wall 12 is erected on the periphery of the bottom 11. The wall portion 12 is erected over the entire periphery of the bottom portion 11. The wall portion 12 is slightly inclined toward the outside of the outer container 10. The upper end 14 of the wall portion 12 has a shape that warps toward the outside of the outer container 10. The wall part 12 has the planar 1st wall part 12a and 2nd wall part 12b which are opposite. Furthermore, the wall part 12 has the planar 3rd wall part 12c and the 4th wall part 12d which oppose.

  The inner container 20 has a substantially rectangular bottom 21 in plan view. The bottom portion 21 is substantially similar to the bottom portion 11 of the outer container 10 and is smaller than the bottom portion 11. The bottom portion 21 has a spider structure that allows permeation of pet excretory fluid. This hook structure is composed of a grid-like crosspiece 23a and a through hole 23b defined by the crosspiece 23a. A wall portion 22 is erected on the periphery of the bottom portion 21. The wall portion 22 is erected over the entire periphery of the bottom portion 21. The wall portion 22 is slightly inclined toward the outside of the inner container 20. The upper end 24 of the wall portion 22 is shaped to warp toward the outside of the inner container 20. The wall part 22 has the planar 1st wall part 22a and 2nd wall part 22b which oppose. Furthermore, the wall part 22 has the planar 3rd wall part 22c and 4th wall part 22d which oppose.

  In a state where the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10, the upper end 24 of the wall portion 22 of the inner container 20 abuts on the upper end 14 of the wall portion 12 of the outer container 10. Accordingly, the inner container 20 is held in the outer container 10 in a nested state, and the wall portion 3 that is the side wall of the toilet 1 is formed by the wall portion 22 of the inner container 20 and the wall portion 12 of the outer container 10. In this state, the bottom portion 21 of the hook structure of the inner container 20 is spaced upward from the bottom portion 11 of the outer container 10. Therefore, a space is formed between the bottom 21 of the inner container 20 and the bottom 11 of the outer container 10. In this space, for example, a mat-like liquid-absorbing material (not shown) can be disposed. The lower surface of the mat-like liquid absorbing material comes into contact with the upper surface of the bottom 11 of the outer container 10. On the bottom 21 of the inner container 20, a granular material (not shown) having a size that does not pass through the opening 23 b of the lion structure provided on the bottom 21 according to the behavior of the target animal is arranged. Can do.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer container 10 has a part of the wall portion 12, specifically, a substantially central region in the width direction of the first wall portion 12 a facing downward from the upper end 14 of the first wall portion 12 a. It is cut out in a generally inverted trapezoidal shape. As a result, the first wall portion 12a is provided with an outer low side wall portion 15 having a lower height than other portions of the wall portion 12. The outer low side wall portion 15 has an upper end 15 a substantially parallel to the upper end 14 of another portion of the wall portion 12. The width of the upper end 15a is about 20 to 80% of the width of the first wall portion 12a.

  Similar to the outer container 10, the wall portion 22 of the inner container 20 is also cut away. Specifically, the inner container 20 has a part of the wall portion 22, specifically, a substantially central region in the width direction of the first wall portion 22 a that is substantially downward from the upper end 24 of the first wall portion 22 a. It is cut out in an inverted trapezoidal shape. As a result, the first wall portion 22 a is provided with an inner low side wall portion 25 having a lower height than other portions of the wall portion 22. The inner low side wall portion 25 has an upper end 25 a substantially parallel to the upper end 24 of the other part of the wall portion 22. The width of the upper end 25a is about 20 to 80% of the width of the first wall portion 22a.

  In order to form a pet toilet using the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the contents of the outer low side wall part 15 and the inner low side wall part 25 are made to coincide with each other. The container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10. That is, in a state where the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10, the first wall portion 12 a of the outer container 10 and the first wall portion 22 a of the inner container 20 are opposed to each other. By arranging in this way, as shown in FIG. 2, the positions of the outer low side wall portion 15 and the inner low side wall portion 25 coincide with each other, and the wall portion 3 of the portion adjacent to the left and right sides of the pet toilet 1 is located. The pet entry portion 2 is formed that is lower in height and allows a pet to enter the toilet 1. Since the pet entry part 2 is lower than the wall part 3 in the toilet 1, for example, when raising a small pet, the pet can visually recognize the inside of the toilet 1 through the pet entry part 2. it can. A young pet can enter the toilet 1 through the pet entry part 2. Even in the case of a pet whose physical ability has deteriorated, the pet can enter the toilet 1 through the pet entry portion 2.

  In the toilet 1 in the state shown in FIG. 2, the upper end 15 a of the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10 and the upper end 25 a of the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20 are at substantially the same position. However, instead of this, the position of the upper end 15a of the outer low side wall part 15 of the outer container 10 may be higher than the position of the upper end 25a of the inner low side wall part 25 of the inner container 20, or vice versa. The position of the upper end 25 a of the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20 may be made higher than the position of the upper end 15 a of the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10. Further, the positions of the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10 and the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20 may be shifted within a range where the pet entry portion 2 is formed.

  Further, in the toilet 1 in the state shown in FIG. 2, the width of the outer low side wall portion 15 and the width of the inner low side wall portion 25 are substantially the same. However, instead of this, the width of the outer low side wall portion 15 may be wider than the width of the inner low side wall portion 25, or vice versa. It may be wider than The width of the pet entry part 2 in the toilet 1 is determined by the narrower one of the widths of the outer low side wall part 15 and the inner low side wall part 25.

  The toilet 1 of the form shown in FIG. 2 is useful when the pet being bred is young or when the physical ability is reduced, but when raising a healthy pet grown using the toilet 1, There is a possibility that granular materials or the like (not shown) arranged on the bottom portion 21 of the inner container 20 may be scattered outside through the pet entry portion 2. Therefore, when rearing a grown healthy pet, the arrangement of the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 is changed from the form shown in FIG. Can do. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the inner container 20 is placed inside the outer container 10 so that the position of the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10 does not coincide with the position of the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20. To place. Specifically, of the wall portion 22 of the inner container 20, the second wall portion 22 b facing the first wall portion 22 a, which is the wall portion provided with the inner low side wall portion 25, is the outer low side wall of the outer container 10. The inner container 20 is disposed in the outer container 10 so as to face the portion 15. In addition, the second wall portion 12b facing the first wall portion 12a, which is the wall portion on which the outer low side wall portion 15 is provided, of the wall portion 12 of the outer container 10 is the inner low side wall of the inner container 20. The inner container 20 is disposed in the outer container 10 in a positional relationship facing the portion 25. In short, the outer container 10 is set in the same manner as the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the inner container 20 is rotated 180 degrees in the plane from the embodiment shown in FIG. By arranging in this way, as shown in FIG. 4, in the pet toilet 1, the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10 is closed by the second wall portion 22 b that is a part of the side wall of the inner container 20. . In addition, the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20 is closed by the second wall portion 12b that is a part of the side wall of the outer container 10. As a result, in the toilet 1 of the form shown in FIG. 4, unlike the form shown in FIG. 2, a pet entry part is not formed. Therefore, in the toilet 1 of the form shown in FIG. 4, the high wall part 3 will be in the state formed continuously over the perimeter. As a result, even if a grown healthy pet excretes in the toilet 1 and then applies particulate matter to the excreted portion, it is effective that the particulate matter scatters outside the toilet over the wall 3 Is prevented. Note that “closed” means not only when the outer low side wall portion 15 of the outer container 10 is closed so that the height of the outer low side wall portion 15 is the same as the surrounding side wall height, but also the height of the outer low side wall portion 15 is Including the case where it is blocked to be sufficiently high.

  Thus, according to the pet toilet 1 of the present embodiment, the pet toilet 1 can be used from a young age, and the effect of preventing the liquid absorbing material from scattering can be maintained even after growth. Therefore, the pet toilet 1 according to this embodiment has an advantage that it is not necessary to replace the toilet with the growth of the pet and can be used even when the physical ability is lowered.

  In the toilet 1 of the above embodiment, the thing shown in FIG. 5 can be used as the inner container 20. The inner container 20 shown in the figure is provided with a rib 26 on the outer surface of a second wall portion 22b that is a wall portion facing the inner low side wall portion 25. A pair of ribs 26 are provided so as to be separated from each other so as to extend in the height direction of the wall portion 22. Each rib 26 is provided so as to be positioned outward in the width direction of the outer low side wall portion 15 provided in the outer container 10 when the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10. The advantage of providing such a rib 26 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b).

  Fig.6 (a) is VIa-VIa sectional view taken on the line when the inner container 20 shown in FIG. 5 is used in the toilet 1 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the state where the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10, the ribs 26 provided on the inner container 20 are made the inner surface of the second wall portion 12 b that is a part of the side wall of the outer container 20. The inner container 20 is pushed out to the side opposite to the side wall (second wall portion 22b) provided with the ribs 26. As a result, the upper end 25a of the inner low side wall part 25 of the inner container 20 is close to the outer low side wall part 15 of the outer container 10, and the gap generated between the inner low side wall part 25 and the outer low side wall part 15 is reduced. It is done. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively prevent the particulate matter or the like from falling between them or the excretory fluid from flowing down.

  On the other hand, FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VIb-VIb when the inner container 20 shown in FIG. 5 is used in the toilet 1 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in a state where the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10, the ribs 26 provided on the inner container 20 are formed on the second wall portion 12 a that is a part of the side wall of the outer container 10. Contact the inner surface. As a result, the inner container 20 is pushed out to the side opposite to the side wall (second wall portion 22b) where the ribs 26 are provided. As a result, the upper end 25a of the inner low side wall portion 25 of the inner container 20 is close to the second wall portion 12b which is a part of the side wall of the outer container 10, and the inner low side wall portion 25 and the second wall portion 12b are in contact with each other. The gap between them is reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively prevent the particulate matter or the like from falling between them or the excretory fluid from flowing down.

  As described above, by providing the rib 26 on the outer surface of the side wall of the inner container 20, the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 can be used regardless of whether the toilet 1 is used in the form shown in FIG. 2 or the form shown in FIG. Can be reduced, and inconvenience caused by the occurrence of the gap can be eliminated.

  Instead of providing the ribs 26 on the outer surface of the side wall of the inner container 20, the gap generated between the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 can also be reduced by adopting the inner container 20 having the form shown in FIG. 7. Inconvenience caused by the occurrence of the gap can be eliminated. In the inner container 20 shown in the figure, a latching hook 27 is provided on the upper end 24 of the first wall portion 22 a adjacent to the inner low side wall portion 25. The latch hook 27 is provided integrally with the inner container 20 through a hinge mechanism. The latching hooks 27 are respectively provided at the left and right positions adjacent to the inner low side wall portion 25. When the latching hook 27 is latched on the upper end 14 of the first wall portion 12a of the outer container 10 in the state where the inner container 20 is disposed inside the outer container 10 as in the embodiment shown in FIG. The upper end 25 a of the portion 25 is close to the outer low side wall portion 15. Thereby, the gap generated between the upper end 25a of the inner low side wall portion 25 and the outer low side wall portion 15 can be reduced.

  The same applies to the case where the toilet 1 has the form shown in FIG. 4. The latching hook 27 is latched on the upper end of the second wall 12 b of the outer container 10, and the upper end 25 a of the inner low side wall 25 is connected to the outer container 10. It is made to adjoin to the 2nd wall part 12b. Thereby, a gap generated between the upper end 25a of the inner low side wall portion 25 and the second wall portion 12b of the outer container 10 is reduced.

  The toilet 1 of each embodiment described above is suitably used for breeding small mammals such as cats and dogs, and particularly suitable for breeding cats that are animals having the habit of applying sand after urination.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the preferable embodiment, this invention is not restrict | limited to the said embodiment. For example, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the bottom portions 11 and 21 of the outer container 10 and the inner container 20 are substantially rectangular in plan view and have four wall portions. Instead, an outer container and an inner container having three or five or more wall portions may be used. Further, the wall portion is not limited to a flat shape, and may be a curved shape. For example, a cylindrical thing with a bottom may be used as an outer container and an inner container.

  In the toilet 1 of each of the embodiments described above, only one pet entry portion is formed, but two or more pet entry portions may be formed instead. For example, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, an outer low side wall portion is provided on two adjacent wall portions in the outer container 10, for example, the first wall portion 12 a and the third wall portion 12 c, and also in the inner container 20. Corresponding to the outer container 10, inner low side wall portions can be provided on the first wall portion 22 a and the third wall portion 22 c. Moreover, you may provide similarly in the corner | angular part of two adjacent wall parts. By doing in this way, in the toilet 1, a pet entry part is formed in each of two adjacent wall parts. When closing these two pet entry portions, the orientation of the inner container 20 may be rotated 180 degrees in the plane direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pet toilet 2 Pet entrance part 10 Outer container 11 Bottom part 12 Wall part 14 Upper part 15 of wall part Outer low side wall part 20 Inner container 21 Bottom part 22 Wall part 24 Upper end of wall part 25 Inner low side wall part 26 Rib 27 Latch hook

Claims (2)

A pet comprising an outer container having a bottom and a side wall erected on the periphery of the bottom, an inner container having a bottom part of a cocoon child structure capable of transmitting the excrement fluid of the pet and a side wall erected on the periphery of the bottom A toilet,
While providing a low outer low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the outer container, providing a low inner side low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the inner container,
The outer container and the inner container are relatively movable,
By arranging the inner container inside the outer container with the positions of the outer low side wall part and the inner low side wall part matching, the height is lower than the side wall of the adjacent part, and the pet can enter the toilet A pet entry part is formed, and
Disposing the inner container inside the outer container so that the position of the outer low side wall part does not coincide with the position of the inner low side wall part, thereby closing the outer low side wall part by the side wall of the inner container; and The inner low side wall portion is closed by the side wall of the outer container, so that the pet entry portion is not formed ,
In the inner container, a rib is provided on the outer surface of the side wall facing the inner low side wall part,
In the state where the inner container is disposed inside the outer container, the rib is brought into contact with the inner surface of the side wall of the outer container, so that the upper end of the inner low side wall part is connected to the outer low side wall part or the outer container. A pet toilet in which the gap between the upper end of the inner low side wall portion and the outer low side wall portion or the outer container wall portion is reduced in the vicinity of the side wall . A pet comprising an outer container having a bottom and a side wall erected on the periphery of the bottom, an inner container having a bottom part of a cocoon child structure capable of transmitting the excrement fluid of the pet and a side wall erected on the periphery of the bottom A toilet,
While providing a low outer low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the outer container, providing a low inner side low side wall part in a part of the side wall of the inner container,
The outer container and the inner container are relatively movable,
By arranging the inner container inside the outer container with the positions of the outer low side wall part and the inner low side wall part matching, the height is lower than the side wall of the adjacent part, and the pet can enter the toilet A pet entry part is formed, and
Disposing the inner container inside the outer container so that the position of the outer low side wall part does not coincide with the position of the inner low side wall part, thereby closing the outer low side wall part by the side wall of the inner container; and The inner low side wall portion is closed by the side wall of the outer container, so that the pet entry portion is not formed,
In the inner container, a hook is provided on the upper end of the side wall adjacent to the inner low side wall part,
In the state where the inner container is disposed inside the outer container, the retaining hook is hooked on the upper end of the side wall of the outer container, and the upper end of the inner low side wall portion is connected to the outer low side wall portion or the outer container. in proximity to the side wall of, and to reduce the gap generated between the upper and outer lower side wall portion or the outer container side wall of the inner lower side wall portion, pets preparative toilet.

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