WO1997001271A1 - Recipient pouvant etre ferme hermetiquement - Google Patents

Recipient pouvant etre ferme hermetiquement Download PDF

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WO1997001271A1
WO1997001271A1 PCT/GB1996/001491 GB9601491W WO9701271A1 WO 1997001271 A1 WO1997001271 A1 WO 1997001271A1 GB 9601491 W GB9601491 W GB 9601491W WO 9701271 A1 WO9701271 A1 WO 9701271A1
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container
fold lines
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spine portion
ledge
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John Douglas Knight
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Arkimedes Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/34—Trays or like shallow containers
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/20—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding

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  • This invention relates to a sealable container, more particularly to a cat litter tray, and
  • a tray which allows used litter to be disposed of in a clean and hygienic way.
  • Cat litter trays are well-known in the art, and their increasing use due to the hazards awaiting cats obliged to satisfy their toileting arrangements outdoors, e.g. theft, disease, vivisection, road accidents, etc., has been well-documented. A considerable barrier to the even wider usage of the litter tray is the unpleasant task of having to
  • US-A-4706606 published in 1987 discloses a cat litter tray, made of pliable material.
  • the tray is generally rectangular as seen in plan, and has many transverse score lines in the floor, fan folds being present in the sidewalls When the litter is soiled the tray is folded to bring the ends together, the score lines defining a hinge.
  • the tray has pegs and sockets at its upper end, but on two opposite end walls only. When the ends are brought together the pegs and sockets are inter-engaged. So far as I am aware this proposal has not been commercialised.
  • WO93/21757 published in 1993 discloses a cat litter tray made of plastics. The tray has spaced apart diagonal lines in the floor, and complementary engaging means on a
  • a sealable generally rectangular container comprising a floor having upstanding sidewalls, a ledge being present at the upper margin of the sidewalls, parallel fold lines being present in the floor to define a spine portion, the container being foldable about an axis between the
  • folding, sealing means being present characterised in that at least one supplementary fold line is present at the end ofthe spine portion.
  • one fold line is located across an end of the spine portion.
  • further supplementary fold lines are present in the sidewall adjacent the end of the
  • spine portion to define in combination with the one supplementary fold, a generally triangular shape the base of which is adjacent the spine and the apex of which is remote from the spine.
  • a generally triangular extension portion is present at each end ofthe spine portion.
  • supplementary fold lines are present in the sidewalls and extend from
  • the ledge extends around all the sidewalls of the container and is
  • the frangible portion comprises a line of weakness defined by a cut out extending inwardly from a free edge of the ledge
  • the container is rectangular as seen in plan and the spine portion extends generally parallel to the shorter sidewalls adjacent to the midpoint of the longer side walls.
  • the sidewalls taper outwardly away from the floor.
  • the container may be sufficiently rigid to be self supporting but more usually it will be used as a liner to be received in a support box.
  • the invention provides a cat litter tray generally rectangular as seen in plan view and comprising a floor having outwardly tapering side walls parallel
  • fold lines being present in the floor to define a spine portion the container being foldable about the fold lines, an extension being present at each end of the spine portion, each extension being generally triangular in shape and having a base fold line, side fold lines which meet in an apex remote from the spine, a fold line extending from a respective end ofthe base fold line to an adjacent corner ofthe tray whereby the fold lines define a lazy "W", a ledge being present at the upper margin ofthe sidewalls, the ledge being whole to provide rigidity to the container and having a frangible portion in alignment with the fold axis ofthe spine portion, interengaging means being present on ledge portions of opposite sidewalls, whereby when the frangible portion is broken and the opposite sides are moved towards each other, the fold lines cause the extensions to move outwardly and downwardly to lie in the plane of the floor and the engaging means are then interengaged.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of a cat litter tray ofthe invention
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view ofthe tray of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is an exterior elevation of a longer side wall taken on line A shown on Figure 2, and Figures 4 (a) to (c) show stages of folding the tray into a closed and sealed condition.
  • the cat litter tray T comprises a thermoformed body, generally rectangular as seen in plan, made of a plastic such as polystyrene or the like.
  • the body is an integral structure and comprises a number of walls defining a floor 1 and opposite longer side
  • the floor 1 has on opposite sides of its longitudinal centre two fold lines Fl, F2 which between them define a spine portion S in the transverse centre ofthe tray.
  • a generally triangular extension El, E2 is present at each end of the spine portion S and is defined by fold lines F3, F4, F5 in the sidewalls 2 A, 2B.
  • the fold F3 is in the
  • a ledge L is present at the top of all four sidewalls.
  • the ledge is whole except that a tear line cut-out 5 is present in line with the hinge line of the spine portion S.
  • a small hole 6 is present inwardly of the ledge in alignment with the cut-out 5.
  • the ledge L of the longer sidewalls on one side of the spine portion S and pegs 7 are present on the other side.
  • the walls of the tray have reinforcing ribs, and thickened or thinned wall portions, as appropriate.
  • the tray can be stood in a litter box B (see Figure 3B) of suitably rigid material and appropriate size.
  • a litter box B (see Figure 3B) of suitably rigid material and appropriate size.
  • the box B has a ledge L B .
  • the level of the litter material is selected to be enough but not so much that litter will escape when the tray is folded later.
  • closures are close enough to be engaged these triangles have taken up a position which is in the same plane as the floor (1) and have in effect become an extension of it. This action continues until the pegs 8 are received in complementary sockets 7 so that the container is sealed [see Figure 4(c)].
  • the fold lines F6, F7 ensure that the extensions can move outwards and downwards without resistance.
  • the size of the tray may be adjusted for single or multiple cat use.
  • the shape of the tray may be rectangular, square, hexagonal, round, oval or other suitable shape as seen in plan.
  • the edges may be engaged by means other than pegs and sockets.
  • the wall material may be of any appropriate thickness and reinforcing ribs may be present or absent.
  • the tray may be used for animals other than cats.
  • the tray may also be used for clinical human waste or for the safe, hygienic disposal of any waste material, e.g. food.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un récipient (T) pouvant être fermé hermétiquement, comprenant un fond (1) pourvu d'une partie en pointe (S) et triangulaire.
PCT/GB1996/001491 1995-06-24 1996-06-19 Recipient pouvant etre ferme hermetiquement WO1997001271A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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AU61336/96A AU6133696A (en) 1995-06-24 1996-06-19 Sealable container

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GBGB9513016.7A GB9513016D0 (en) 1995-06-24 1995-06-24 Disposable cat litter tray
GB9513016.7 1995-06-24

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DE2754620A1 (de) * 1977-12-08 1979-06-13 Geb Bader Edith Ebert Trockentoilettenbeuteleinsatz, vorzugsweise fuer katzen
EP0223724A1 (fr) * 1985-11-06 1987-05-27 Claude Coppola Ensemble hygiénique prêt à l'emploi pour chats
US4706606A (en) * 1985-11-04 1987-11-17 Claude Coppola Hygienic assembly for use by cats
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US3154052A (en) * 1962-07-17 1964-10-27 Sweeney S Entpr Inc Disposable sanitary station for pet animals
DE2754620A1 (de) * 1977-12-08 1979-06-13 Geb Bader Edith Ebert Trockentoilettenbeuteleinsatz, vorzugsweise fuer katzen
US4706606A (en) * 1985-11-04 1987-11-17 Claude Coppola Hygienic assembly for use by cats
EP0223724A1 (fr) * 1985-11-06 1987-05-27 Claude Coppola Ensemble hygiénique prêt à l'emploi pour chats
WO1993021757A1 (fr) * 1992-04-29 1993-11-11 John Douglas Knight Systme de litiere

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10227947C1 (de) * 2002-06-22 2003-12-11 Ecs Environment Care Sys Gmbh Insektenfalle mit Hologramm
US11819007B2 (en) * 2017-07-06 2023-11-21 Angelcare Development Inc Portable litter box and method of use
WO2022014829A1 (fr) * 2020-07-13 2022-01-20 비디씨아이 주식회사 Enveloppe pour emballer des aliments et ensemble d'enveloppes mettant en œuvre une telle enveloppe

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GB9513016D0 (en) 1995-08-30
GB2302533B (en) 1997-08-13

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