Patent ID: 11968955
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A litter housing assembly being mountable in a window of a building to facilitate a feline to urinate and defecate outside, said assembly comprising:
a housing having an entry thereby facilitating a feline to enter said housing, said housing being positioned against an exterior wall of said building having said entry being aligned with a window in the exterior wall, said housing having a rear wall and an outer wall extending forwardly from said rear wall, said outer wall having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side and a front side, said entry extending through said front side, said entry extending from said top side toward said bottom wall, said housing having a drain being integrated into said bottom side of said outer wall wherein said drain is configured to drain fluid from said housing, said bottom side of said outer wall sloping downwardly toward said drain wherein said bottom side is configured to facilitate the fluid to run toward said drain, said drain being positioned adjacent to said rear wall, said housing having a plurality of openings each extending through a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said outer wall to ventilate said housing, each of said openings extending from said top side toward said bottom side;
a drip pan being positioned in said housing, said drip pan being foraminous wherein said drip pan is configured to facilitate fluid to pass through said drip pan, said drip pan having cat litter being positioned on said drip pan wherein said drip pan is configured to facilitate the feline to urinate and defecate in said cat litter, said cat litter being comprised of a fluid impermeable material wherein said cat litter is configured to resist absorbing urine from the feline, said drip pan being spaced upwardly from said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing, a perimeter wall of said drip pan abutting said rear wall of said housing and said first lateral side and said second lateral side and said front side of said outer wall of said housing, said perimeter wall having a first sidelong side and a second sidelong side, said perimeter wall having a pair of notches each being integrated into a respective one of said first sidelong side and said second sidelong side, each of said notches being positioned in an inwardly facing surface of said respective first sidelong side and said second sidelong side thereby facilitating each of said notches to be gripped for lifting said drip pan;
a drain pipe being fluidly coupled to said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing, said drain pipe being aligned with said drain in said bottom side wherein said drain pipe is configured to drain the fluid;
a heating coil being integrated into said drain pipe, said heating coil being in thermal communication with said drain pipe, said heating coil heating said drain pipe when said heating coil is turned on for inhibiting ice from forming in said drain pipe;
a plurality of mesh screens, each of said mesh screens being coupled to said outer wall of said housing, each of said mesh screens completely covering a respective one of said openings in said outer wall, each of said mesh screens being comprised of a fluid permeable material wherein each of said mesh screens is configured to pass air through said mesh screens;
a threshold extending away from said housing thereby facilitating said threshold to rest on a sill of the window in the exterior wall of the building, said threshold being positioned on said front side of said outer wall of said housing, said threshold having a top surface, a bottom surface and a distal end with respect to said front side, said top surface being aligned with a lower bounding edge of said entry, said bottom surface resting on the sill of the window;
a box being coupled to said threshold, said box having a bottom wall, a top wall and an exterior wall extending between said bottom wall and said top wall, said exterior wall extending upwardly beyond said top wall to define a lip extending around said box, said exterior wall having a back side and a front side, said back side being attached to said distal end of said threshold;
a lid being hingedly coupled to said box for opening and closing said box, said lid having a front edge, said front edge being hingedly coupled to said lip defined by said exterior wall of said box corresponding to said front side of said exterior wall;
a first fluid input being integrated into said box such that said first fluid input is positioned inside of the building wherein said first fluid input is configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source located inside of the building, said first fluid input extending through said bottom wall of said box;
a second fluid input being integrated into said housing such that said second fluid input is positioned outside of the building wherein said second fluid input is configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source located outside of the building, said second fluid input extending through said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing;
a fluid output being integrated into said box;
a fluid pipe being positioned in said box, said fluid pipe being fluidly coupled to each of said first fluid input and said second fluid input and said fluid output wherein said fluid pipe is configured to direct a fluid from either of said first fluid input or said second fluid input to said fluid output;
a hose being fluidly attached to said fluid output wherein said hose is configured to receive the fluid from said fluid output, said hose having a spray nozzle being fluidly attached to said hose wherein said spray nozzle is configured to spray the fluid onto the cat litter for washing the cat litter; and
a power button being movably integrated into said top wall of said box, said power button being electrically coupled to said heating coil for turning said heating coil on and off, said power button being electrically coupled to a power source comprising an electrical system of the building.