Patent ID: 9565830
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A01K,B01D,F24F

Claim:
1. A ventilated litter box, comprising: a litter box assembly having a litter tray, louvers, and a removable lid enclosure, said lid enclosure including a door opening which provides pet access to an inner space; a fan assembly that forms an air conduit through said lid enclosure, said fan assembly including a housing attached to said lid enclosure, said housing having an air exhaust with an air exhaust grill and an air intake with an air intake grill, said fan assembly further including a fan for drawing air from said inner space into said air intake, a fan motor with a vertically oriented shaft, a filter cover disposed below said air intake grill and hinged at one side to said housing and having a latch at an opposed side to latch said filter cover closed on said housing, said fan further for expelling air from said air exhaust; and, a filter element within said fan assembly for filtering odors from air expelled from said air exhaust.