Patent ID: 9723807
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A pet toilet comprising a footing-constituting member constituting a footing for a pet conducting an excreting action, and a frame which is rectangular in a plan view and surrounds the footing-constituting member, wherein the frame is configured so as to be foldable by folding one set of opposite sides of two sets of opposite sides constituting the frame in such a manner that lengthwise central portions of the one set of the opposite sides constituting the frame are directed inward of the frame, the footing-constituting member is supported from a lower side of the footing-constituting member by supporting bodies, the supporting bodies projecting from inner circumferential faces of the frame toward the inside of the frame, the supporting bodies are composed of portions of the two sets of opposite sides constituting the frame, are arranged to be approximately flush with inner circumferential faces of the frame without projecting the inner circumferential faces to be put in a stored state during nonuse, and are caused to project inward of the frame to be put in use state during use, the footing-constituting member is configured to include a drainboard through which excretion liquid of a pet can pass, and a liquid-retainable absorbent member arranged below the drainboard, an excretion treatment layer is formed on an upper face of the drainboard by loading an excretion treatment material on the upper face, the excretion treatment material, together with the drainboard, is stored in a treatment material storing case placed on the absorbent member, and the treatment material storing case has such a size that the treatment material storing case can be stored in the frame and is composed of a small frame rectangular in a plan view and surrounding the drainboard, the small frame is configured so as to be foldable by folding one set of opposite sides of two sets of opposite sides constituting the small frame in such a manner that lengthwise central portions of the one set of the opposite sides constituting the small frame are directed inward of the small frame, the drainboard is supported from a lower side of the drainboard by drainboard supporting bodies, the drainboard supporting bodies projecting from inner circumferential faces of the small frame toward the inside of the small frame, and the drainboard supporting bodies are composed of portions of sides constituting the small frame, are integrated with the sides constituting the small frame to be approximately flush with inner circumferential faces of the small frame without projecting the inner circumferential faces during nonuse, and are caused to project inward of the small frame to be put in use state during use.