Patent ID: 7278372
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A pet litter box, comprising: an elongated housing including a first end wall and a second end wall, the housing further includes a sidewall extending between the first end wall and the second end wall; and a base supporting the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis, wherein the first end wall is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; the first end wall of the housing including a first end wall aperture shaped and dimensioned for the passage of a pet therethrough, the first end wall aperture being offset from a central longitudinal axis of the housing; the housing further includes a grate and a dividing panel respectively extending between the first end wall and the second end wall of the housing, the grate including a first edge which remains in contact with an interior surface of the sidewall to define a grate/sidewall junction and a free edge directed away from the sidewall and the dividing panel similarly includes a first edge which remains in contact with the interior surface of the housing to define a panel/sidewall junction and a free edge that is directed away from the sidewall, the free edge of the dividing panel being secured to the free edge of the grate to define a clean litter reservoir, and wherein the first end wall aperture is diametrically opposed to either the free edge of the dividing panel or the free edge of the grate; the sidewall further includes an elongated sidewall aperture positioned adjacent the panel/sidewall junction such that the dividing panel is positioned substantially between the grate and the sidewall aperture; wherein rotation of the housing causes litter within the housing to move toward the grate, the grate defining a barrier preventing litter waste from passing therethrough and into the clean litter reservoir defined by the dividing panel and the interior surface of the sidewall such that continued rotation of the housing causes the litter waste to tide over the grate and dividing panel toward the sidewall aperture where the litter waste exits the housing.