Patent ID: 8851014
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A litter box assembly comprised of: a base tray having a bottom wall, opposing side walls, a back wall and a front wall, said front wall having a height less than said opposing side walls to define a partially open end of said base tray and an upper edge of each of said opposing side walls formed to define a flange; and an insert dimensioned to be disposed within said base tray, said insert having a bottom wall, opposing side walls and a back wall, said bottom wall having a plurality of openings formed in a portion thereof and a leading edge that extends between ends of said opposing side walls wherein said leading edge of said bottom wall and said ends of said opposing side walls define an open end of said insert, each of said opposing side walls of said insert formed to define a mating flange, each of said mating flanges formed to define an opening at said end of said opposing side wall, wherein said insert is insertable into said base tray through said partially open end of said base tray such that when said leading edge of said insert is disposed adjacent to said front wall of said base tray, said opening of each of said mating flanges of said insert receives one of said flanges of said base tray, and wherein said leading edge of said insert engages and slides along said bottom wall of said base tray and each of said mating flanges of said insert engages and slides along one of said flanges of said base tray to guide said insert into said base tray as said insert is inserted into said base tray.