Patent ID: 8683953
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A litter box for domestic animals for use with a granular litter material, the litter box comprising: a box-like body having an upper wall for supporting a domestic animal, a receptacle for containing the granular litter material susceptible to at least partially absorb animal excrements, a first tubular duct arranged below the upper wall, for conveying the animal excrements towards a discharge zone arranged in a lower part of the body of the box, wherein said upper wall has a through opening facing the first tubular duct, and in that the first tubular duct is substantially extended between said opening and the receptacle of the granular material interposed between the upper wall and a bottom of the body, and said receptacle surrounds a second tubular duct with smaller cross section than the first tubular duct, arranged inside the first tubular duct and having an upper end facing the opening of the upper wall of the body and a lower end facing the bottom of the body, and said second tubular duct allows the fall of the animal excrements towards the bottom of the body and defines an internal edge of the receptacle for the purpose of retaining therein a quantity of said granular material, so as receptacle being placed at a distance from said opening such to allow an animal set on the upper wall to reach, through said opening, the granular material present therein.