Patent ID: 6062169
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A cat litter box cover system comprising, in combination:a rigid litter box including a base having a bottom face and a side wall integrally coupled to the bottom face and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom to terminate with an upper peripheral lip having an inverted U-shaped configuration, the litter box further including a lid with a top face and a peripheral wall integrally coupled to the top face and depending outwardly downwardly therefrom to define a bottom peripheral edge adapted for engaging the upper peripheral lip of the base thereby defining an interior space, wherein the lid has a rectangular entrance formed on the peripheral wall thereof and a handle fixedly mounted on a central extent of the top face of the lid;a flexible cover constructed from a fabric material including a rectangular top face with an X-shaped cut out formed in a central extent thereof which is defined by a pair of intersecting linear slots which remain in parallel with an edge of the top face, a pair of wide side faces and a pair of thin side faces all integrally coupled to the top face of the cover and depending downwardly therefrom for defining an interior space and a lower peripheral edge, and an opening formed in one of the thin side faces adjacent to the lower peripheral edge of the cover, the opening including a linear bottom edge, an arcuate top edge, and a pair of linear side edges, wherein the opening has a height approximately 3/4 that of the thin side face in which it is formed, wherein the cover is placed over the lid of the litter box such that the handle extends through the cut out and the opening of the cover is aligned with the entrance of the lid of the litter box;a decorative assembly including a valance depending from the top edge of the opening of the cover a distance about 1/3 a height of the opening, the decorative assembly further including a pair of curtains depending from the top edge of the opening and lining an entire length of the side edges of the opening of the cover;a thin elastic band mounted along an entire perimeter of the lower peripheral edge of the cover for conforming to the side wall of the base of the litter box below the upper peripheral lip thereof, the elastic band having a height of about 1/4 that of the base of the litter box, thereby maintaining the cover in place; andlace mounted along the entire perimeter of the lower peripheral edge of the cover exterior of and separate from the elastic band, the lace having a height which is greater than that of the base of the litter box.