Patent ID: 8061301
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. In a self scooping litter box forming a waste receiving area that receives a volume of clumping cat litter such as to form clumps upon interacting with animal wastes and a litter box waste receptacle having a housing and a lid or cover that is operatively, hingedly affixed to the housing, the improvement comprising in combination: a filter member attached to an inside surface of said lid or cover, said filter member having a porous structure incorporating activated ingredients specifically adapted for deodorizing unpleasant odors; said filter formed of a flexible foam planar member formed of open cells into which activated odor control ingredients are incorporated; said inside surface forming a filter attachment facet having a filter support structure having aligned frame elements extending downward from said inside surface and which circumscribe a filter attachment facet; wherein said filter member is compressionally retained within and removable from within said filter attachment facet so as to facilitate laundering of said filter.