Patent ID: 7997230
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A manual cleaning litter box comprising: a pair of opposing and spaced apart side rails having an interior side and an exterior side including a protrusion extending beyond a rear end of each side rail for attachment; a rear wall removably affixed in an assembled position to the protrusion on each side wall to form three sides of the manual litter box; a waste cover affixed between a front end of each side rail to form four sides of the manual litter box; a rake assembly including spaced apart tines for combing through kitty litter within the box during a cleaning stroke from a first position to a second position; a chassis mounted to the exterior of the side rails for carrying said rake assembly; a shuttle handle attached to the chassis for driving the tines angled in the direction of travel of said rake assembly through the kitty litter toward a waste compartment to the second position; and means mounting on the manual litter box for frictional engaging the rake assembly causing the tines to flip in the direction of travel back to the first position and vice versa to the second position.