Patent ID: 8539911

Claim:
A disposable feline litter box comprising: a tray receptacle having a litter-filled interior; a corrugated enclosure affixed to said tray receptacle, said enclosure being upwardly extendable to an expanded state and downwardly retractable to a collapsed state; a top affixed to an upper end of said enclosure; an opening disposed in a forward facing side of said enclosure for ingress and egress of a feline; a door hingedly attached to said enclosure for covering said opening; two pairs of linkages, each of said pair of linkages being pivotably attached between a middle of said tray receptacle and a middle of said top on opposing sides of said enclosure; and a pair of stops, each of said pair of stops comprising a solid body comprising at least one flat side extending outwardly from opposing sides of said tray receptacle proximate said middle of said tray receptacle and adjacent to a lower end portion of each of said pair of linkages; wherein said pair of linkages pivot to a generally horizontal orientation to maintain said enclosure in said collapsed state and to a generally vertical orientation to maintain said enclosure in said expanded state; and wherein a side edge of said lower end portion each of said pair of linkages abuts said flat side of one of said pair of stops when said enclosure is in said expanded state.