Patent ID: 8578887

Claim:
A litter box system comprising: a main litter box body including a generally planar bottom with a front wall, a rear wall, and two lateral side walls connecting the front and rear walls extending upward from the bottom; a canopy formed as a top wall extending across a rear width of the main litter box body to form, with the rear wall and rear portions of the bottom and lateral side walls, a litter reservoir configured to receive and hold generally unsoiled litter during a cleaning operation; and a sifter/scraper scoop removably attached to the canopy, where the scoop includes: a top handle; top wall and side walls forming three sides; a rear wall including at least one sifting screen element and a solid lower wall portion extending across the width of the scoop; wherein outer contours of the scoop are configured to complement and to be approximately the same dimensions as inner contours across the width and up the lateral sides of the main litter box body.