Patent ID: 7677201

Claim:
A disposable sanitary shield employed with kitty litter containers for absorbing and deflecting cat spray into kitty litter, said sanitary shield comprising: a unitary and single body formed from liquid absorbing material, said body having an uppermost section and a bottom section monolithically formed therewith wherein said uppermost section is selectively pivotal along a fulcrum axis transversely defined to a longitudinal axis of said body, said uppermost section having a surface area less than a surface area of said bottom section, said body further having first, second and third edges defining an outer periphery of said bottom section, said body further having fourth, fifth and sixth edges defining an outer periphery of said uppermost section, said body further including a bend line indentation extending along said fulcrum axis and thereby defining a line of weakness about which said uppermost section is pivotal such that said uppermost section is offset downwardly towards said bottom section and towards an interior of the kitty litter container, said uppermost section being disposed above a top edge of the kitty litter container for effectively preventing fluids and kitty litter from being discharged over the top edge of the kitty litter container; means for removably affixing said bottom section of said body to an inner surface of the kitty litter container such that said body provides a barrier for prohibiting discharge of fluids and kitty litter from the litter container; wherein said removable affixing means comprises a plurality of coextensively shaped adhesive layers directly mated with a rear surface of said bottom section, said adhesive layers having rectilinear shapes contiguously extending parallel to said first and third edges such that said body remains statically adhered to the inner surface and thereby maintains said body at an upright position defined parallel to the inner surface during operating conditions; and elongated protection layers removably positioned over said adhesive layers wherein said protective layers protect said adhesive layers from prematurely engaging fluids and debris prior to conjoining said body against the inner surface of the litter container; wherein said fourth and sixth edges converge upwardly and away from said line of weakness and terminate at opposed ends of said fifth edge such that said fifth edge has a longitudinal length less than a longitudinal length of said second edge.