Patent ID: 7214199

Claim:
A device for collecting a urine specimen from an animal, comprising: an elongated open tray having a bottom wall and upstanding sidewalls extending from opposing side edges of the bottom wall, a top wall overlying and spaced from said bottom wall defining a specimen collection chamber formed integrally with the tray and extending from one end thereof and having an open upper end to provide fluid communication between the collection chamber and tray, a means for accumulating a predetermined volume of urine specimen in said collection chamber, a hollow elongated funnel at the opposite end of said tray with respect to the collection chamber and formed integrally therewith, and a means for detachably mounting a sealable urine specimen collection tube formed integrally with the tray, whereby tilting of the device forwardly fills the collection chamber with a predetermined volume of urine specimen and thereafter when the device is titled readwardly the predetermined volume of specimen flows directly into the sealable urine collection tube.