Patent ID: 8578885

Claim:
An apparatus for animal waste disposal comprising: a housing comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls and an interior curved shaped wall including a housing aperture configured for integral connection to a conduit aperture in a conduit of an external sanitary sewer, the housing defining an interior compartment and having an opening providing external access to the interior compartment; and a tray comprising a first panel and a second panel angled relative to one another, a pair of side panels, and a pair of curved surfaces, said panels and said curved surfaces defining a waste receptacle that forms a tapered channel to funnel said animal waste into said external sanitary sewer, the tapered channel tapering inwardly from a full width of the tray toward the housing aperture, the tray being rotatably mounted in the opening and having a curved shape substantially conforming to a shape of the interior curved shaped wall, and the tray being rotatable within the housing relative to the opening between a first position in which animal waste can be deposited into the waste receptacle, and a second position in which deposited animal waste is directed along the tapered channel and passes through the housing aperture and the conduit aperture to direct said animal waste into the external sanitary sewer.