Patent ID: 6851386

Claim:
A waste box for use with a litter box, the waste box used for collecting litter clumps removed from the litter box and for collecting litter particulate scattered onto the waste box after a cat exits the litter box, the waste box comprising: a bottom wall, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of end walls and a pivotable top forming a waste storage area, said pivotable top movable between closed and opened positions; a liner disposed in said waste storage area, said liner having a pocket for receiving litter clumps removed from the litter box in said pivotable top opened position and for retaining litter clumps in said pivotable top closed position; and said waste box pivotable top includes an opening to direct the litter particulate scattered on said waste box pivotable top into said waste storage area as said waste box pivotable top moves to said opened position, the litter particulate being retained in said waste storage area separate from the litter clumps retained in said liner pocket.