Toilet for animal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10154647-B2
Application number	US-201514780243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

An animal toilet has a lengthwise direction, a horizontal direction and an up-down direction that are orthogonal to each other. The animal toilet is provided with an upper container that is provided with a plurality of holes through which urine passes below, a lower container that is positioned below the upper container and has formed an insert hole on a front face along the lengthwise direction, a tray that is housed from the insert hole into the lower container in a manner being allowed to be pulled out forward, and an absorbent sheet that is placed on a bottom face of the tray and receives and absorbs the urine that falls through the holes of the upper container. The tray includes a pair of horizontal walls being provided along the horizontal direction and standing upward from the bottom face at both lengthwise ends, and a pair of lengthwise walls being provided along the lengthwise direction and standing upward from the bottom face at both horizontal ends, in order to section a placing area of the absorbent sheet. A horizontal wall displaced part, having the horizontal wall displaced outward along the lengthwise direction, is formed at a horizontal end part of the horizontal wall and a lengthwise wall displaced part, having the lengthwise wall displaced outward along the horizontal direction, is formed at a lengthwise end part of the lengthwise wall, in a manner corresponding to at least one corner part of four corner parts of the placing area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An animal toilet having a lengthwise direction, a horizontal direction and an up-down direction that intersect each other comprising:
an upper container that is provided with a plurality of holes through which urine passes below;
a lower container that is positioned below the upper container and has formed an insert hole on a front face along the lengthwise direction;
a tray that is housed from the insert hole into the lower container in a manner being allowed to be pulled out forward; and
an absorbent sheet that is placed on a bottom face of the tray and receives and absorbs the urine that falls through the holes of the upper container,
the tray including a pair of horizontal walls being provided along the horizontal direction and standing upward from the bottom face at both lengthwise ends, and a pair of lengthwise walls being provided along the lengthwise direction and standing upward from the bottom face at both horizontal ends, in order to section a placing area of the absorbent sheet, and
a horizontal wall displaced part, having the horizontal wall displaced outward along the lengthwise direction, being formed at a horizontal end part of the horizontal wall and a lengthwise wall displaced part, having the lengthwise wall displaced outward along the horizontal direction, being formed at a lengthwise end part of the lengthwise wall, in a manner corresponding to at least one corner part of four corner parts of the placing area,
the horizontal wall displaced part being displaced outward along the lengthwise direction while approaching an outer side along the horizontal direction,
the lengthwise wall displaced part being displaced outward along the horizontal direction while approaching an outer side along the lengthwise direction,
a joining part of the horizontal wall displaced part with the lengthwise wall displaced part being positioned on an outer side along the lengthwise direction from a section of the horizontal wall excluding the horizontal wall displaced part as well as being positioned on an outer side along the horizontal direction from a section of the lengthwise wall excluding the lengthwise wall displaced part,
an inner wall face of the horizontal wall being inclined based on an inclination angle of the horizontal wall so that an upper part along an up-down direction is positioned on an outer side along the lengthwise direction,
an inner wall face of the lengthwise wall being inclined based on an inclination angle of the lengthwise wall so that an upper part along the up-down direction is positioned on an outer side along the horizontal direction,
a maximum value of the inclination angle of the inner wall face of the horizontal wall is smaller than a maximum value of the inclination angle of the inner wall face of the lengthwise wall,
the tray having a shape that has a side that is longer along the lengthwise direction than a side along the horizontal direction,
the tray being allowed to be housed in the lower container with either sides of the lengthwise ends facing a front, and
the horizontal wall displaced part and the lengthwise wall displaced part being provided to all corner parts of the four corner parts of the placing area.

2. An animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the inclination angle at the horizontal wall displaced part is of a same value as
the inclination angle at a horizontal center part of the horizontal wall.

3. An animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
the horizontal wall is displaced along an arc curve in a predetermined area including a position, of the horizontal wall displaced part, where a displacement toward an outer side along the lengthwise direction starts and
the lengthwise wall is displaced along an arc curve in a predetermined area including a position, of the lengthwise wall displaced part, where a displacement toward an outer side along the horizontal direction starts.

4. An animal toilet according to claim 3 , wherein
a length of the lengthwise wall along the lengthwise direction is longer than a length of the horizontal wall along the horizontal direction,
the absorbent sheet has a long side part that is along a longitudinal direction and a short side part that is along a width direction, the short side part having a length shorter than the long side part, and the absorbent sheet is placed on the tray with the longitudinal direction made to come along the lengthwise direction and the width direction made to come along the horizontal direction, and
a length of the lengthwise wall displaced part in the lengthwise direction is longer than a length of the horizontal wall displaced part in the horizontal direction.

5. An animal toilet according to claim 4 , wherein
when an upper part of an edge part, positioned in the lower container, of the insert hole of the lower container is seen from above, a section corresponding to the corner part of the tray in the upper part has a section in a curved shape.

6. An animal toilet according to claim 3 , wherein
when an upper part of an edge part, positioned in the lower container, of the insert hole of the lower container is seen from above, a section corresponding to the corner part of the tray in the upper part has a section in a curved shape.

7. An animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
a length of the lengthwise wall along the lengthwise direction is longer than a length of the horizontal wall along the horizontal direction,
the absorbent sheet has a long side part that is along a longitudinal direction and a short side part that is along a width direction, the short side part having a length shorter than the long side part, and the absorbent sheet is placed on the tray with the longitudinal direction made to come along the lengthwise direction and the width direction made to come along the horizontal direction, and
a length of the lengthwise wall displaced part in the lengthwise direction is longer than a length of the horizontal wall displaced part in the horizontal direction.

8. An animal toilet according to claim 7 , wherein
when an upper part of an edge part, positioned in the lower container, of the insert hole of the lower container is seen from above, a section corresponding to the corner part of the tray in the upper part has a section in a curved shape.

9. An animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
when an upper part of an edge part, positioned in the lower container, of the insert hole of the lower container is seen from above, a section corresponding to the corner part of the tray in the upper part has a section in a curved shape.

10. An animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the horizontal wall is displaced along an arc curve in a predetermined area including a position, of the horizontal wall displaced part, where a displacement toward an outer side along the lengthwise direction starts and
the lengthwise wall is displaced along an arc curve in a predetermined area including a position, of the lengthwise wall displaced part, where a displacement toward an outer side along the horizontal direction starts.

11. An animal toilet according to claim 10 , wherein
a length of the lengthwise wall along the lengthwise direction is longer than a length of the horizontal wall along the horizontal direction,
the absorbent sheet has a long side part that is along a longitudinal direction and a short side part that is along a width direction, the short side part having a length shorter than the long side part, and the absorbent sheet is placed on the tray with the longitudinal direction made to come along the lengthwise direction and the width direction made to come along the horizontal direction, and
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Assignees

• Unicharm Corp

Inventors

• Takagi Chiyo
• Kaneko Shinya

Classifications

• A01K1/0157

  Mats; Sheets · CPC title

• A01K23/00

  Manure or urine pouches · CPC title

• A01K1/01

  Removal of dung or urine {; Removal of manure from stables}(A01K1/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A01K1/0114 Primary

  Litter boxes with screens for separating excrement from litter · CPC title

• A01K1/0107

  Cat trays; Dog urinals; Toilets for pets · CPC title