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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Unicharm Corporation, Shikokuchuo, JP;
Shinya Kaneko, Kanonji, JP;
UNICHARM CORPORATION, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
An animal litter box () includes: a litter-box main portion () including an upper container () and a lower container (); an output main portion () including an output portion (); and a position regulator. The upper container () includes a plurality of holes (h) passing through the upper container in the up-down direction, and the lower container () includes a reception portion () that receives excrement that has passed through the plurality of holes (h). The output portion () includes: a top surface () that comes into contact with the litter-box main portion (); and a side wall () extending from an edge of the top surface () in the up-down direction. The output portion () outputs a signal in accordance with a magnitude of a force that acts on the top surface (). The position regulator includes: a litter-box-side regulating portion () disposed on the litter-box main portion (); and an output-side regulating portion () disposed on the output main portion (). The output-side regulating portion () is a portion different from the side wall (). The position regulator regulates a relative position between the litter-box main portion () and the output main portion () in at least one of the front-back direction and the left-right direction.