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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Takayuki Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hiroshima, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuaki Namikawa, Toyama, JP;
Takayuki Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hiroshima, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuaki Namikawa, Toyama, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
To provide a movable hood which can be opened and closed smoothly even though a distance between the movable hood and a fixed hood is reduced. An animal litter boxcomprises an evacuation container; and a hood, the hoodhaving a fixed hood, a movable hood, and a pair of connecting portions, wherein the movable hoodis configured to be moved rotatably outside or inside the fixed hoodin the state that an end edge is proximal to the fixed hoodwith maintaining a prescribed distance, and wherein at least one of the fixed hoodand the movable hoodis provided with a convex restricting portionwhich prevents a distance between an end edge on at least the one end of the movable hoodand the fixed hoodfrom being less than the prescribed distance.