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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Elif Caputa, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Brooke Sloate, Keller, TX (US);
Michael John Otterman, Maumee, OH (US);
Walter N. Yap, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Elif Caputa, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Brooke Sloate, Keller, TX (US);
Michael John Otterman, Maumee, OH (US);
Walter N. Yap, Boca Raton, FL (US);
United Pet Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an automatic self cleaning litter box. In accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a litter receptacle, a drive unit moveably coupled to the litter receptacle, and a sieve coupled to the drive unit such that the sieve possesses at least two degrees of freedom of movement relative to the litter receptacle and at least one degree of freedom of movement relative to the drive unit.