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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Dan Kenneth Dixon, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan Foster Huck, Jackson, MO (US);
Inventors:
Dan Kenneth Dixon, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan Foster Huck, Jackson, MO (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/0154 (2013.01); A01K 1/0155 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides animal litters that have an increased absorption rate and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise one or more animal litter particles that have been produced by fragmenting extruded animal litter particles that have a film on the surface of the particle that adversely affects the absorption rate. The fragmenting exposes the interior of the extruded animal litter particles, which does not have this film, to the external environment and increases the absorption rate.