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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Nestec SA, Vevey, CH;
Inventors:
Yimin Zhang, Ballwin, MO (US);
Emily Alison Jemmott, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gustavo Vera, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Nestec SA, Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/0152 (2013.01); A01K 1/0154 (2013.01); A01K 1/0155 (2013.01);
Abstract
Low-dust animal litters made from one or more ingredients that function as an animal litter and one or more polyols that function to control dust in the litter are described herein. The low-dust animal litters are made by selecting one or more litter ingredients suitable for making an animal litter and combining the litter ingredients with one or more polyols, generally by applying the polyols to the surface of one or more ingredients before or during the process of combining the ingredients to produce the litter.