	US 11,925,169 B2
	Automated litter device
Brad Baxter, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Jason Smith, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Jason Weihman, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Automated Pet Care Products, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,104.
Application 17/977,104 is a continuation of application No. 17/605,704, granted, now 11,523,586, previously published as PCT/US2020/029776, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/982,865, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,965, filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050378 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)

CPC A01K 1/0114 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. An automated litter device having:

a) a base; and

b) a chamber configured for retaining a litter and rotatably supported by the base, wherein the chamber includes:

i) an entry opening so that an animal can enter and exit the chamber;

ii) a waste opening configured so that an animal waste passes through the waste opening into the base upon rotation of the chamber; and

iii) a rotational axis about which the chamber rotates during a cleaning cycle; and

c) a litter dispenser in communication with the chamber and configured to retain a clean and unused litter, wherein the litter dispenser includes:

i) a chute configured to transfer the clean and unused litter from the litter dispenser into the chamber, wherein the chute is located at a rear of the chamber generally opposite of the entry opening and is at least partially aligned with the rotational axis of the chamber.