US 12,232,484 B2
Automatic defecation board for companion animal
Yoonja Choi, Seoul (KR); and Gana Kim, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/030,075
Filed by Yoonja Choi, Seoul (KR); and Gana Kim, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/013234
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/080705, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0132391 (KR), filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371464 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/011 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0146 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic defecation board for a companion animal, comprising:
a main body (100) having a certain height that connects a cable (10) electrically connected to an electronic opening/closing control device attached to a human toilet lever and an inlet pipe (20) that introduces water supplied from an outside;
a bottom plate (200) forming a jaw so that the companion animal lands and defecates;
a bottom plate driving unit (300) in which the bottom plate (200) is coupled to the main body (100) using at least one of a rotary motor, a cam, a crank, a pinion, and a gear sawtooth, and drives a movement of the bottom plate (200) using at least one of parallel motion, rotary motion, and tilt motion;
an upper and lower driving unit (400) that moves the bottom plate (200) coupled to the main body (100) up and down to raise the height of the human toilet (30) or more, by using at least one of the rotary motor, the cam, the crank, the pinion and gear sawtooth;
a sensing sensor unit (500) which is installed around the bottom plate (200) and senses the weight applied to the bottom plate (200) or detects whether the companion animal approaches or leaves the top of the bottom plate (200);
a cleaning unit (600) which is located on one side of the main body (100) and discharges/sprays water into the inner space of the bottom plate (200) using water flowing into an inlet pipe (20) to clean the defecation in the bottom plate (200);
an electronic lever (700) electrically connected to the toilet seat lever of the human toilet (30) to open and close the toilet seat lever electronically; and
a control unit (800) that controls the bottom plate driving unit (300), the upper and lower driving units (400), the sensing sensor unit (500), and the electronic lever (700).