US 12,389,871 B2
Waste receptacle
James Tuthill, Oxford (GB); Johannes Paul, London (GB); William Windham, Banbury (GB); and Simon Nicholls, Northants (GB)
Assigned to HEBE STUDIO LIMITED, Wardington (GB)
Appl. No. 17/781,506
Filed by Hebe Studio Ltd., Wardington (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083645
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110551, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1917549 (GB), filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000050 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0107 (2013.01) [A01K 1/011 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waste receptacle for animal excreta, the waste receptacle comprising:
a housing having a base and at least one housing sidewall upstanding from the base so as to define an internal housing void in which a liner can be provided, wherein the at least one housing sidewall defines an internal face; and
a housing liner insertable into said internal housing void, the housing liner having a liner base and at least one housing liner sidewall supportable in use so as to be generally upstanding from said liner base, the liner base and said at least one housing liner sidewall cooperating to define an internal liner void for receipt of animal litter, wherein the internal liner void is configured to contain a measure of litter material;
wherein the housing and the housing liner each comprise access ports that cooperate with one another when the housing liner is received within said internal housing void to allow an animal to enter the housing and access the measure of litter provided within said liner void, the at least one housing liner sidewall further comprising a pocket for storage of a litter scoop, said pocket being provided in an external face of the at least one housing liner sidewall that is adjacent the internal face of said at least one housing sidewall when the liner is inserted into said internal housing void, wherein said pocket lies between the external face of the at least one housing liner sidewall and said internal face of said at least one housing sidewall when the liner is located in the internal housing void, wherein said pocket is normally obscured from view and access thereto is obstructed by the liner.