US 12,439,885 B2
Litter device with bezel assembly
Jason Smith, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Brad Baxter, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Automated Pet Care Products, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/249,884
Filed by Automated Pet Care Products, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/056491
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/087531, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,604, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,625, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,574, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380378 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0114 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A litter device having:
a) a base
b) a chamber with an entry opening, wherein the chamber is configured to retain litter and is rotatably supported by the base;
c) a bezel located about the entry opening, wherein the bezel includes a front surface and one or more mating features, and wherein the front surface is an outside surface of the bezel; and
d) one or more accessories removably affixed to the bezel, wherein the one or more accessories cover a portion of the front surface of the bezel, wherein the one or more accessories include a mounting bracket, and wherein the mounting bracket includes one or more mating features which engage with the one or more mating features of the bezel such that the mounting bracket is removably affixed to the bezel, and
wherein the one or more mating features of the bezel includes a groove; and wherein the groove at least partially encircles about the entry opening.