Animal Litter Box Extension Wall Hygiene
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal litter boxes contaminate the floor during cleaning due to direct contact between the upper container and excreta, leading to increased cleaning steps and hygiene issues.
Innovation Solution
An animal litter box design featuring a lower container with an open top, upright side walls, and an upper container with through holes and an extension wall portion that positions below the upper container, preventing direct contact and allowing for easy cleaning and hygiene maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the upper container is placed directly on the floor during cleaning, then the cleaning process becomes simpler, but the floor is contaminated with excreta
Solution Approach 1:
The extension wall portion acts as an intermediary element that extends below the upper bottom portion, creating a barrier between the contaminated upper container and the clean floor surface. This allows the upper container to be placed directly on the floor during cleaning without contaminating the floor, as the extension wall portion prevents direct contact between the excreta-containing upper container and the floor.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a sheet is laid on the floor to prevent contamination, then floor hygiene is maintained, but the number of cleaning steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The extension wall portion serves as a built-in intermediary structure that eliminates the need for external sheets or newspapers. By integrating this protective barrier directly into the upper container structure, the invention maintains floor hygiene while reducing the number of cleaning steps, as users no longer need to lay and remove sheets during each cleaning cycle.
3Device complexity
If the upper container bottom face is in direct contact with the liquid absorbent member, then the structure is simpler, but hygiene deteriorates during cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The upper container is segmented into functional zones: the upper bottom portion with through holes for liquid permeation, and the extension wall portion extending downward below the upper bottom portion. This segmentation allows the upper container to maintain structural simplicity while the extension wall portion provides the hygiene benefit by preventing direct contact between the contaminated bottom face and the floor during cleaning operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design provides superior hygiene and easy cleaning by preventing contamination of the floor during the cleaning process, allowing the upper container to be removed and placed directly on a surface without contacting the liquid absorbent member.
Implementation Method 1
liquid such as urine passes through the granular matter and then the liquid permeation holes of the upper container, to be absorbed by the liquid absorbent member in the lower container
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AI summary
Provided is a litter box for animals that is hygienic and easy to clean. A litter box for animals is provided with a lower container, the upper part of which is open and which has a lower bottom surface part and a lower side wall part standing up from the peripheral edge of the lower bottom surface part, and an upper container, the upper part of which is open and which is disposed above the lower container. The upper container is provided with a upper bottom surface part in which a plurality of through holes is formed, an upper wall part standing up from the peripheral edge of the upper bottom surface part, and an extending wall part that extends downward from the outer surface of the upper wall part. The lower end part of the extending wall part is disposed lower than the upper bottom surface part.