Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
119172000 | Having paper-related component | 27 |
20080210173 | ANIMAL LITTER - An animal litter with increased moisture retention and accelerated absorbency, a method of manufacture and method of use for indoor urine and feces disposal. An animal litter with a greater surface area and higher moisture retention intended for animals as small as mice, gerbils and hamsters, as well as larger domestic animals. The animal litter is a paper and wood composition treated with a surfactant, which increases moisture retention four to five times its weight. | 09-04-2008 |
20100006035 | Animal Litter - An animal litter with increased moisture retention and accelerated absorbency, a method of manufacture and method of use for indoor urine and feces disposal. An animal litter with a greater surface area and higher moisture retention intended for animals as small as mice, gerbils and hamsters, as well as larger domestic animals. The animal litter is a paper and wood composition treated with a surfactant, which increases moisture retention four to five times its weight. | 01-14-2010 |
20100192867 | COMPRESSED STRAW MATERIAL - Bedding material for livestock is produced by extruding straw through a conventional cubing system rather than a conventional pellet mill. The cubing process generates friction in turn changing the properties of the straw making the straw particles highly absorbent. The cubing process allows for greater particle size in the finished product as compared to pellets produce in a conventional pellet mill. The process involves the following: shredding the straw to proper size, cubing the straw into cubes and flakes, cooling, storing and packaging. The cubing process requires 40% less energy based on throughput of finished product, thus making the material more affordable to larger farming operations. Some other properties include a higher bulk density than large conventional bales or wood shavings, less dust when applying, a pasteurized product, easier to handle and spread compared to straw bales, wood shavings and sawdust | 08-05-2010 |
20100242849 | PET BEDDING - A pet bedding designed to allow for easy and convenient clean-up of animal excreta. It is biodegradable and designed with the dimensions of corresponding pet cages found in pet shops. The design consists of two layers of white cotton cloth filled with wood pulp. The top layer of cloth is perforated with evenly-spaced, holes. The top layer of cloth is sewn to the bottom layer using cotton thread. This product is useful because it eliminates the intense physical labor associated with replacing traditional loose pet bedding. | 09-30-2010 |
20110023788 | PET BARRIER AND COVER - A cover for use with a pet barrier having a frame with first and second ends includes a body portion sized and shaped to cover at least a portion of the frame and first and second attachment members defined on the body portion. The first attachment member is sized and configured to be releasably secured to one of the first and second ends of the frame, and the second attachment member is sized and configured to be releasably secured to the other of the first and second ends of the frame. The cover further includes a closure assembly configured to selectively secure the second attachment member to the frame. | 02-03-2011 |
20110088631 | Padding Material for Mice in Laboratories - Edible synthetic padding material is provided for mice and/for rat in laboratories. The edible synthetic padding material includes a major ingredient, a minor ingredient and adhesive. The major ingredient is made of edible natural fibers. The minor ingredient is made of nature elastic fibers. The adhesive is used to bond the major and minor ingredients. | 04-21-2011 |
20110232578 | Absorbent Pad Containing Corrugate - Absorbent pads comprising a filler material containing reclaimed pre-consumer cellulosic fluff and super absorbent polymer, preferably in combination with reclaimed corrugate filler as a supplemental absorbent. A method for making the subject training pads is also disclosed. | 09-29-2011 |
20120103268 | Small Animal Bedding Composed of Paper Manufacture From Cellulose and Polypropylene Fibers - A bedding material for use in small animal cages or the like comprises a hydrophilic cellulose fiber paper coated with a hydrophobic polypropylene coating. The bedding material is made from a combination of one or more of unused coffee filter paper and tea filter paper, air laid materials, and rayon which is shredded to produce a bedding material of a preferred size and texture. The material has a wet strength that keeps the fiber paper from fusing together when exposed to fluids but rather causes the fluids to wick out over a relatively large area for the bedding material to quickly dry. This prevents the buildup of ammonia and other unwanted odors. | 05-03-2012 |
20120137982 | ANIMAL LITTER COMPRISING AN ORGANIC SUBSTRATE AND A WICKING AGENT FOR IMPROVED ABSORBANCY - Granulized litter compositions comprising a natural organic litter substrate for absorbing urine or other liquid. In order to improve the wicking ability of such “green” litter granules, which are initially slow to absorb liquid, the litter composition further includes a wicking agent to more quickly wick urine or other liquid into the natural organic litter substrate, where it is absorbed. In one embodiment, the wicking agent is provided as granules separate from the natural organic litter granules. In another embodiment, the wicking agent comprises a coating applied over at least some of the natural organic litter granules. The presence of the wicking agent advantageously improves the ability of urine or other liquid to be quickly absorbed so as to minimize and/or prevent any pooling that would otherwise occur. | 06-07-2012 |
20120260859 | ANIMAL LITTER CONTAINING TWISTED PAPER RODS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL WITH MENTAL STIMULATION - An animal litter is provided for simultaneously delivering urine-absorbent and mental-stimulating properties of the litter. The litter includes in combination a plurality of urine-absorbent particles forming a litter particulate component and a plurality of unfoldable polymeric cylinders constituting a polymeric cylinder component and intermixed with the urine-absorbent particles. The polymeric cylinders have a mean cylinder height of between 1 and 30 millimeters, a ratio of cylinder height to cylinder diameter of 1:1 to 12:1, and a strip length to cylinder height ratio of greater than 10:1. The litter particulate component is present relative to the cylinders in a volume ratio of 1:1 to 25:1. A process is further provided to mental stimulation and boredom reduction of a caged animal. The process includes providing the animal with the above inventive litter and allowing sufficient time for the animal to unfold a portion of the polymeric cylinders. | 10-18-2012 |
20130112150 | LIGHTWEIGHT ABSORBENT CELLULOSE PELLETS - An absorbent material which may be used for animal bedding or litter, is made up of pellets of cellulosic fiber having a bulk density of 95 to 350 kg/m | 05-09-2013 |
20130220228 | ANIMAL LITTER CONTAINING TWISTED PAPER RODS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL WITH MENTAL STIMULATION - An animal litter is provided for simultaneously delivering urine-absorbent and mental-stimulating properties of the litter. The litter includes in combination a plurality of urine-absorbent particles forming a litter particulate component and a plurality of unfoldable polymeric cylinders constituting a polymeric cylinder component and intermixed with the urine-absorbent particles. The polymeric cylinders have a mean cylinder height of between 1 and 30 millimeters, a ratio of cylinder height to cylinder diameter of 1:1 to 12:1, and a strip length to cylinder height ratio of greater than 10:1. The litter particulate component is present relative to the cylinders in a volume ratio of 1:1 to 25:1. A process is further provided to mental stimulation and boredom reduction of a caged animal. The process includes providing the animal with the above inventive litter and allowing sufficient time for the animal to unfold a portion of the polymeric cylinders. | 08-29-2013 |
20140060444 | SMALL ANIMAL BEDDING COMPOSED OF PAPER MANUFACTURE FROM CELLULOSE AND POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS - A bedding material for use in small animal cages or the like comprises a hydrophilic cellulose fiber paper coated with a hydrophobic polypropylene coating. The bedding material is made from a combination of one or more of unused coffee filter paper and tea filter paper, air laid materials, and rayon which is shredded to produce a bedding material of a preferred size and texture. The material has a wet strength that keeps the fiber paper from fusing together when exposed to fluids but rather causes the fluids to wick out over a relatively large area for the bedding material to quickly dry. This prevents the buildup of ammonia and other unwanted odors. | 03-06-2014 |
20140069347 | ANIMAL LITTER - An animal litter with increased moisture retention and accelerated absorbency, a method of manufacture and method of use for indoor urine and feces disposal. An animal litter with a greater surface area and higher moisture retention intended for animals as small as mice, gerbils and hamsters, as well as larger domestic animals. The animal litter is a paper and wood composition treated with a surfactant, which increases moisture retention four to five times its weight. | 03-13-2014 |
20140190420 | EXCREMENT TREATMENT MATERIAL - The present invention provides an excrement treatment material capable of being treated by a water-disintegration treatment after use. The excrement treatment material contains a water retaining material including at least one material of papers, fibers, woods, plants, plastics, rubbers, organic sludge and animal waste, an adhesive and a water absorbing resin, and is formed in a granular shape, wherein the water retaining material has a grain size of 0.6 mm or less, and the adhesive is contained in an amount of 5 wt % to 20 wt % with respect to a total weight of the excrement treatment material. | 07-10-2014 |
20140238306 | NESTING MATERIAL BALING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR MOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT - A standardized nesting material for use in laboratory environments for rodents includes a latrining substrate, and at least one bale unit formed to include a fibrous scaffolding material, and an insulating material. The bale units are of standardized size and can be packaged and sterilized to provide improved wellbeing of the animals; reduced feed and labor costs; and improved scientific quality of the studies conducted on the animals. | 08-28-2014 |
20140261210 | Animal Bedding and Associated Method for Preparing the Same - Animal bedding having one or more solvents and a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing pelletized animal bedding is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from a cow which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product, drying the first wet product to generate a first dry product, and densifying the first dry product to, in turn, generate pelletized animal bedding. | 09-18-2014 |
20150047571 | Absorbent Pad for Animal Waste - A pad for absorbing liquid waste from animals, said pad comprising: a absorbent layer, said absorbent layer having a pair of opposing sides, said absorbent layer comprising a composite material comprising recycled paper and a crystalline amphoteric compound in powder form; and a substrate layer, said substrate layer comprising a liquid impermeable material, said substrate layer attached to one of said opposing sides of said absorbent layer. | 02-19-2015 |
20150128869 | ORGANICALLY BASED ANIMAL LITTER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The present disclosure provides a lightweight hybrid clumping animal litter made from organic core particles combined with small amounts of clumping agent, and methods for making the litter. | 05-14-2015 |
20150334984 | ENGINEERED ABSORBENT ANIMAL BEDDING - Animal bedding materials are described that comprise fragments of paper or other cellulosic materials that are contorted/bent/folded into three dimensional shapes which intertwine. The contorted/bent/folded individual pieces enclose a large void space relative to the surface area of the pieces. Intertwining of the individual pieces further increase the void space. The result is an animal bedding material that quickly captures and immobilizes relatively large amounts of aqueous liquids. Consequently, the surfaces are macroscopically dry to the touch, and less likely to promote skin irritation in animals. This structure, based on contorted/bent/folded intertwined fragments, inherently creates high loft, thus providing underfoot comfort for animals as well as thermal insulation. Manufacture of these engineered bedding materials is partially limited by shipping costs of the bulky raw materials and of the finished products so solutions to these impediments are also described. | 11-26-2015 |
20150351362 | ANIMAL TOILET SAND - To provide animal toilet sand that allows easy recognition of an area where urine has been absorbed, easy observation of the color of urine, and suppression of odor of excreted urine. An animal toilet sand is composed of a plurality of particulates having a water absorbing property, wherein the particulates include: color change particles that are configured to include pulp and to change color upon absorbing moisture; and white particles that have a core portion which is configured to include pulp and a covering layer which is configured to include pulp, highly absorbent resin and fragrance, and to cover the core portion, the white particles not changing color upon absorbing moisture, and the color change particles are included at a higher ratio by weight than the white particles. | 12-10-2015 |
20160066534 | Tie Handle Training Pad - An enclosable potty-training pad is an apparatus used to potty-train young pets and allows a user to grasp and dispose the apparatus in a sanitary manner. The apparatus includes a plurality of ties and a base pad. The base pad collects and retains liquid and/or solid waste of a young pet. The base pad includes multiple functional layers in order to strain the solid portions of the waste from the liquid portions of the waste, to absorb and retain the liquid portions, and to prevent any excess waste from overflowing off the base pad. The ties are used to fasten the outer edges of the base pad together. Each tie includes handles positioned opposite to each other across the base pad. The handles allow the user to grasp the apparatus without coming into physical contact with the waste and may be tied together to secure the waste within the apparatus. | 03-10-2016 |
20160106058 | ANIMAL LITTER CONTAINING A PHEROMONE COMPOSITION - An animal litter composition comprising 2-methylbut-2-enal is described for the modification and reduction of dominant behaviors in household animals. | 04-21-2016 |
20160113232 | ANIMAL CAGE BEDDING AND WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - A bedding and waste disposal system for use with a pet cage tray includes a nonporous outer liner that transitions between an open shape and a closed shape, a retention member having a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls is positioned within the liner, and pet bedding is positioned along the bottom wall of the retention member. | 04-28-2016 |
20160135421 | ABSORBENT CLUMPING ANIMAL LITTER COMPOSITIONS - Various embodiments disclosed relate to absorbent clumping animal litter compositions, and to methods of using and making the same. In some embodiments, the present invention provides an absorbent clumping animal litter composition including an absorbent component and a pumice component. | 05-19-2016 |
20160143247 | ANIMAL INCONTINENCE DEVICE - An animal incontinence device comprises a base layer of a liquid-impervious polymer film, an intermediate absorbent layer comprising superabsorbent polymer particles intermediate a plurality of layers of tissue, and a top layer comprising a porous, hydrophilic, woven or non-woven polymer fiber mat. | 05-26-2016 |
20160249582 | EXCREMENT-TREATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | 09-01-2016 |