Abstract A disposable cat litter container having the animal litter material prepackaged in the container. The container has a rectangularly shaped top wall member having a central perforated tear-out portion. Extending upwardly from the lateral edges of the top member are a pair of inside side walls and a pair of inside end walls. The top edges of these respective inside walls have outside side walls and outside end walls attached to their top edges. The outside walls have a height greater than that of the inside walls and each of these have inwardly extending flanges along their bottom edges. A bottom cover member covers the chamber formed between the bottom surface of the top wall member and the inwardly extending flanges on the outside wall members. This chamber is filled with a predetermined amount of animal litter material. The container, with the exception of the bottom cover member, is formed from a single integral sheet of paperboard material.
A disposable container with litter for animals compising: a top wall member in the form of an elongated sheet of material having a front edge and rear edge and lateral side edges, said top wall member having a central perforated tear-out portion; a pair of inside end walls and a pair of inside side walls having their bottom edges connected to the respective side edges and end edges of said top wall member; a pair of outside end walls and a pair of outside side walls having their top edges connected to the respective top edges of said inside end walls and said inside side walls, said outside end walls and said outside side walls having a height greater than that of said inside end walls and said inside side walls, respectively; means for attaching a bottom cover member to the bottom of said outside walls comprising inwardly extending flanges; a bottom cover member; a chamber formed between the bottom surface of said top wall member, said end walls, said side walls, and said bottom cover member; and said chamber being filled with a predetermined amount of animal litter material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A disposable container with litter for animals compising: a top wall member in the form of an elongated sheet of material having a front edge and rear edge and lateral side edges, said top wall member having a central perforated tear-out portion; a pair of inside end walls and a pair of inside side walls having their bottom edges connected to the respective side edges and end edges of said top wall member; a pair of outside end walls and a pair of outside side walls having their top edges connected to the respective top edges of said inside end walls and said inside side walls, said outside end walls and said outside side walls having a height greater than that of said inside end walls and said inside side walls, respectively; means for attaching a bottom cover member to the bottom of said outside walls comprising inwardly extending flanges; a bottom cover member; a chamber formed between the bottom surface of said top wall member, said end walls, said side walls, and said bottom cover member; and said chamber being filled with a predetermined amount of animal litter material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A disposable container as recited in claim 1 wherein said top wall member, said pair of inside end walls, said pair of inside side walls, said pair of outside end walls, said pair of outside side walls, and the inwardly extending flanges of said outside wall members are formed from a single integral sheet of material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A disposable container as recited in claim 1 wherein the top edges of said end walls and the top edges of said side walls are longer than the bottom edges of said respective end walls and side walls.