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Litter box for pets

Granted 28 Apr 2015 · 10 office actions

Application
29/410,975
filed 13 Jan 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D728173
granted 28 Apr 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left elevation side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right elevation side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is another front perspective view showing the drawer tray opened.

The broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only.

The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

The article relates to a portable litter box for pets which consists of a storage body having a plurality of apertures, a drawer tray housed entirely under the storage body and a cover connected to the storage body.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D30/161

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3
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Examiner
Cathy A MacCormac
art unit 2918 · TC 2900
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