USPatent applicationPatented

Control panel

Granted 17 Feb 2026

Current assignee: Automated Pet Care Products, Llc · originally Automated Pet Care Products, LLC

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Inventors: Brad Baxter, Adam Freeman, Jason Smith, Troy Bell · Examiner: Dana K Weiland · AU 2925 · TC 2900

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29/837,843
filed 9 May 2022
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Patent
US D1114411
granted 17 Feb 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a control panel, according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof, showing an exemplary automated litter device with a bezel about an entry opening that the control panel is affixed to.

The broken lines showing a litter device in FIG. 8 depicts environmental subject matter and forms no part of the claimed design. The remaining dash-dash broken lines in the figures depict portions of the control panel that form no part of the claimed design.

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D30/161D13/164

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Dana K Weiland
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