ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,920, issued on March 18, was assigned to SHANGHAI LIANCHONG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shanghai).
"Cat litter box capable of automatic cleaning and removal" was invented by Xiaolin Zhang (Shanghai) and Junkang Hu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cat litter box capable of automatic cleaning and removal, comprising a pedestal and a roller repository, and the pedestal and the roller repository are connected via a drive mechanism, the roller repository comprises a barrel, a litter storage bin is provided in the barrel, a pet entry/exit port and a waste discharge-port are opened on the barrel, wherein the waste discharge ...