ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,185, issued on April 8, was assigned to Shenzhen Wenruichenhai Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Semi-automatic feces shoveling cat litter box" was invented by Yiqiang Wang (Rui'an, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-automatic feces shoveling cat litter box, comprises a shell, a cat litter bin, and a feces shoveling component. The shell is arranged on the outer periphery of the cat litter bin, and the middle part of the shell is provided with a first opening for cats to enter into the cat litter bin. One end of the shell is provided with a second opening for the cat litter bin to pass through. Under the acti...