ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,346, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNICHARM Corp. (Ehime, Japan).
"Animal toilet" was invented by Hiroki Yamamoto (Kanonji, Japan), Chiyo Takai (Kanonji, Japan), Yuki Koido (Kanonji, Japan), Yasuhiro Sasano (Kanonji, Japan) and Shinya Kaneko (Kanonji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal toilet (1) has: a main body (10) provided with a urine passing section (12); and a tray (20) on which an absorbent body (200) for absorbing urine passing through the urine passing section (12) is disposed. In a lower end portion on one side in the front-rear direction of the main body (10), an opening (19) for accommodating the tray (10...