Patent Application
20210360894
The present invention relates to a pet toilet sheet cover member that is provided to cover a pet toilet sheet directly laid on a floor surface, and relates to a pet toilet.
A pet toilet for treating excreta of a pet kept indoor has been designed in which a sheet-like pet toilet sheet capable of absorbing a liquid is directly laid on a floor surface such as flooring and a cover member is placed so as to cover the pet toilet sheet (for example, see Patent Document 1).
The pet toilet sheet cover member disclosed in Patent Document 1 is “a cover member for being placed on a pet toilet sheet and pressing the pet toilet sheet in a state of partially covering the pet toilet sheet, the pet toilet sheet being laid on a floor surface and absorbing excreta of a pet, the cover member comprising: a first end; a second end positioned in a direction opposite to the first end in a horizontal direction; an upper part; and a bottom part, wherein the bottom part has: a first end region including an edge portion of the first end; a second end region including an edge portion of the second end; and a middle region between the second end region and the first end region, a first member having a lower surface for being in contact with the floor surface is arranged in the first end region, a rib having a lower surface for being in contact with at least a portion of an upper surface of the toilet sheet is provided in the middle region, the rib extends from the first end toward the second end, a second member having a lower surface for being in contact with the upper surface of the toilet sheet is provided in the second end region, and the second member is arranged so as to extend along the edge portion of the second end” (see claim 1 of Patent Document 1).
Then, the lower surface of the second member of the pet toilet sheet cover member is in contact with the upper surface of the toilet sheet laid on the floor surface (the second member being arranged so as to extend along the edge part of the second end of the cover member) while the lower surface of the first member of the pet toilet sheet cover member is in contact with the floor surface, and thereby, the first member can prevent shifting between the floor surface and the cover member and shifting between the toilet sheet and the cover member, while the second member can block flow of urine on a top sheet.
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2016-86713.
The pet toilet sheet cover member disclosed in Patent Document 1 is placed so as to cover an entire outer peripheral edge of a toilet sheet laid on a floor surface. Therefore, when the pet toilet sheet cover member is placed, the outer peripheral edge of the toilet sheet is not visible, so it is difficult to place the cover member equally on both sides with respect to the toilet sheet.
Further, the cover member is only placed on the toilet sheet without being connected to the toilet sheet. Therefore, the cover member and the toilet sheet may shift from each other due to kicking or the like by a pet.
Further, there is a problem that, when the toilet is moved, the cover member and the toilet sheet have to be separately held and moved, and then the cover member and the toilet sheet have to be re-positioned relative to each other and placed, so it takes time and effort to move the toilet.
Further, when urine is already present in the toilet sheet, it is difficult to separately move the toilet sheet, so there is also a problem that, when urine is present, moving the toilet is difficult.
The present invention is accomplished to solve the above problem, and is intended to provide a pet toilet sheet cover member that is provided so as to cover a pet toilet sheet directly laid on a floor surface and can be easily positioned with respect to the pet toilet sheet and can be easily moved, and to provide a pet toilet having the pet toilet sheet cover member.
(1) A pet toilet sheet cover member according to the present invention includes: a frame member that is provided on a rectangular pet toilet sheet laid on a floor surface so as to over an outer peripheral edge part of the pet toilet sheet; and sheet fixing members that are provided on the frame member and fix the pet toilet sheet to the frame member.
The frame member is formed to have an octagonal outer peripheral shape by obliquely cutting off corner parts of a rectangular shape.
The sheet fixing members are respectively provided at the corner parts of the frame member, and are structured to respectively fix folded corner parts of the pet toilet sheet to the frame member.
(2) Further, in the pet toilet sheet cover member according to the above (1), each of the corner parts has: a straight oblique side part forming the each of the corner parts; and protruding parts that are respectively formed at two ends of the oblique side part and each protrude outward in an in-plane direction.
(3) Further, in the pet toilet sheet cover member according to the above (1) or (2), the sheet fixing members each have: a body part of which one side is rotatably attached to the frame member; and a fixing part that is provided on the body part and clamps and fixes a corner part of the pet toilet sheet in cooperation with the frame member.
(4) Further, the pet toilet sheet cover member according to any one of the above (1)-(3) further includes a mesh-like part which is formed in a region surrounded by the frame member and in which small openings are formed in a mesh-like shape.
(5) A pet toilet according to the present invention includes: the pet toilet sheet cover member according to any one of the above (1)-(4); and a pet toilet sheet installed on the pet toilet sheet cover member.
A pet toilet sheet cover member according to the present invention includes: a frame member that is provided on a rectangular pet toilet sheet laid on a floor surface so as to over an outer peripheral edge part of the pet toilet sheet; and sheet fixing members that are provided on the frame member and fix the pet toilet sheet to the frame member. The frame member is formed to have an octagonal outer peripheral shape by obliquely cutting off corner parts of a rectangular shape. The sheet fixing members are respectively provided at the corner parts of the frame member, and are structured to respectively fix folded corner parts of the pet toilet sheet to the frame member. Thereby, an effect is achieved that the frame member and the pet toilet sheet can be easily positioned and can be easily moved.
As illustrated in
In the following, the configuration elements are each described in detail.
<Pet Toilet Sheet>
The pet toilet sheet 3 (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as a “toilet sheet 3”) as a subject of the present invention has a rectangular shape, and, as an example of a structure thereof, has a three-layer structure including a liquid-permeable upper sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and a liquid-absorbing absorbent sheet between the upper sheet and the back sheet.
According to this structure, urine excreted by a pet passes through the upper sheet, and is absorbed by the absorbent sheet, and passing through of the urine is prevented by the back sheet, and the urine is retained in the toilet sheet 3 without soiling the floor surface.
Further, a more preferable structure of the pet toilet sheet 3 is as follows.
The pet toilet sheet 3 is substantially square in a plan view, and includes: the upper sheet that is substantially square in a plan view; the back sheet of the same shape as the upper sheet; and the absorbent sheet that is substantially square in a plan view and is slightly smaller than the upper sheet and the back sheet. The upper sheet and the back sheet overlap each other at outer peripheral edge portions thereof where the absorbent sheet is not present, and the overlapping portions are joined to each other, and thereby, form an outer peripheral edge portion of the pet toilet sheet 3.
As materials of the upper sheet, the back sheet, and the absorbent sheet, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a liquid-permeable sheet-like material such as a nonwoven fabric is used for the upper sheet, a liquid-impermeable sheet-like material such as a film is used for the back sheet, and, for example, pulp or an absorbent polymer, or a liquid-absorbing material obtained by mixing and molding the pulp and the absorbent polymer is used for the absorbent sheet.
<Frame Member>
As illustrated in
The frame member 7 has a certain width, and has a mountain shape in which a center portion in a width direction is the highest. An inclined surface part (7c) inclined inward is formed on a width direction inner side of the frame member 7.
By providing such an inclined surface part (7c), urine on the inclined surface part (7c) can be allowed to flow into the frame.
On an inner side of the frame member 7, a mesh-like part (7a) is provided in which small openings are formed in a mesh-like shape. The mesh-like part (7a) covers the toilet sheet 3 and thereby, prevents urine from seeping out.
The frame member 7 of the present embodiment is formed by joining two parts divided in a left-right direction with a hinge part (7b), and thus, can be folded in the left-right direction. This has an effect that the frame member 7 can be folded into a compact form when being transported as a product. However, this structure is not essential.
As illustrated in
The oblique side part (5a) is inclined in a direction of, for example, 135 degrees with respect to an adjacent sides of the frame member 7, and functions as a guide for bending a corner part (3a) of the toilet sheet 3 when the toilet sheet 3 is installed.
Further, the protruding parts (5b) function as a guide for positioning the toilet sheet 3 when the toilet sheet 3 is installed. That is, as illustrated in
Further, the protruding parts (5b) also have a function of preventing shifting of the toilet sheet 3. That is, when the toilet sheet 3 is installed, since the corner part (3a) of the toilet sheet 3 is folded inward, the folded toilet sheet 3 is prevented from shifting to two sides by the protruding parts (5b).
Further, two protrusions (5c) each having a sharp front end protruding upward are formed in each of the corner parts 5. As will be described later, when the toilet sheet 3 is installed, the protrusions (5c) have a function of fixing the toilet sheet 3 by being respectively fitted into tubular parts (9b) formed on the sheet fixing members 9.
Further, an opening part (7d) for allowing a corner part (3a) of the toilet sheet 3 to be inserted thereinto is provided on a slightly inner side of each of the corner parts 5.
<Sheet Fixing Member>
The sheet fixing members 9 are members that are respectively provided at the corner parts 5 of the frame member 7, and are for fixing the folded corner parts (3a) of the pet toilet sheet 3 to the frame member 7.
The sheet fixing members 9 each have a bottomed frame-shaped body part (9a) having a flat trapezoidal shape in a plan view (see
As illustrated in
Next, a method for constructing a pet toilet by installing the pet toilet sheet 3 on the cover member 1 of the pet toilet sheet 3 structured as described above is described based on
The frame member 7 is placed on the toilet sheet 3 (see the two-dot chain lines in
After the frame member 7 is placed on the toilet sheet, as illustrated in
In this state, by closing the sheet fixing member 9, portions of the corner part (3a) of the toilet sheet 3 overlapping the protrusions (5c) are respectively inserted together with the protrusions (5c) into the tubular parts (9b) of the sheet fixing member 9, and the toilet sheet 3 is firmly fixed to the frame member 7.
By performing the above operation in the same manner for the four sheet fixing members 9, the installation of the toilet sheet 3 onto the frame member 7 is completed, and a pet toilet 11 illustrated in
In the above pet toilet 11, the toilet sheet 3 is firmly connected to the frame member 7, and thus, the frame member 7 and the toilet sheet 3 do not shift from each other.
Therefore, when the pet toilet 11 is moved, by holding the frame member 7, the toilet sheet 3 can be moved at the same time. Therefore, even when urine is present in the toilet sheet 3, the pet toilet 11 can be easily moved.
As described above, according to the cover member 1 of the pet toilet sheet 3 of the present embodiment, positioning with respect to the toilet sheet 3 directly laid on a floor surface is easy, and, when the pet toilet 11 is formed, the pet toilet 11 can be easily moved.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-087796 | May 2020 | JP | national |
