Patent Application
20140326191
The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Chinese Application Number 201320235808.9, filed May 6, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates generally to a pad for pets and, specifically, to a tightenable pet pad.
With the development of society and the improvement of living standards, people are constantly in pursuit of the spiritual life; while they are enjoying the material life. Pets become people's spiritual sustenance, to meet people's communication needs; and bring a lot of joy to people. Therefore, pets become more and more important in people's lives; and the requirement for pets' life quality is also becoming constantly higher. Due to the limitation of the living environment, pets may excrete anywhere. This not only increases people's cleaning work, but also affects the sanitation of people's living environment. Although the conventional absorbent pads for pets can make it easy for the pet to excrete, when people are cleaning the pet pads used by the pet, the excreta on the used pet pad may stain people's hands, and contaminate the environment as well. Thus, technical personnel of the pet supply manufacturers have improved the design of the existing pet absorbent pads. Although certain progresses have been made, they all so far do not solve the problems well.
The present disclosure will be further described in conjunction with drawings and embodiments. Aspects of the present disclosure are best understood from the following detailed description when read with the accompanying figures.
A first embodiment as described in
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The first embodiment of the tightenable pet pad further includes tightening members 1 which are configured to be pulled upwardly to tighten the absorbent pad into a pocket shape. The tightening members 1 can be formed by cords. Each of the tightening members 1 has two end sections directly fixed at the corresponding edge portions 3 by glue or other manner of bonding. A middle section between the two ends of the corresponding tightening member is free of bonding to the surface layer.
In the case when the absorbent pad needs to be replaced or cleaned, the tightening elements 1 are configured to be pulled upwardly together and away from the surface layer 4 so that the edge portions 3 of the pad are pulled toward each other and the absorbent pad is tightened into a pocket shape. Thus, the pet excrement on top of the surface layer 3 is pocketed and the absorbent pad can be easily picked up to be thrown away by grabbing the tightening elements 1.
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The second embodiment of the tightenable pad further includes a pair of tightening members 10 which are configured to be pulled upwardly to tighten the pad into a pocket shape. The tightening members 10 can be formed by cords. Each of the tightening members 10 is disposed on a top of the surface layer 40. As shown in
In the case when the pad needs to be replaced or cleaned, the tightening members 10 are configured to be pulled upwardly together and away from the surface layer 40 so that the edge portions 30 carrying the tightening members 10 are pulled toward each other and the absorbent pad is tightened into a pocket shape. Thus, the pet excrement on top of the surface layer 30 is pocketed and the pad can be easily picked up to be thrown away by grabbing the tightening members 10.
The tightening members according to one or more embodiments can be made of different materials. The shape of the t pad is not limited to the square shape as illustrated in
In order to overcome the aforementioned shortcomings, one or more objects of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a tightenable pet pad. In the case when the pet pad needs to be cleaned or replaced, the pad can be tightened into a pocket shape by directly pulling the tightenable members fixed to the pad. Thus the pet excrement is completely pocketed up and can be easily put into a trash bin. Therefore, the cleaning or replacing operation becomes quick and easy. Thus, the embodiments of the tightenable pet pad can reduce labor intensity of people's cleaning work.
In an aspect of one or more embodiments, a tightenable pet pad includes a surface layer, an absorbent layer, and a film. The central part of the pad is an absorbing region which is defined by the surface layer, absorbent layer, film stacked in a descending order. The absorbent layer is located between the surface layer and the film. The edges of the surface layer and of the film are fixed to each other to form the edge portions of the pad. A tightenable member is provided at the edge portions. In one of the embodiments, the tightenable member is a cord. Two ends of the cord are fixed to the pad edges.
Several advantages are provided by one or more embodiments including one or more of the following features: the cords are provided on the edges of the pet pad. In the case when the pet pad needs to be cleaned, the pet pad can be tightened into a pocket shape by pulling the cords of the pet pad. In this way, labor intensity of people's cleaning work is reduced and the cleaning time is saved.
The foregoing outlines features of several embodiments so that those skilled in the art may better understand the aspects of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that they may readily use the present disclosure as a basis for designing or modifying other processes and structures for carrying out the same purposes and/or achieving the same advantages of the embodiments introduced herein. Those skilled in the art should also realize that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and that they may make various changes, substitutions, and alterations herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201320235808.9 | May 2013 | CN | national |
