Patents Assigned to Green Mountain Products
  • Method for deodorizing animal waste and preparing pet litter
    Patent number: 4465019
    Abstract: A litter material, and the method of manufacture thereof, for deodorizing and absorbing the excreta from animals, and particularly, pet animals. The litter contains a mixture of dried citrus pulp bits and fines of specified sizes which coat the animal feces and absorb urine, respectively. The residual acids and sugars left in the dried pulp serve to neutralize the odor of the excreta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: Green Mountain Products
    Inventor: Robert M. Johnson
  • Citrus pulp litter for pet animals
    Patent number: 4424763
    Abstract: A litter material, and the method of manufacture thereof, for deodorizing and absorbing the excreta from animals, and particularly, pet animals. The litter contains a mixture of dried citrus pulp bits and fines of specified sizes which coat the animal feces and absorb urine, respectively. The residual acids and sugars left in the dried pulp serve to neutralize the odor of the excreta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Green Mountain Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Johnson
  • Animal litter and method for deodorizing animal waste with dried citrus pulp
    Patent number: 4386580
    Abstract: A method is provided for deodorizing and absorbing the excreta from animals, and particularly from pet animals. The method utilizes dried citrus pulp or sugar beet pulp which both coats the animal feces and absorbs urine. The residual acids and sugars left in the dried pulp serve to neutralize the odor of the excreta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Green Mountain Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Johnson