Patents by Inventor Bruce Keith Turner

Bruce Keith Turner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10321659
    Abstract: A self-cleaning litter box. The self-cleaning litter box includes a basin designed to rotate about an axis, having a hollow center with an interior volume designed to hold litter. An aperture is disposed in the basin designed to provide access to the interior volume. A filter screen disposed within the interior volume and extending across the basin is designed to sift excrement from the litter. The basin is disposed within a base that supports the basin. A waste container is positioned within the base. The waste container includes an opening in communication with the basin such that the aperture of the basin fits flush against the opening of the waste container when the basin is rotated for sifting excrement. In one embodiment, the self-cleaning litter box incorporates a motion sensor, a weight sensor and a wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Bruce Keith Turner
  • Publication number: 20190166789
    Abstract: A self-cleaning litter box. The self-cleaning litter box includes a basin designed to rotate about an axis, having a hollow center with an interior volume designed to hold litter. An aperture is disposed in the basin designed to provide access to the interior volume. A filter screen disposed within the interior volume and extending across the basin is designed to sift excrement from the litter. The basin is disposed within a base that supports the basin. A waste container is positioned within the base. The waste container includes an opening in communication with the basin such that the aperture of the basin fits flush against the opening of the waste container when the basin is rotated for sifting excrement. In one embodiment, the self-cleaning litter box incorporates a motion sensor, a weight sensor and a wireless transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Bruce Keith Turner
  • Patent number: 10231431
    Abstract: A self-cleaning litter box configured to sift excrement from cat litter. The self-cleaning litter box includes a drum designed to rotate about an axis, having a hollow center with an interior volume designed to hold cat litter, with a pair of annular sides opposite one another coupled by a circumferential sidewall. An aperture disposed in the circumferential sidewall designed to provide access to the interior volume. A filter screen disposed within the interior volume and extending across the drum is designed to sift excrement from cat litter. The drum is disposed within a base such that each annular side is flush against the base. A waste container is positioned within the base. The waste container includes an opening in communication with the drum such that the aperture of the drum is configured to fit flush against the opening of the waste container when the drum is rotated for sifting excrement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Bruce Keith Turner