Patents by Inventor Ladd L. Heldenbrand

Ladd L. Heldenbrand 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: 3978818
    Abstract: A litter package has a body of litter within a container of waterproof material and is for use by a pet animal after the package has been opened to expose the litter substantially throughout the area of the container when disposed for use. The litter body consists of particles of absorbent material or materials that are chemically neutral when wet. Testing means are associated with the litter and of an indicator type changing color if wetted by urine containing a color-changing reactant indicating an unfavorable health condition. The testing means may be incorporated in litter material, carried on the inner surface of the container or on inserts in any case when the package is open, the testing means includes at least one unitary portion under each position the animal may occupy while urinating and of an area such as to become wetted at least in part by contact with urine-wetted particles in the normal use thereof thus to be subject to the reactant throughout a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Inventor: Ladd L. Heldenbrand
  • Patent number: RE30424
    Abstract: A litter package has a body of litter within a container of waterproof material and is for use by a pet animal after the package has been opened to expose the litter substantially throughout the area of the container when disposed for use. The litter body consists of particles of absorbent material or materials that are chemically neutral when wet. Testing means are associated with the litter and of an indicator type changing color if wetted by urine containing a color-changing reactant indicating an unfavorable health condition. The testing means may be incorporated in litter material, carried on the inner surface of the container or on inserts in any case when the package is open, the testing means includes at least one unitary portion under each position the animal may occupy while urinating and of an area such as to become wetted at least in part by contact with urine-wetted particles in the normal use thereof thus to be subject to the reactant throughout a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Inventor: Ladd L. Heldenbrand