Patents by Inventor Lyla Tomlinson

Lyla Tomlinson 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: 6367420
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing litter from being scattered upon the floor outside the litter box and beyond, whether strewn by the cat during or after using the litter box, or by the owner when cleaning the litter box. The present invention comprises an enclosure having a front side, a left side, a right side and a base. The present invention is designed to encourage the cat to step out of a litter box and into a tracked litter receptacle for collecting tracked litter. The front side, or the left and/or right sides near the front side of the enclosure, has/have portal(s) allowing a cat to step into the enclosure. The present invention is further designed to corral not only litter tracked on the bottom of the cats paws, but litter tossed, flipped and spilled out of the litter box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Lyla Tomlinson
  • Patent number: 6109211
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing litter from being scattered upon the floor outside the litter box and beyond, whether strewn by the cat during or after using the litter box, or by the owner when cleaning the litter box. The present invention comprises an enclosure having a front side, a left side, a right side and a base. The present invention is designed to encourage the cat to step out of a litter box and into a tracked litter receptacle for collecting tracked litter. The front side has a portal allowing a cat to step into the invented apparatus. The present invention is further designed to corral not only litter tracked on the bottom of the cats paws, but litter tossed, flipped and spilled out of the litter box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Lyla Tomlinson