Patents by Inventor Ralph J. Steckel

Ralph J. Steckel 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).

  • Animal litter having the property of detecting diabetes in felines
    Patent number: 7533630
    Abstract: An animal litter composition comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with an agent to indicate the presence of sugar in the urine of felines and other related species includes 88.1 percent +/?5.0 percent by weight of an expanded aggregate, 00.9 percent +/?0.7 percent by weight of an odor control/antistatic agent, 07.0 percent +/?4.0 percent by weight of a clumping agent, 03.0 percent +/?2.5 percent by weight of a surfactant; and 01.0 percent +/?0.90 percent by weight of a glucosuria indicator. A method of detecting glucosuria in a feline includes providing the animal litter in a litter box or in an enclosure in which the feline is restrained until the feline urinates on the litter and then visually observing the litter for a color change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Pet Ecology Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph J Steckel, Larry J Murphy
  • Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in felines
    Patent number: 6382132
    Abstract: An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary track infection in felines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ralph J. Steckel, Edward Eugene Hodges, III, Herman Morris Weller
  • Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in felines
    Patent number: 6308658
    Abstract: An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary tract infection in cats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Pet Ecology Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph J. Steckel
  • Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in cats
    Patent number: 6101978
    Abstract: An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary tract infection in cats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Pet Ecology Brands
    Inventor: Ralph J. Steckel
  • Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in felines
    Patent number: 5996534
    Abstract: An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary tract infection in felines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Pet Eceology Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph J. Steckel, Edward Eugene Hodges, III, Herman Morris Weller
  • Animal control litter
    Patent number: 5655480
    Abstract: An animal control litter comprised of an expanded light weight aggregate, a clumping agent, a surfactant and an odor control agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Pet Ecology Brands Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph J. Steckel