Mark Alan Kitchens

US Patent:

20110297096, Dec 8, 2011

Filed:

Feb 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/021397

Inventors:

Melaney Northrop - Mansfield TX, US
Adam Weber - Keller TX, US
David Veness - Fort Worth TX, US
Mark Kitchens - Athens TX, US
Regis Wandres - Athens TX, US

Assignee:

DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. - Arlington TX

International Classification:

A01K 29/00

US Classification:

119165, 119161

Abstract:

A litter box for an animal. The litter box includes a base portion, a cover portion operably connected to the base portion and a removable housing operably connected to one of the cover portion and the base portion. The base portion includes a floor and a plurality of walls extending in an upward direction from the floor. The cover portion includes a ceiling and a plurality of walls extending in a downward direction from the ceiling. The housing is configured to receive an operating element. Also, one of the cover portion and the base portion is configured to receive the removable housing.

US Patent:

20130220232, Aug 29, 2013

Filed:

Feb 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/758570

Inventors:

Jack William Renforth - Arlington TX, US
Ann Hanson - Ionia MI, US
Mark Charles Kitchens - Athens TX, US
Regis Marie-Jean Wandres - Athens TX, US

International Classification:

A01K 13/00

US Classification:

119610, 119600, 119609

Abstract:

An improved trimmer is structured to be held in the palm of a user's hand. The trimmer has a grinding drum that is advantageously structured to be situated in a palmar region of the user's hand that can be said to extend from the palm and to be generally bounded by the fingertips. When the trimmer is held in the palmar region, the thumb and certain fingers can support the trimmer, and other fingers that are not necessarily employed in supporting the trimmer are usable to operate a control switch of the trimmer. The control switch controls operation of a drive motor that is connected with a grinding drum which provides abrasive surfaces that are engageable with the animal nail or claw.