US Patent Issued to AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS on April 7 for "System for monitoring and controlling an automated litter device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,813, issued on April 7, was assigned to AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System for monitoring and controlling an automated litter device" was invented by Brad Baxter (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Jacob Zuppke (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring and controlling a device, the system including: a) an automated litter device, which is the device, including: i) a chamber for holding litter and configured to rotate during a cleaning cycle, ii) a support base, iii) a waste drawer, iv) sensors configured to detect a plurality of conditions of the device and transmit one or m...