| US 7,337,747 B2 | ||
| Magnetically-attractable non-clumping animal litter | ||
| Zhen Wang, Hoffman Estates, Ill. (US); Vincent J. Losacco, Geneva, Ill. (US); Michael Ray Velder, Belle Fourche, S. Dak. (US); Bala Nathan, Wheaton, Ill. (US); Bart Becherer, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); and Jerald W. Darlington, Jr., Marengo, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to AMCOL International Corporation, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/521,808. | ||
| Application 11/521808 is a division of application No. 11/346136, filed on Feb. 02, 2006, granted, now 7,228,819. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0175403 A1, Aug. 02, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 119—171 | 39 Claims |
| 1. A particulate non-clumping animal litter composition, comprising animal litter particles of non-clumping absorbent particulate
material and magnetically attractable metal particles bound together, said animal litter particles comprising:
(a) about 50 to 98 weight % of a non-clumping absorbent particulate material; and,
(b) about 2 to 50 weight % of magnetically-attractable metal particles;
wherein:
(i) the non-clumping absorbent particulate material and magnetically-attractable metal particles are bound together; and,
(ii) substantially all particles of the animal litter composition are attracted to a magnetic surface.
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