Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Sanitary handler for pet droppings
Patent
1998-03-06
2000-07-11
Cherry, Johnny D.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Sanitary handler for pet droppings
A01K 2900, E01H 112
Patent
active
060861231
ABSTRACT:
A sanitary animal waste material removal system has a scooper with a pair of arms pivotably connected at a pivot. Each of the arms has a scooped jaw extending perpendicularly from it and a handle portion. The arms are biased in a closed position by a biasing mechanism such as a spring located at the pivot point. A disposable bag having a pair of loops is fit over the jaws. One loop is slid over each jaw. The bag has a pouch with pleated ends, an opening, two sides, and a bottom. In use, the pet owner first slides a retainer bag over the scooped jaws. The flattened main body of the bag fits between the jaws and, thus, the jaws must be opened slightly as the loops are slid onto each jaw. Then, in order to pick up a deposit of feces from the ground, the owner opens the jaws by squeezing the handle portions of the arms together causing a pivoting of the arms about the pivot point and an opening of the jaws. As the jaws open, the resealable sealing mechanism opens. For example, in a device equipped with Velcro.RTM. fasteners, the hook portion of the hook and loop fastener is released from the loop portion. The bag then opens with the jaws and once opened, the pet owner can scoop up the feces by positioning the open jaws around the feces and releasing the spring biased arms. The arms then close to scoop the feces into the disposable bag, engage the sealing mechanism, and retain the feces in the bag. The pet owner can then dispose of the filled bag by opening the jaws slightly and sliding the full bag off the jaws into a waste receptacle with a small flick of the wrist.
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Klossowski Eric S.
Sowinski Thomas J.
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