Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Sanitary handler for pet droppings
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-23
2001-05-29
Cherry, Johnny D. (Department: 3652)
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Sanitary handler for pet droppings
C294S025000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237971
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND—FIELD OF INVENTION
The present Method And Apparatus For Removing Animal Extract Excrement, a sleeved collecting glove, relates to the sanitary removal of undesirable masses.
BACKGROUND—DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
In today's society it has become essential, especially in view of newly passed laws and statutes in many municipalities, that a dog owner must collect animal excrement at the time of the excretion, and properly dispose of same. There have been many devices designed to attempt to perform this procedure, such as ‘pooper scoopers,’ shovels, paper cups, etc. Even saved plastic grocery bags have been used to attempt to solve this problem. Additionally, gloves were used. However, they do not work as well. They are not large enough, cannot be turned inside out as shown below and they are expensive.
Existing collecting apparatuses of the non-disposable type are large, cumbersome and expensive. They have hooks, claws or other sharp, pointed and jagged parts. These features are too dangerous for a child to use. They require care and effort to rinse, or to soak and clean, and to store for reuse. A more recent example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,565 to Bagg (1988) disclosed a handled and hooked shovel that, at first glance, appeared more like a defense weapon and could possibly be used as such. The trend today is to minimize the availability of potential weapons around the home.
Others were less cumbersome, but were invented for protection from exposure. Some were designed as garment devices for hand and for foot with adhesive bands, U.S. Pat. No. 4,937,881 to Heise (1990).
Other inventors have pursued the disposable apparatus approach of the more complex type including handles, U.S. Pat. No. 5,438,708 to Jacovitz (1995); or rigid structures such as a stiffened pouch, U.S. Pat. No. 4,845,781 to Strickland (1989). U.S. Pat. No. 5,222,777 to Clonch (1993) shows rigid material that is accordion-like. Another invention has pleats and a tie, U.S. Pat. No. 4,964,188 to Olson (1990).
Other disposable apparatuses showing less complexity than the above, include U.S. Pat. No. 4,788,733 to Lerner (1988), which proposes a towel layer and a tie version. U.S. Pat. No. 4,677,697 to Hayes (1987) has a fastener cut with a tie strip.
Still others are U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,818 to Kolic (1988), illustrating a mitt which circumferentially wraps a loaded and closed pocket, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,149,159 to Bardes (1992) which is gusseted to have a “W”-shape in its cross-section and is interchangeable.
These inventions and all others searched and researched lack the advantages needed to prompt, provide, and promote activity required to solve the problem. Not one of the existing inventions has all the features to solve the problem safely, conveniently, effectively, economically, sanitarily and ecologically. This growing problem is rapidly reaching smelly proportions.
Consequently all of the inventions heretofore known suffer from a plethora of disadvantages:
(a) Not one of the above is popular with the user public.
(b) They are too costly to manufacture.
(c) None has been broadly marketed.
(d) They are not packaged for convenient or quick access.
(e) They are too complicated to use and seal securely.
(f) They are unhygienic in that they create health hazzards.
(g) They are unaesthetic in that the appearance should belie their repulsive use.
(h) None arouses public awareness.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
One of the most exciting times in a persons life, whether younger or older, is when that person proudly comes home with a new canine friend. The bonding that takes place at that time is a beautiful thing to see. What isn't so beautiful to see is the responsibility and the reality that comes with ownership. The realities of feeding and watering are evident. What happens when you feed and water? Yes . . . THE POOP!! Not a joking matter. The tensions that develop can be disastrous, not so much to the owner-animal relationship, but to the family, the neighbors, and the community. If a different approach isn't taken, and taken soon, not only our backyards, but our parks and our camping grounds will become noxious.
“Collecting” is a positive word, as is the word “recycling”. Recycling came about by careful studies, paid for with our tax dollars. The studies themselves, considered collectively were on safety, convenience, effectiveness, economy, sanitation and ecology, and they became “the collective means for action”. That definition, in itself, is the clue to the effective approach to educating the public to resort to . . . the collecting of masses . . . in mass.
Thus, the Method And Apparatus For Removing Animal Extract Excrement—a disposable, invertible, expandable, symmetrical, sleeved, collecting glove, better referred to as—the collecting glove.
Accordingly, several objects and advantages of the present collecting glove are:
(a) to provide a collecting glove to the public at a reasonable cost which will provide benefits far outweighing the expense;
(b) to provide a collecting glove that is very light in weight, occupies very little space, making it easy to have available at all times;
(c) to provide collecting gloves folded or packaged resembling a purse size package of tissues;
(d) to provide a collecting glove that is safe to use by protecting the collector from direct contact at all times;
(e) to provide a collecting glove that is logical to the user and doesn't require much instruction if any;
(f) to provide a collecting glove design that can easily and economically be manufactured, preferably of recyclable materials;
(g) to provide a collecting glove that is durable, and is effective for it's one time use;
(h) to provide a collecting glove that not only has novelty, but appeal, as it makes a repulsive task bearable;
(i) to provide a collecting glove that makes living easier and more pleasant for all concerned;
(j) to provide a collecting glove that is as reliable as a zip lock bag and can be carried on one's person after use without concern for further contamination;
(k) to provide a collecting glove that has an ecological advantage that must be emphasized strongly to both adults and children;
(l) to provide a collecting glove that will be as easy to sell to the general public as wet wipes and paper towels for gross, messy clean-ups;
(m) to provide a collecting glove that far exceeds the aesthetics of any other collecting method or device;
(n) to provide a collecting glove that enables accuracy at the targeted mass because the hand has tactile perception;
(o) to provide a collecting glove that has popularity among users, and can keep up with the growing population of pet owners and the demand for collection;
(p) to provide a collecting glove that becomes the “jazzy little tool” that will arouse public awareness and increase product excitement and demand;
(q) to provide a collecting glove that is popular and will promote distribution through local stores and pet shops and will be as convenient to buy as candy at the checkout counter;
(r) to provide a collecting glove that will engender a whole new product line;
Further objects and advantages of the disposable collecting glove will become apparent after reading the following, and after consideration of the drawings and ensuing description.
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