Pet waste collector

• US 20070222240A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gary Sherman
• Original Assignee: Gary Sherman
• Inventors: Sherman, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/389,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20070222240A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 294/1.500
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 23/005 Manure or urine collecting devices used independently from the animal, i.e. not worn by the animal but operated by a person

Abstract

A portable collector for pet'"'"'s waste is configured with a frame displaceable between a folded position and an operative position, in which the waste is collected.

Claims

1. A portable waste collector for collecting a pet'"'"'s waste comprising:

a frame displaceable between a folded position and an operative position; and

a bag coupled to the frame and configured to collect a pet'"'"'s waste in the operative position of the frame.

2. The collector of claim 1, wherein the frame is disposable and made from metal or plastic or shape memory material.

3. The collector of claim 2, wherein the frame is configured to voluntarily assume the operative position and is operable to assume the folded position upon applying an external force.

4. The collector of claim 2, wherein the frame is configured to involuntarily move between the operative and folded positions.

5. The collector of claim 2, wherein the frame has a body assuming a cross-section selected from one of generally circular, polygonal and V-shaped cross-sections in the operative position of the frame.

6. The collector of claim 2, wherein the frame is operable to twirl to assume a substantially 8-shaped cross-section and folded in half to assume the folded position.

7. The collector of claim 2, wherein the frame has a pair of weakened regions configured to facilitate displacement of the frame between the folded and operative positions.

8. The collector of claim 1, further comprising a connecting element coupled to at least one of opposite ends of the frame.

9. The collector of claim 8, wherein the connecting element has two spaced passages, the passages being configured to engage respective opposite ends of the frame.

10. The collector of claim 8, wherein the opposite ends of the frame are detachably coupled to the connecting element.

11. The collector of claim 8, wherein the opposite ends of the frame are fixed to the connecting element.

12. The collector of claim 9, further comprising a handle coupled to the connecting element.

13. The collector of claims 12, wherein the handle is detachably or fixedly coupled to the connecting element.

14. The collector of claim 12, wherein the handle is telescopically configured.

15. The collector of claim 12, wherein the connecting element and handle are configured to define a bayonet connection therebetween.

16. The collector of claim 1, further comprising one or more elements threaded by the frame and coupled to the bag, the elements being configured to frictionally engage opposite ends of the frame in the operative position of the frame so as to have the bag open and to move along the frame towards one another upon applying an external force so as to close the bag.

17. The collector of claim 1, wherein the bag is made from plastic, paper or fabric and fixed to or detachably coupled to the frame.

18. A method of colleting pet'"'"'s waste comprising:

transforming a frame coupled to a bag from a folded position of the frame to an operative position thereof;

positioning the frame with the bag between a ground and a pet'"'"'s anus in the operative position of the frame; and

collecting the waste.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein transforming the frame from the operative position to the folded position includes twirling the frame so as to apply a generally 8-shaped cross-section to the frame, and folding the 8-shaped frame in half to the folded position.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising;

detachably coupling the fame to a handle before the positioning of the frame,

adjusting a length of the handle before collecting the waste,

tightening the bag after collecting the waste, and

disposing the bag with the collected waste.