Litter collector

• US 3,912,316 A
• Filed: 09/13/1973
• Issued: 10/14/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert D. Veech
• Original Assignee: Robert D. Veech
• Inventors: Veech, Robert D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blunk, Evon C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cherry, Johnny D.
• Application Number:
  US05/396,684
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 294/1R,19R,16,50.6,50.8,50.9,55,100,11A,115,118 15/104.8,257.1 119/1R
• US Class Current: 294/1.4
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/1206 for picking up excrements manure or urine pouches for animal husbandry A01K23/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 2001/1293 Walking cane or the like, i.e. implements allowing handling while in an upright position

Abstract

A litter collector, or the like, including, in combination: a foldable receptacle bag having an open end and a closed end adapted to be placed between a pair of open operating jaws with the open end being folded and draped around the outside of the jaws forming a second opening between the open end of the bag and the closed end of the bag through which the refuse or litter is collected by closing the jaws; the bag having a closure at the open end for alternately fixing the bag to the jaws, or closing the bag when removed from the jaws.

Claims

1. A litter collector comprising a main frame, including a pair of jaws comprising means to hold the jaws normally in a closed position and means to releasably hold the jaws in open position:

in combination with a receptacle comprising a main body portion of a deformable material comprising an opening;

wherein the receptacle body portion is held between said jaws with at least a portion of said receptacle body portion adjacent said opening being folded over the outside of at least one jaw;

said combination comprising means to selectively secure the receptacle to the main frame and closure means for the receptacle opening;

said receptacle comprising an opening being in the form of a bag, or envelope having a closed end and an open end, with said open end folded over said jaws by cuffing at least a portion of said open end over said jaws;

thereby forming a second, intermediate opening positioned between said cuffed portion of the bag and said closed end of the bag, at least when the jaws are in open position;

said bag being provided with closure means for the first mentioned opening in said open end;

in which the jaws comprise a pivot connection and the means to hold the jaws in normally closed position comprises a spring, and the means to releasably hold the jaws in open position comprises a latch pivoted to one of the jaws for movement from a first or open position to a second or closed position.

2. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which the means to hold the jaws in normally closed position comprises a spring.

3. The combination as claimed in claim 2, in which at least a portion of said spring is curved around said pivot connection for said jaws.

4. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which the means to releasably hold the jaws in open position comprises a latch.

5. The combination as claimed in claim 4 which includes latch strike means.

6. The combination as claimed in claim 4, in which the latch comprises a corner means extending laterally away from the center of the main frame.

7. The combination as claimed in claim 6 which includes latch strike means and in which the latch is positioned between the jaws.

8. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which there is a latch seat in the other of said jaws.

9. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one jaw is provided with scooper edge means.

10. The combination as claimed in claim 9, in which the closure means comprises a drawstring for selective fastening to the main frame.

11. The combination as claimed in claim 10, in which each jaw is provided with scooper edge means.