Disposable pan into which pet waste can be shoveled on the street
First Claim
1. A pan made of a single cardboard blank and comprising a box portion having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and a top wall and being open at the front, and said bottom wall having a portion extending forwardly of the side walls and top wall of said box portion and in the plane of the bottom wall, said bottom wall including said forwardly extending portion comprising a single unfolded rectangular section, and side flaps extending from the sides of the forwardly extending portion of the bottom wall, and being swingable to inclined upwardly and outwardly extending position while said forwardly extending portion is in the plane of said bottom wall said side flaps being attached only to said forwardly extending portion said forwardly extending portion having a length in said forwardly extending direction, greater than the height of said side walls.
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Abstract
This pan is made from a single blank of cardboard, cut-scored for easy folding into pan form. In one form of the invention the folded pan is glued to hold its folded or set up shape. In another form of the invention, the blank can be folded into pan shape by the user and held in such shape by applying a piece of adhesive tape. The pan comprises a rear box which is open at the front and has a bottom wall, side walls, a top wall and a rear wall. It also has a bottom portion extending forwardly from the bottom wall, beyond the front open end of the box. The bottom wall of the pan is placed on the street and the waste is shoveled onto the extension and into the box which can then be disposed.
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- 1. A pan made of a single cardboard blank and comprising a box portion having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and a top wall and being open at the front, and said bottom wall having a portion extending forwardly of the side walls and top wall of said box portion and in the plane of the bottom wall, said bottom wall including said forwardly extending portion comprising a single unfolded rectangular section, and side flaps extending from the sides of the forwardly extending portion of the bottom wall, and being swingable to inclined upwardly and outwardly extending position while said forwardly extending portion is in the plane of said bottom wall said side flaps being attached only to said forwardly extending portion said forwardly extending portion having a length in said forwardly extending direction, greater than the height of said side walls.
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