Feces removal device

• US 6,048,008 A
• Filed: 09/30/1998
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Raymond Shaw
• Original Assignee: Raymond Shaw
• Inventors: Shaw, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): CHERRY, JOHNNY DAN
• Application Number:
  US09/164,065
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 294/1.3, 294/1.4, 294/25, 294/55, 15/104.8, 15/257.1, 15/257.4, 15/257.6, 248/95, 248/97, 248/99, 248/101, 383/4, 383/6, 383/12, 383/33, 383/34, D30/161, D30/162
• US Class Current: 294/1.3
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/1206 for picking up excrements manure or urine pouches for animal husbandry A01K23/00

Abstract

A device for removing and disposing of animal waste having a body consisting of a first planar shaped member and a second planar shaped member arranged in parallel extending and proximate fashion to the first planar member so that the planar members define opposingly facing surfaces. First and second elongate handles extend from the planar members and a flexible bag having an open end and a closed end is fitted to the device so that the planar members define a perimeter of the open end. The first and second handles are engaged to outwardly actuate the first and second planar shaped members relative to one another and so that the open end of the bag encompasses a solid waste object setting upon a ground location. The opposingly facing surfaces of the planar shaped members are capable of grasping and elevating the solid waste object and the device is adapted to being inverted to deposit the object with the bag interior.

Claims

1. A device for removing and efficiently disposing of animal waste and the like, said device comprising:

a body including a first planar shaped member and a second planar shaped member arrayed in substantially parallel extending and proximate manner to said first member so that said planar shaped members have opposingly facing edges;

a first elongate handle integrally formed with and extending from said first planar shaped member and a second elongate handle integrally formed with and extending from said second planar shaped member;

a flexible bag having an open end and a closed end, said bag capable of being fitted to said body so that said first and second planar shaped members substantially define a perimeter of said open end;

a first hinged joint and a second hinged joint interconnecting said first planar shaped member to said second planar shaped member, said first and second hinged joints extending at opposing ends of said first and second planar shaped members and each further including first and second planar shaped legs hingedly connected together, an intermediate hinge defining a boundary between each of said first and second legs and causing said first planar shaped member to be spaced a distance from said second planar shaped member; and

said first and second handles being engaged to outwardly actuate said first and second planar shaped members relative to one another so that said open end of said bag encompasses a solid waste object setting upon a ground location, said opposingly facing surfaces of said planar shaped member capable of grasping and elevating the object and said device being inverted to deposit the object within said bag.

2. The device for removing animal waste according to claim 1, said first and second elongate handles each securing to a substantially midpoint location of said first and second planar shaped members.

3. The device for removing animal waste according to claim 1, said open end of said flexible bag including a first flap secured to said opposingly facing edge of said first planar shaped member and a second flap secured to said opposingly facing edge of said second planar shaped member.

4. The device for removing animal waste according to claim 3, a selected one of said first and second flaps further comprising an adhesive portion placed upon an inwardly facing surface and said flap being detachable from said associated planar shaped member and resecurable over said other flap to enclose an interior of said bag.

5. The device for removing animal waste according to claim 3, said body and said integrally formed handles being constructed of a biodegradable laminate board material.

6. A device for removing and efficiently disposing of animal waste and the like, said device comprising:

a body including a first planar shaped member and a second planar shaped member arrayed in substantially parallel extending and proximate manner to said first member so that said planar shaped members have opposingly facing edges;

a first elongate handle secured to and extending from said first planar shaped member and a second elongate handle secured to and extending from said second planar shaped member, said first and second elongate handles being integrally formed with said first and second planar shaped members, respectively;

a flexible bag having an open end and a closed end, said open end of said flexible bag including a first flap secured to said opposingly facing edge of said first planar shaped member and a second flap secured to said opposingly facing edge of said second planar shaped member, said bag capable of being fitted to said body so that said first and second planar shaped members substantially define a perimeter of said open end, a selected one of said first and second flaps further including an adhesive portion placed upon an inwardly facing surface and said flap being detachable from said associated planar shaped member and resecurable over said other flap to enclose an interior of said bag;

a first hinged joint and a second hinged joint interconnecting said first planar shaped member to said second planar shaped member, said first and second hinged joints extending at opposing ends of said first and second planar shaped members, said first and second hinged joints each further including first and second planar shaped legs hingedly connected together, said first and second hinged joints each further including an intermediate hinge defining a boundary between each of said first and second legs and causing said first planar shaped member to be spaced a distance from said second planar shaped member; and

first and second fold lines extending in spaced apart and parallel fashion along a width of each of said first and second planar shaped members, said fold lines corresponding in placement and direction with said elongate handles extending from said planar shaped members;

said first and second handles being engaged to outwardly actuate said first and second planar shaped members relative to one another so that said open end of said bag encompasses a solid waste object setting upon a ground location, said opposingly facing surfaces of said planar shaped member capable of grasping and elevating the object and said device being inverted to deposit the object within said bag.

7. The device for removing animal waste according to claim 6, said fold lines defining outer perimeter portions of said first and second planar shaped members, said outer perimeter portions capable of being folded inwardly about said fold lines.