Sanitary collection holder for animal waste

• US 6,257,473 B1
• Filed: 03/29/1999
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nicholas Clement Ringelstetter
• Original Assignee: Nicholas Clement Ringelstetter
• Inventors: Ringelstetter, Nicholas Clement
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US09/282,005
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 224/148.1, 224/148.5, 224/148.6, 224/148.7, 224/245, 224/575, 224/660-665, 224/584, 224/191, 224/674, 224/675, 224/676, 224/677, 224/680, 224/681, 224/682, 224/684, 383/38, 383/40, 119/795, 190/109, 190/111
• US Class Current: 224/675
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/1206 for picking up excrements manure or urine pouches for animal husbandry A01K23/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 2001/1286 storing used bags

Abstract

A sanitary pet-waste collection pouch including an interior open-topped chamber for holding tied loaded plastic bags containing retrieved pet-waste, the pouch having a flap portion carrying interior and exterior opening pockets on opposite sides thereof, a pair of deep side-pockets on opposite sides of the chamber, releasable retaining loops coupled to the respective deep side-pockets, the interior opening pocket carrying a supply of plastic litter bags and the exterior opening pocket carrying personal effects, releasable retainer loops coupled to the deep side-pockets and each formed of a strip carrying opposite sided “hook” and “pile” portions which are engaged to form the loop, “hook” and “pile” portions being self-engagable forming the loops, and pockets on opposite sides thereof. The flap portion carries a horizontal “hook” portion and is fitted over the open interior chamber and engages a “pile” portion applied to the outer wall of the pouch at a location angular to the “hook” portion, the engagement being adjustable at any location along the length of said “pile” portion dependent upon the girth of the pouch.

Claims

1. A sanitary pet-waste collection pouch comprising an interior open-topped chamber for receiving pet-waste containing plastic litter bags and having opposite sides and a cover flap, said cover flap having exterior opening and interior opening pockets, said interior opening pocket capable of containing and dispensing plural empty plastic litter bags for holding retrieved pet waste, said exterior opening pocket capable of holding personal effects, a pair of upwardly opening deep side-pockets secured along said opposite sides of said pouch, a pair of strap loops secured respectively within each of said deep side-pockets and extending from the opening thereof, a hand-sanitizer dispensing container seated within one of said deep side-pockets, outwardly extending “

hook” and

“

pile”

retaining loops secured respectively to each of said strap loops, a “

hook and pile”

closure within at least one of said exterior opening and said interior opening pockets, said cover flap carrying said exterior opening pocket having a “

hook”

strip secured to the outer surface thereof and said pouch having a “

pile”

strip secured thereto oriented in an angular direction relative to said “

hook”

strip, said “

hook”

strip being adjustably engagable with said “

pile”

strip at any location along the length of said “

pile”

strip for closing and opening said chamber and said pouch.

2. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 1 further comprising at least one elongate strap secured within the other one of said deep side-pockets and having a free end, a key-holding fob being secured to said free end.

3. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 1 further comprising an elastized retaining member secured within said one of said deep side-pockets for maintaining said hand-sanitizer a container therein.

4. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 3 in which said elasticized retainer member is an elasticized band.

5. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 3 in which said elasticized retaining member comprises an elastized band having a mid-portion thereof secured together forming a purchase to enable access to said hand-sanitizer a container.

6. The sanitary pet-waste according to claim 1 and a pet-leash member having a free end, an animal collar adapted to be worn by a pet, said pet leash member being passable through said retaining loops and one of said loops capable of being coupled to said animal collar.

7. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 1 in which said retaining loops enable said pouch to be carried by a belt worn by a pet owner.

8. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 6 wherein said retaining loops are capable of receiving said pet-leash therethrough, said pouch being slidable along said pet-leash enabling said one retainer loop to be coupled to said pet-collar.

9. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 1 in which said pouch is formed of non-absorbant woven fabric having a roughened outer surface and a smooth interior surface serving as the lining of the interior of said pouch.

10. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 1 in which said pouch is formed of a rectangular length of non-absorbant woven fabric, a pair of rectangular sheets of non-absorbant sheet material being secured to the said cover flap to define said exterior and interior pockets.

11. A sanitary pet-waste collection pouch having front and rear walls defining an open-topped interior chamber, a cover flap unitary with said front wall and foldable over said interior chamber covering same, interior opening and exterior opening pockets on opposite sides of said cover flap, “

hook and pile”

releasable closures secured within said pockets, a pair of open-topped side-pockets along opposite sides of said interior chamber, exterior retaining loops coupled respectively to each of said deep side-pockets and extending outward therefrom, a retaining member secured within said one of said deep side-pockets and extending outward therefrom, a hand-sanitizer dispensing container within one of said deep side-pockets pockets, a retaining member secured within one of said deep-side pockets and engaged with said hand-sanitizer dispensing container, said interior chamber being capable of receiving plural waste-loaded plastic litter bags for temporary storage therein and a “

hook and pile adjustable closure being secured to said cover flap and to said rear wall of said pouch, said cover flap capable of overlapping said interior chamber to engage said “

hook and pile”

adjustable closure closing said chamber and pouch.

12. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 in which said flap cover has a closed end of said interior opening pocket and said “

hook and pile”

adjustable closure comprises a “

hook”

carrying strip secured to said cover flap at a location along said closed end of said interior opening pocket and a “

pile”

carrying strip adhered to the rear wall of said pouch and oriented angularly thereon relative to said “

hook”

carrying strip, said cover flap adapted to overlap said interior chamber to engage said “

hook”

carrying strip with said “

pile”

carrying strip at any location therealong dependent upon the girth of said chamber.

13. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 wherein said pouch is formed of a length of non-absorbant sheet material folded to define said flap cover, said interior chamber having open sides, said deep side-pockets being secured to the longitudinal edges of said sheet material closing off said otherwise open sides of said interior chamber, and a pair of like non-absorbant sheet members being secured to opposite surfaces of said flap cover defining said interior and exterior opening pockets.

14. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 13 in which said non-absorbant sheet material has a smooth surface and an opposite roughened surface, the smooth surface forming the interior of said pouch and facilitating cleaning of the interior of said pouch.

15. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 in which said retaining loops each are formed of a “

hook and pile”

strip having opposite surfaces, one surface carrying the “

hook”

portion of said strip and the opposite surface carrying the “

pile”

portion of said strip, said “

hook” and

“

pile”

portions being engagable to define each said retaining loop.

16. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 in which said retaining member comprises an elasticized band having opposite ends, said opposite ends being secured within the interior of said one deep side pocket, said elasticized band having a mid-portion folded and fastened together to form a purchase end enabling a user to grasp and pull said elasticized band enabling the user to access said hand-sanitizer composition carried by said hand-sanitizer container.

17. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 in which one of said exterior opening and said interior opening pockets are capable of receiving plural empty plastic litter bags for dispensing same and the other one of said exterior opening and said interior opening pockets are capable of receiving personal effects of the user of said pouch.

18. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 further comprising an elongate strap secured within the other of said deep side-pockets and having a free end, said free end being coupled to a key-carrying fob capable of being seated within said other of said deep side-pockets along with elongate personal effects belonging to a user of said pouch.

19. The sanitary pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 11 and a pair of elongate straps each having opposite ends, said opposite ends of said straps passing through said retaining loops and being secured respectively within each of said deep side-pockets, each of said retaining loops being formed of a “

hook and pile”

strip having opposite surfaces, one of said surfaces carrying a “

hook”

portion of said “

hook and pile”

strip and the other one of said surfaces carrying a “

pile”

portion of said “

hook and pile”

strip, said retaining loops being formed by engagement of said “

hook”

portion and said “

pile”

portion of said “

hook and pile”

strip, said elongate straps each being secured to respective ones of said retaining loops subsequent to formation thereof, and said “

hook” and

“

pile”

portions of said formed retaining loops being disengagable and reengagable for modifying the size of said retaining loops.

20. A pet-waste collection pouch comprising an interior open-open-topped chamber for receiving pet-waste containing plastic bags and having opposite front wall and a cover flap integral with said front wall, said cover flap having exterior opening and interior opening pockets, said interior opening pocket capable of containing and dispensing plural plastic empty litter bags capable of holding retrieved pet-waste exterior opening pocket capable of holding personal effects, a pair of upwardly opening deep side-pockets secured along opposite sides of said pouch, outwardly extending “

hook and pile”

retaining loops secured respectively within each of said deep side-pockets, said retaining loops each formed of a strip having opposite surfaces respectively carrying “

hook” and

“

pile”

surface portions, said retaining loops being formed by engagement of said “

hook” and

“

pile”

surface portions, “

hook” and

“

pile”

closure strips within at least one of said interior and exterior opening pockets, said interior opening pocket-carrying cover flap having a closed end and a “

hook”

portion of a “

hook and pile”

strip secured to an outer surface of said interior opening pocket-carrying cover flap at a location adjacent said closed end thereof, and said front wall of said pouch having a “

pile”

portion of a “

hook and pile”

strip secured to a surface thereof oriented in an angular direction relative said “

hook”

portion carried by said cover flap, said “

hook”

portion being capable of engagement adjustably with said “

pile”

portion at any location along the length of said “

pile”

portion carried by said front wall whereby to close said chamber and said pouch.

21. The pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 20 and a pair of strap loops each having opposite ends passing through said retaining loops and being secured respectively within said deep side-pockets and extending toward the opening thereof, said strap loops being se secured to said retaining loops subsequent to formation thereof and securing said retaining loops to said deep side-pockets at least proximate the opening thereof.

22. The pet-waste collection pouch according to claim 20 and a hand-sensitizer composition-carrying dispensing container capable of being received within one of said deep side-pockets, an elasticized retaining band secured within said one deep-side pocket and capable of retaining said hand-sensitizer-carrying dispensing container therein, said retaining band having a grasping portion for enabling access to said hand-sensitizer-carrying dispensing container.