Implement and method for picking up and removing pet excrement
First Claim
1. An implement for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising:
- a support member having two securing ends;
a tension member removably stretched at two spaced apart points thereof to said two securing ends; and
, a disposable flexible sheet for isolating said pet excrement from said surface by sliding said sheet between the pet excrement and said surface, said sheet being permanently attached to said tension member at a leading edge of said sheet, the sheet and the tension member being removable from said support member, wherein said securing ends provide for close contact of said tension member with said surface while said implement is held by the hand of the user and moved about.
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Abstract
An implement for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising a string element, a disposable flexible sheet that my be coupled to the string element, so as to form an edge of the sheet led by the string element, the sheet being removable from the implement, and an isolation mechanism for isolating the pet excrement from the surface by way of sliding the sheet between the pet excrement and the surface while maintaining the string element in a tautly stretched configuration so long as the string element is in close contact with the surface, the isolation mechanism comprising a grip for gripping and moving the isolation mechanism by the hand of the user.
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34 Claims
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1. An implement for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising:
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a support member having two securing ends;
a tension member removably stretched at two spaced apart points thereof to said two securing ends; and
,a disposable flexible sheet for isolating said pet excrement from said surface by sliding said sheet between the pet excrement and said surface, said sheet being permanently attached to said tension member at a leading edge of said sheet, the sheet and the tension member being removable from said support member, wherein said securing ends provide for close contact of said tension member with said surface while said implement is held by the hand of the user and moved about. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An implement for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising:
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a disposable flexible sheet for isolating said pet excrement from said surface by sliding said sheet between the pet excrement and said surface, said sheet being removable from said implement;
grip means in the form of an elongated hollow tubular body having an apertured end and being so sized to be comfortably held by a human hand, said tubular body being adapted for containing a roll of said sheet wherein an end of said sheet may be unrolled and drawn out through said apertured end;
a support member comprising two forwardly extending securing arms coupled to said tubular body and along which said sheet may be expanded, said securing arms comprise spikes, which spikes being spaced apart at a distance corresponding to the width of said sheet; and
,a tension member stretched between distal ends of said securing arms at a distance from said spikes adequate for containing pet excrement, wherein a drawn out portion of said sheet may be pierced once at its sides by said spikes, stretched from said spikes to said tension member, folded about said tension member, stretched back toward said spikes, and pierced again by said spikes to form a two ply extension of said sheet stretched between said spikes and said tension member, and wherein said securing arms provide for close contact of said tension member with said surface while said implement is held by the hand of the user and moved about. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An implement for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising:
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a support member having two securing ends;
a tension strip removably stretched at two spaced apart points thereof to said two securing ends; and
,a disposable flexible sheet for isolating said pet excrement from said surface by sliding said sheet between the pet excrement and said surface, said sheet attached to said tension strip at leading edge of said sheet, the sheet and the tension strip being removable from said support member, wherein said securing ends provide for close contact of said tension strip with said surface while said implement is held by the hand of the user and moved about. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a flexible sheet;
(b) permanently coupling said sheet to a stretched tension member so as to form a leading edge of said sheet;
(c) moving said tension member with said sheet coupled thereto toward the excrement to be picked up, while keeping said tension member in close contact with said surface;
(d) slipping said sheet between the excrement and said surface by moving said tension member between the pet excrement and said surface, so as to isolate the excrement from said surface, by said sheet there between;
(e) wrapping the excrement by said sheet; and
(f) removing said sheet wrapping the excrement and disposing thereof.
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34. A method for picking up and removing pet excrement from a surface, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a flexible sheet;
(b) coupling said sheet to a stretched tension strip so as to form a leading edge of said sheet;
(c) moving said tension strip with said sheet coupled thereto toward the excrement to be picked up, while keeping said tension strip in close contact with said surface;
(d) slipping said sheet between the excrement and said surface by moving said tension strip between the pet excrement and said surface, so as to isolate the excrement from said surface, by said sheet there between;
(e) wrapping the excrement by said sheet; and
(f) removing said sheet wrapping the excrement and disposing thereof.
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Specification