Animal waste collection bag

• US 9,220,240 B1
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Precious Gooden, Rainford Gooden
• Original Assignee: Precious Gooden, Rainford Gooden
• Inventors: Gooden, Rainford, Gooden, Precious
• Primary Examiner(s): KRAMER, DEAN J
• Application Number:
  US14/684,820
• Time in Patent Office: 260 Days
• Field of Search: 294/1.5, 294/214, 383/12, 383/19, 383/33
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 23/005 Manure or urine collecting devices used independently from the animal, i.e. not worn by the animal but operated by a person

Abstract

An animal waste collection bag including a foldable bag, a pair of vertical fold lines, a pair of horizontal fold lines, a plurality of interconnected pliable support frames having a front right support frame, a front left support frame, a rear right support frame, a rear left support frame, a front bottom support frame, a rear bottom support frame, a right bottom support frame, and a left bottom support frame. The animal waste collection bag further includes a pair of static handles having a right handle and a left handle. The right handle and the left handle are hingedly attached to a top edge of each of a rear right edge and a rear left edge, respectively.

Claims

1. An animal waste collection bag comprising:

a foldable bag having a right side, a left side, a front side, a rear side, a front right edge, a front left edge, a rear right edge, and a rear left edge, each of the right side, the left side, the front side, and the rear side having a top surface, a bottom surface, an external surface, and an internal surface, each of the front right edge, the front left edge, the rear right edge, and the rear left edge having a top edge and a bottom edge;

a pair of vertical fold lines comprising a front vertical fold line and a rear vertical fold line, wherein the front vertical fold line and the rear vertical fold line are medially disposed on the bag front side and the bag rear side, respectively, from the top surface to the bottom surface;

a pair of horizontal fold lines comprising a front horizontal fold line and a rear horizontal fold line, wherein the front horizontal fold line and the rear horizontal fold line are triangularly disposed on the bag front side and the bag rear side, respectively, from the bottom edge of the front left edge to the bottom edge of the front right edge and from the bottom edge of the rear left edge to the bottom edge of the rear right edge, respectively;

a plurality of interconnected pliable support frames comprising a front right support frame, a front left support frame, a rear right support frame, a rear left support frame, a front bottom support frame, a rear bottom support frame, a right bottom support frame, and a left bottom support frame;

wherein the front right support frame is continuously disposed along the front right edge, the front left support frame is continuously disposed along the front left edge, the rear right support frame is continuously disposed along the rear right edge, the rear left support frame is continuously disposed along the rear left edge, the front bottom support frame is continuously disposed along the front side bottom surface, the rear bottom support frame is continuously disposed along the rear side bottom surface, the right bottom support frame is continuously disposed along the right side bottom surface, and the left bottom support frame is continuously disposed along the left side bottom surface; and

a pair of static handles comprising a right handle and a left handle, each of the right handle and the left handle having a front half and a back half, wherein the right handle and the left handle are hingedly attached to the top edge of each of the rear right edge and the rear left edge, respectively, wherein the front half of each of the right handle and the left handle is continuously disposed along the top surface of each of the right side and the left side, respectively.

2. The animal waste collection bag of claim 1 further comprising:

a pair of interconnectable hook and loop fastener strips comprising a first strip and a second strip, wherein the first strip is disposed on the internal surface of the right side proximal the right side top surface, and the second strip is disposed on the internal surface of the left side proximal the left side top surface;

wherein the pair of hook and loop fastener strips is configured to secure the left side of the bag with the right side of the bag.

3. The animal waste collection bag of claim 2 wherein the bag further comprises an outer layer and an inner layer.

4. The animal waste collection bag of claim 3 wherein the outer layer is paper.

5. The animal waste collection bag of claim 4 wherein the inner layer is plastic.

6. The animal waste collection bag of claim 1 wherein the bag comprises an outer layer and an inner layer.

7. The animal waste collection bag of claim 6 wherein the outer layer is paper.

8. The animal waste collection bag of claim 7 wherein the inner layer is plastic.