US 10,370,810 B1Granted

Feces collection assembly

OwnerEdward Timesinventor

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Abstract

A feces collection assembly includes a handle. The handle is elongated thereby facilitating the handle to extend to ground when the handle is gripped. A grip is attached to the handle for enhancing gripping the handle and a ring is movably positioned on the grip. The ring is urgeable between an opening position and a closing position. A pair of jaws is each movably positioned on the handle to manipulate feces on the ground. Each of the jaws is operationally coupled to the ring, and the pair of jaws opens and closes when the ring is urged between the opening and closing positions. Thus, the jaws can be positioned around the feces and subsequently close beneath the feces. A plurality of bags is provided and a selected one of the bags is wrapped around the jaws to capture the feces when the jaws are closed around the feces.

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Dependent claims

A feces collection assembly being configured to simultaneously retrieve and bag feces, said assembly comprising:

a handle for gripping, said handle being elongated thereby facilitating said handle to extend to ground when said handle is gripped, said handle having a first end and a second end, said handle having a conduit extending through said first and second ends;
a wire being slidably positioned in said conduit, said wire extending outwardly through each of said first and second ends of said handle;
a grip being attached to said handle for enhancing gripping said handle, said grip being positioned on said first end of said handle, said wire extending through said grip;
a ring being movably positioned on said grip, said ring being urgeable between an opening position and a closing position, said wire being coupled to said ring such that said ring urges said wire upwardly in said conduit when said ring is urged into said opening position;
a pair of jaws, each of said jaws being movably positioned on said handle, each of said jaws being operationally coupled to said ring, said pair of jaws opening and closing when said ring is urged between said opening and closing positions wherein said jaws are configured to be positioned around the feces and subsequently close beneath the feces;
and
a plurality of bags, a selected one of said bags being wrapped around said jaws when said selected bag is removed from a box wherein each of said bags is configured to capture the feces when said jaws are closed around the feces;
a yoke being coupled to said second end of said handle, said yoke having a pair of members being spaced apart from each other and being oriented parallel with an axis extending through said first and second ends of said handle, each of said members having a distal end with respect to said handle, said wire extending through said yoke, said wire having an exposed end with respect to said yoke being positioned between said members;
a bearing being rotatably coupled to said yoke, said bearing extending between said distal end of each of said members of said yoke, said bearing being biased to rotate in a first direction, said bearing being urgeable to rotate in a second direction;
wherein each of said jaws has a pair of bends thereon to define a central portion extending between a first portion and a second portion of said jaws, each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws having a free end, said free end of each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws being coupled to said bearing having said central portion of each of said jaws being spaced from said bearing;
and
a pair of supports, each of said supports being coupled between said first and second portions of a respective one of said jaws, each of said supports being oriented parallel to said central portion of said respective jaw.

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A feces collection assembly being configured to simultaneously retrieve and bag feces, said assembly comprising:

a handle for gripping, said handle being elongated thereby facilitating said handle to extend to ground when said handle is gripped, said handle having a first end and a second end, said handle having a conduit extending through said first and second ends;
a wire being slidably positioned in said conduit, said wire extending outwardly through each of said first and second ends of said handle;
a grip being attached to said handle for enhancing gripping said handle, said grip being positioned on said first end of said handle, said wire extending through said grip;
a ring being movably positioned on said grip, said ring being urgeable between an opening position and a closing position, said wire being coupled to said ring such that said ring urges said wire upwardly in said conduit when said ring is urged into said opening position;
a pair of jaws, each of said jaws being movably positioned on said handle, each of said jaws being operationally coupled to said ring, said pair of jaws opening and closing when said ring is urged between said opening and closing positions wherein said jaws are configured to be positioned around the feces and subsequently close beneath the feces;
and
a plurality of bags, a selected one of said bags being wrapped around said jaws when said selected bag is removed from a box wherein each of said bags is configured to capture the feces when said jaws are closed around the feces;
a yoke being coupled to said second end of said handle, said yoke having a pair of members being spaced apart from each other and being oriented parallel with an axis extending through said first and second ends of said handle, each of said members having a distal end with respect to said handle, said wire extending through said yoke, said wire having an exposed end with respect to said yoke being positioned between said members;
a bearing being rotatably coupled to said yoke, said bearing extending between said distal end of each of said members of said yoke, said bearing being biased to rotate in a first direction, said bearing being urgeable to rotate in a second direction;
wherein each of said jaws has a pair of bends thereon to define a central portion extending between a first portion and a second portion of said jaws, each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws having a free end, said free end of each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws being coupled to said bearing having said central portion of each of said jaws being spaced from said bearing, said central portion of each of said jaws abuts each other when said bearing is biased to rotate in said first direction, said central portion of each of said jaws being spaced apart from each other when said bearing is urged to rotate in said second direction;
and
wherein each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws has a curve thereon adjacent to said central portion of said jaws, said first and second portions of each of said jaws angling outwardly from an axis extending through said conduit.

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A feces collection assembly being configured to simultaneously retrieve and bag feces, said assembly comprising:

a handle for gripping, said handle being elongated thereby facilitating said handle to extend to ground when said handle is gripped, said handle having a first end and a second end, said handle having a conduit extending through said first and second ends;
a wire being slidably positioned in said conduit, said wire extending outwardly through each of said first and second ends of said handle;
a grip being attached to said handle for enhancing gripping said handle, said grip being positioned on said first end of said handle, said wire extending through said grip;
a ring being movably positioned on said grip, said ring being urgeable between an opening position and a closing position, said wire being coupled to said ring such that said ring urges said wire upwardly in said conduit when said ring is urged into said opening position;
a yoke being coupled to said second end of said handle, said yoke having a pair of members being spaced apart from each other and being oriented parallel with an axis extending through said first and second ends of said handle, each of said members having a distal end with respect to said handle, said wire extending through said yoke, said wire having an exposed end with respect to said yoke being positioned between said members;
a bearing being rotatably coupled to said yoke, said bearing extending between said distal end of each of said members of said yoke, said bearing being biased to rotate in a first direction, said bearing being urgeable to rotate in a second direction;
a pair of jaws, each of said jaws being movably positioned on said handle wherein said jaws are configured to manipulate feces on the ground, each of said jaws being operationally coupled to said ring, said pair of jaws opening and closing when said ring is urged between said opening and closing positions wherein said jaws are configured to be positioned around the feces and subsequently close beneath the feces, each of said jaws having a pair of bends thereon to define a central portion extending between a first portion and a second portion of said jaws, each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws having a free end, said free end of each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws being coupled to said bearing having said central portion of each of said jaws being spaced from said bearing, said central portion of each of said jaws abutting each other when said bearing is biased to rotate in said first direction, said central portion of each of said jaws being spaced apart from each other when said bearing is urged to rotate in said second direction, each of said first and second portions of each of said jaws having a curve thereon adjacent to said central portion of said jaws, said first and second portions of each of said jaws angling outwardly from an axis extending through said conduit;
a pair of supports, each of said supports being coupled between said first and second portions of a respective one of said jaws, each of said supports being oriented parallel to said central portion of said respective jaw,
a pair of fingers, each of said fingers being coupled between said exposed end of said wire and said support on a respective one of said jaws, each of said fingers urging said jaws away from each other when said ring is urged into said opening position, said bearing urging each of said jaws toward each other then said ring is released to move in said closing direction;
a box being coupled to said bearing such that said box is positioned between each of said jaws, said box having a bottom end, said bottom end being open, said bottom end being directed toward said central member of each of said jaws;
and
a plurality of bags, each of said bags being positioned in said box and being selectively dispensable through said bottom end of said box, a selected one of said bags being wrapped around said jaws when said selected bag is removed from said box wherein each of said bags is configured to capture the feces when said jaws are closed around the feces, said selected bag being wrapped upwardly around said central portion of each of said jaws such that said selected bag is spread open between said jaws when said jaws are opened.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.