Pet waste vacuum and container
AssigneeCurbicus, Inc.
InventorsCasey John Schwichtenberg, Anna Gannon
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Abstract
A vacuum and container assembly is provided for collecting and disposing of dog poop. The vacuum includes a housing with an inlet tube or nozzle. The container assembly includes an outer sleeve and an inner flexible, air permeable bag. The sleeve is open at the rear end so as to fit over the vacuum nozzle, with the bag residing in the nozzle. The front end of the container assembly is temporary closed by flexible fingers. When the vacuum is turned on, the dog poop is suctioned past the fingers into the bag, without touching the vacuum housing or nozzle. The container assembly can then be removed from the nozzle and deposited in a waste receptacle for disposal.
Claims19
A container for collecting dog poop via a vacuum with an inlet tube having a length, comprising:
- an air permeable bag adapted to fit inside the inlet tube, having a closed rear end through which a vacuum suction can be drawn and an open forward end extending forwardly beyond the inlet tube;
- an outer sleeve connected to the forward end of the air permeable bag and extending substantially to the rear end of the air permeable bag so as to define a gap between the outer sleeve and the air permeable bag, the gap extending forwardly substantially from the rear end of the air permeable bag to the forward end of the air permeable bag so that the outer sleeve is mountable over the inlet tube while the air permeable bag resides inside the inlet tube, wherein the outer sleeve is longer than the length of the inlet tube;
- wherein the air permeable bag and the outer sleeve are movable from a flat configuration for storage to a tubular configuration for use on the inlet tube;
- wherein the air permeable bag is adapted to contain the dog poop vacuumed into the open forward end.
A vacuum for collecting dog poop, comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric motor inside the housing to create suction;
- an inlet tube extending forwardly from the housing;
- a collapsible bag adapted to extend into the inlet tube;
- a collapsible sleeve connected to the collapsible bag and adapted to cover an exterior of the inlet tube;
- a flange extending laterally inwardly on an interior of the collapsible sleeve to overlappingly engage a laterally outwardly extending protrusion on an exterior of the inlet tube and thereby retain the collapsible sleeve on the inlet tube;
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- the collapsible sleeve having a forward end extending in front of the inlet tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.