Animal waste collection and storage apparatus
OwnerSandy Stinsoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for collecting and temporarily storing animal waste such as dog droppings includes a portable storage container with a pivoting cover movable between an open position and a closed position to keep contents dry. The container is adapted to receive and secure thereto a removable liner bag for easy disposal of the waste. A handle attached to the container pivots the cover open and closed and is hinged to the container so that it remains in an upright vertical position until lifted upward. The user need only ever touch the handle when depositing droppings into the bag. A removable waste scooper is suspended from an outer wall of the container.
Claims21
A portable animal waste collection and storage container, comprising:
- a main body having generally vertical walls defining an inner space therein, an upper mouth of the main body defining convex side edges and front and rear lips, the main body having bag retainers located below the upper mouth on both front and rear walls thereof, the bag retainers adapted to secure upper edges of a disposable bag so as to suspend a main portion of a bag within the inner space;
- a carry handle arranged to pivot forward and rearward about a horizontal axis extending through side walls in the main body;
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- an arcuate upper lid having a concave lower contour which matches the convex side edges such that the upper lid may slide smoothly over the upper mouth, the upper lid being rotatably coupled to the carry handle so that pivoting movement of the carry handle causes commensurate sliding movement of the upper lid over the upper mouth, and wherein
- the carry handle is fixed to a rotation shaft which is vertically movable within a keyhole opening in at least one of the side walls, and the rotation shaft and keyhole opening cooperate such that the carry handle can only rotate relative to the main body when the rotation shaft is in an upper position within the keyhole opening.
A portable animal waste collection and storage container, comprising:
- a main body having generally vertical walls defining an inner space therein, an upper mouth of the main body defining side edges and front and rear lips;
- a carry handle arranged to pivot forward and rearward about a horizontal axis extending through side walls in the main body;
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- an upper lid having a lower contour which matches the upper mouth such that the upper lid may slide smoothly over the upper mouth, the upper lid having a pair of outward stubs extending in opposite directions and extending laterally outward therefrom into openings formed in the carry handle to rotatably couple the carry handle to the upper lid so that pivoting movement of the carry handle causes commensurate sliding movement of the upper lid over the upper mouth, and wherein
- the carry handle is fixed to a rotation shaft which is vertically movable within a keyhole opening in at least one of the side walls, and the rotation shaft and keyhole opening cooperate such that the carry handle can only rotate relative to the main body when the rotation shaft is in an upper position within the keyhole opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.