Dog waste clean-up tool
OwnerBlane Alan Krauseinventor
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Abstract
A dog waste clean-up tool for retrieving solid waste from the ground is disclosed. A reusable canister with interior paper dividing walls is placed onto the dog waste with its opening and dividers facing down. The user presses the canister, and its dividers, into the waste by stepping on the bottom of the canister and placing weight onto the canister until waste adheres to the dividers. The user picks up the canister and places it onto a disposable lid. The soiled paper dividers and the lid are ejected from the canister into a garbage bin or a composting bin.
Claims20
A dog waste lifting and temporary storage device comprising:
- an open-ended canister;
- a waste capture material positioned within the container, the waste capture material having multiple thin walls;
- and,
- a lid sized to encompass the open-ended canister;
- wherein the waste capture material is coupled to the open-ended canister such that upon placement of the canister onto the dog waste and application of a force to the canister, the dog waste adheres to independent chambers of the waste capture material, thereby becoming one assembly that can be lifted and covered with the lid.
A pole extension assembly and sliding ejection mechanism for a dog waste lifting and storage device comprising:
- an open-ended canister having at least two holes therein and a waste cartridge;
- a hollow pole having an interface bracket coupled to the open-ended canister;
- a rod inserted partially into the hollow pole;
- and,
- a support member secured to the rod and having a plurality of plugs on opposing ends of the support member;
- wherein the rod freely slides up and down within the hollow pole extension such that the plurality of plugs on opposing ends of the support member penetrate through the holes of the canister thereby applying a force to remove the waste cartridge from the canister.
A lighted ring assembly for use with a dog waste lifting and temporary storage device comprising:
- a ring having a series of small lights spaced about the ring;
- a battery;
- and
- a switch;
- wherein the small lights are connected in series to the battery and the switch, thereby illuminating the center of the ring when the switch is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.