Pet Waste Disposal Apparatus
OwnerBrian Moorcroftinventor
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Abstract
A waste disposal apparatus having a handle, an elongated shaft, a base, and a disposable cartridge. The handle includes a cutout for manual gripping and a ring for attachment to a belt loop or other support. The cartridge provides a first side with a nub thereon and a second side with a plurality of tines disposed thereon and extending therefrom. The base provides a plate having a well with an open end and interior volume in which the nub of the cartridge engages therewith for removable securement. In operation, the user can place a bag over the base and push the nub into the open end of the well of the base for attachment thereto and impale animal waste using the tines. The user can then fold the bag over the cartridge and detach the bag from the plate enclosing the cartridge therein for disposal.
Claims7
A pet waste disposal apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;
- said first end comprising a handle;
- said second end comprising a base, said base having a plate;
- a removable cartridge with a plurality of tines extending therefrom, wherein said removable cartridge is removably securable to said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.