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US 2017/0284043 A1Published application
Animal waste removal and disposal tool
OwnerMatthew Weberinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a waste clean-up and disposal device for scooping-up, bagging, and disposing of pet waste in a sanitary manner. The device includes a scooper body for removably housing and protecting a flexible tubing dispensing cassette. The scooper body defines a passageway between a waste entrance opening and a waste exit opening. The cassette dispenses flexible tubing from the waste exit opening for receiving waste materials such as pet waste droppings.
Claims20
An animal waste removal and disposal device comprising:
- an elongated annular scooper body having an annular wall defining a passageway extending from a frontward waste entrance opening to a rearward waste exit opening of said scooper body, said rearward waste exit opening configured to receive and secure a pleated tubing dispensing cassette wherein said cassette has an annular cassette body defining an opening sized to closely surround and fit tightly against the annular wall of the waste exit opening;
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- a handle operatively connected to an outer surface of the elongated annular wall and configured to be grasped by a user's hand to maneuver said device to scoop up waste.
A material scooping device comprising:
- an annular body configured to receive a tubing dispensing cassette, said body defining a passageway therethrough, said body having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, wherein said lower surface is configured as flat to slidingly engage an opposing external flat surface to scoop up material from said external surface;
- a tubing dispensing cassette operatively connected to said annular body, said cassette comprising a length of pleated flexible tubing contained within said cassette;
- a handle affixed to said annular body for maneuvering said body to scoop up said material.
A waste scooper and disposal device comprising:
- a cassette for dispensing a flexible pleated tubing, said cassette comprising an annular body having a generally U-shaped housing, the annular body having an outer annular wall transitioning to a radially inwardly extending wall transitioning to an elongated inner annular wall, said elongated inner annular wall characterized as having a length sufficient to extend frontally from said housing to form a scooper at a distal end thereof, said scooper defining a waste entrance opening;
- an annular flange operatively secured to the body to help retain pleated tubing in the U-shaped housing;
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- a handle affixed to said cassette for maneuvering the device to scoop up said waste from a surface.
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