Pet waste container and method of use thereof
AssigneeTowerstar Pets, LLC
InventorsFernando Becattini, JR., Jacquelyn N. Becattini, Fernando Becattini
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Abstract
A pet waste bag or container is made from a biodegradable material. The pet waste bag can be donned by a pet owner inserting their hand into the bag to retrieve the pet waste. The bag may have a fluid resistant or impermeable layer on at least one surface of the bag. This layer precludes or substantially inhibits the waste from coming into physical contact with the pet owner's hand. The bag is configured to be inverted after the pet waste is retrieved and the bag may be sealed in some manner, such as through a twist. The bag containing the pet waste may then be discarded where it may naturally degrade in a landfill.
Claims20
A disposable pet waste container comprising:
- a bag body formed of paper, the bag body having a first side opposite a second side, and an open top opposite an enclosed bottom;
- an exterior surface of the bag body and an interior surface of the bag body, wherein the interior surface defines a volume sized to accommodate a pet owner hand through the open top;
- and
- a protective barrier on the exterior surface of the bag body;
- wherein the bag body is configured to be inverted in response to the pet owner grasping pet waste with the bag body, wherein the protective barrier directly contacts the pet waste during grasping of pet waste, wherein after inversion the protective barrier is on the inside of the inverted bag.
A method comprising:
- donning a disposable pet waste container by reaching through an open top towards an enclosed bottom of a bag body formed of paper, and the bag body having an exterior surface coated with wax;
- approaching pet waste with the donned disposable pet waste container;
- contacting the wax with the pet waste;
- grasping the pet waste;
- picking up the pet waste while continuing to grasp the pet waste;
- inverting the disposable pet waste container while continuing to grasp the pet waste;
- doffing the disposable pet waste container after inversion to retain the pet waste in a now-reversed interior of the bag body;
- and
- disposing the bag body containing the pet waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.