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US 3,937,509 AGranted
Animal feces collecting device
AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
InventorFrank W. Hufnagel
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Abstract
An animal feces collecting device is used to scoop up animal feces from the ground or catch the feces as it is falling from the animal. The animal feces device comprises an open top cylinder shaped container having a communicating disposable plastic bag. A telescoping handle assembly is affixed to a longitudinal sidewall of the cylinder shaped container. A circular shaped disc top cover is hingeably mounted to the open end of the cylinder shaped container.
Claims2
An animal feces collecting device adapted to scoop animal feces from the ground, which comprises:
- a. a cylindrically shaped container having an open top end and an outside longitudinal surface;
- b. a hollow tube affixed tangentially to said outside longitudinal surface;
- c. a tube engaging section slidably mounted into said hollow tube;
- d. a handle section telescopically communicating with said tube engaging section;
- e. a flat circular disc top cover hingably mounted to an open top end of said container;
- f. a first eye hook affixed to said tube engaging section;
- g. a second eye hook affixed to said hollow tube;
- h. Third and fourth aligned eye hooks affixed to a top surface of said cover;
- g. a string tied to said fourth eye hook, threaded through said second and third eye hooks, and tied to said first eye hook, said tube engaging section sliding back and forth within said hollow tube causing said cover to open and close upon said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.