US 4,230,354 AGranted

Pick up and disposal kit for pet ordure

OwnerEleanor Clarasinventor

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Abstract

An impervious bag formed of plastic or the like and a semirigid foldable band secured around the mouth of the bag. The band has a linear portion which conforms to a ground surface to afford transportation of ordure thereover into the bag. Remote from the linear portion the band defines foldable gripping portions which enables the user to grip the band exterior of the bag and to manipulate the linear portion for efficient and sanitary use. Joined to the linear portion is a second ply which enhances the rigidity thereof, there being a segment joined to the second ply along a perforated line. When the device is marketed and stored the segment forms with the ply an enclosure for the kit and when the segment is removed from the ply by tearing along the perforated line, the segment in conjunction with a rigid handle forms a pusher for transporting the ordure over the linear portion to the bag interior.

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Dependent claims

An ordure pick up and disposal kit comprising an impervious flexible bag defining a mouth at one end thereof, a semi-rigid substantially continuous band secured to said bag in circumscribing relation to said mouth, said band having a uniform width throughout its length and having a straight edge so that said mouth resides in a single plane, said band including a substantially undeformed linear portion having first and second ends and being conformable to a generally planar ordure supporting surface, said band having means forming a foldable gripping tab opposite said linear portion and extending exteriorly of said bag, said band having first and second side portions extending from said gripping tab forming means to the respective ends of said linear portion for spacing said linear portion from said gripping tab, and means for transporting ordure over said linear portion into the interior of said bag, said transporting means including a substantially rigid ply substantially coextensive in length and width with said undeformed linear portion so as to afford compact storage of the kit, said ply being separable from said undeformed linear portion for effecting ordure transport over said linear portion into the interior of said bag.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.