Animal waste collection apparatus
OwnerJesse C. Dukeinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An animal waste collection apparatus to collect and dispose of solid waste evacuated from an animal. The apparatus includes a handle to which is attached a frame, disposable waste containment bag and pivoting support arms which drop downwards upon release. The support arms are held in a horizontal receiving position by a latching device, which may be released by a remote manual release mechanism, which when activated allows the support arms to drop downward away from the frame by force of gravity. The waste containment bags are sleeved to fit over the support arms and are clamped between the support arms and frame when the support arms are in the receiving position. When the support arms are released, the waste containment bags slide from the support arms, which are pointed slightly inward to prevent the bag from binding.
Claims10
An animal waste collection apparatus comprising:
- a handle with an upper part and a lower part, said upper part to be held by the operator of the apparatus;
- a frame connected to said lower part of said handle;
- hinge means pivotably connected to said frame;
- a plurality of supporting arms attached to said hinge means and extending outwardly therefrom, said supporting arms being capable of assuming either a first position or a depending second position;
- removable disposable waste containment means slidably receivable on said supporting arms and including a portion to be retained between said supporting arms and said frame when said supporting arms assume said first position;
- release means operatively engaging and retaining said hinge means when said supporting arms are in said first position;
- and
- activation means selectably operative to release said release means from engagement with said hinge means, thereby allowing said hinge means to pivot, said supporting arms to drop downwardly to said second depending position, and said waste containment means to be removed from said supporting arms.
An animal waste collection apparatus to hold a waste containment receptacle in position to receive waste evacuated from an animal, comprising:
- means defining a frame;
- receptacle support means supported by said frame for pivotable movement between a first position and a second position relative to said frame;
- said receptacle support means having a pair of receptacle holding members for supporting a waste containment receptacle;
- means on said frame operative to retain said receptacle support means in said first position, and selectably operable to release said receptacle support means for pivotable movement to said second position;
- means operative to engage at least one of said receptacle holding members and a waste containment receptacle held thereon, in said first position, so as to prevent inadvertent dislodgement of the waste containment receptacle;
- and
- said engaging means operating to release the waste containment receptacle when said receptacle support means is released for movement to said second position, so that the receptacle is freely and gravitationally removable from said receptacle holding members in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.