Back to results
US 4,376,365 AGranted
Waste disposer unit
OwnerGeorge B. Moertelinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A pet waste containment or waste matter disposer unit is disclosed as including a first sheet of sealable material for receiving the waste matter and a covering sheet of sealable material superimposed relative to the first sheet. The free marginal edges of the superimposed sheets are then sealed to each other to form a package and the now encapsulated waste material can be easily and sanitarily disposed.
Claims11
An animal waste matter disposer unit comprising a generally flat support base having a first portion defining
- a waste matter receiving station and a second portion
- defining a packaging station,
- a storage area associated with said packaging station,
- said flat support adapted to support an animal on the receiving station,
- means for positioning a sheet of sealable material extending along a path at said receiving station to form a bed portion where waste matter is received on said sealable material,
- means for moving said sealable material and said waste matter thereon from said receiving station to said packaging station,
- means for guiding a sheet of covering material in a first path that angularly intercepts the path of said sheet of sealable material to form a wall portion at said receiving station and then in a second path to overlie said sealable material and said waste matter thereon at said packaging station,
- said guiding means adapted to position said covering material at said wall portion to also receive waste matter thereon,
- means for sealing adjacent perimeter edges of said covering material and said sealable material at said packaging station whereby said waste matter is encapsulated therebetween to form a sealed package, and
- means for moving the sealed package to said storage area.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.