Animal dusting bag

A self-dusting livestock powdered insecticide applicator comprising:

• an inner porous storing and dusting sack having front and back portions and side walls flaring outward and downward to a lower end, said inner sack having a horizontal opening at an upper end defined by opposing front and back edges for filling the sack;
• an outer skirt made of waterproof material secured to the inner sack, said outer skirt extending over the inner sack to an outer skirt lower end located below the inner sack lower end thereby exposing the inner sack from below for adequate dispersal of material directly under the inner sack while preventing rain and foreign matter from touching the inner sack;
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• closure means fixed to the outer skirt adjacent the upper end of the inner sack, wherein the closure means includes an elongate rigid support member secured along the back edge of the opening and a U-shaped rigid member attached to both terminal ends of the support member and secured to the front edge of the opening, said U-shaped member having cantilever means which in a first position separates the front and back edges of the opening, and in a second position folds the back edge of the opening over the front edge to close the opening.

A dusting bag for dispensing powdered insecticide upon contact with the bag comprising:

• an inner porous storing and dusting sack, said inner sack having a closed lower end and an opening defined by opposing front and back edges along an upper end and at least one side portion of the sack;
• an outer skirt made of a flexible water proof material secured to the outside of the inner sack and extending below the lower end of the sack, said outer skirt having an upper opening aligned with the inner sack opening and defined by opposing front and back edges secured to corresponding front and back opening edges of the inner sack, said outer skirt further having a lower opening exposing the lower end of the sack from the underside;
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• closure means secured adjacent the opening edges of the outer skirt along a substantial length of the upper opening for securing together opposing opening edges in water tight abutment.

A dusting bag for dispensing powdered insecticide upon contact with the bag comprising:

• an inner porous storing and dusting sack, said inner sack having a closed lower end and an opening defined by opposing front and back edges along an upper end of the sack;
• an outer skirt made of a flexible water proof material secured to the outside of the inner sack and extending below the lower end of the sack, said outer skirt having an upper opening defined by opposing front and back edges aligned with front and back openings of the inner sack opening, said outer skirt further having a lower opening exposing the lower end of the sack from the underside;
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• closure means secured to the outer skirt adjacent the opening edges along a substantial length of the opening, said closure means including an elongate rigid support member secured along the front edge of the outer skirt opening and a U-shaped rigid member attached to both terminal ends of the support member and secured to the back edge of the outer skirt opening, said U-shaped member having cantilever means which in a first position separates the front and back edges of the outer skirt opening, and in a second position folds the back edge of the opening over the front edge to close the opening.

A dusting bag applicator comprising:

• a dusting bag having a closed lower end and an opening defined by opposing front and back edges along an upper end of the bag, the applicator comprising:
• an elongate rigid support member secured along the front edge of the bag opening, said support member including an axial bore;
• a U-shaped member attached to both terminal ends of the support member and secured to the back edge of the bag opening;
• cantilever means which in a first position separates the front and back edges of the bag opening, and in a second position folds the back edge of the opening over the front edge to close the opening, said cantilever means including left and right arms extending substantially orthogonally out of the plane of the U-shaped rigid member and terminating in eyelets;
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• a rope received through the axial bore of the elongate support member, said rope further being received twice through each of the left and right eyelets and attached to a support when said applicator is in operative condition, thereby suspending the applicator above the ground.