Vibrating cat litter scoop
OwnerAnthony O'Rourkeinventor
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Abstract
A cat litter scoop with a battery powered vibrator carried in the scoop handle which is actuated by a thumb operated switch. Upon actuation, the vibrator imparts a high speed oscillatory movement to the scoop about the longitudinal axis of the handle to accelerate the manual steps of insertion, pushing, lifting and sifting associated with the scooping motion employed with a standard cat litter scoop. The scoop portion of the cat litter scoop is provided with a pair of spaced transversely extending rows of elongated longitudinal slots so as to define a solid web portion extending between the rows of slots and transversing the scoop to enhance the structural integrity of the scoop portion of the litter scoop.
Claims4
A cat litter scoop comprising a handle portion and a scoop portion carried by said handle portion, said scoop portion defining an open forward end, a bottom wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a rear wall, said bottom wall defining a plurality of spaced openings therein, said handle portion defining a housing, a battery powered vibrator mounted within said housing for effecting selective vibration of said scoop portion of said cat litter scoop and a switch member carried by said handle portion for activating said vibrator.
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