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US 7,063,365 B1Granted
Pet waste pick-up device
OwnerKent B. Chaseinventor
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Abstract
A pet waste collection device has a pair of opposing jaws movable between a closed jaw state and an open jaw state, and a liner bag may be situated about the jaws so that closure of the jaws about pet waste encases the waste within a bag. The jaws do not simply pivot into a closed state, and rather they travel toward each other in a path substantially parallel to the surface upon which the waste rests to close about the waste, and they then retract. Opposing shells which open and close about the jaws may strip the bag from the jaws when the jaws are closed about the waste.
Claims23
A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
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- b. a handle spaced from the jaws;
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- c. a pair of opposing shells, the shells being pivotally movable between a closed shell state wherein the shells surround the jaws, and an open shell state wherein the shells expose the jaws,
- wherein the jaws, when moving from their closed jaw state to their open jaw state:
- i. initially move away from the handle with their jaw ends remaining proximate each other, and
- ii. only subsequently after a period of such movement do the jaw ends move into spaced relationship.
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A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
- b. a pair of opposing shells wherein the jaws are situated, the shells having shell lips, wherein the shells are movable between:
- i. a closed shell state with their shell lips proximate each other and with the jaws resting within the shells in the closed jaw state, and
- ii. an open shell state wherein the shell lips are spaced from each other and the jaws are in the open jaw state with the jaw ends protruding from the shell lips;
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- c. a handle spaced from the shells and jaws, and wherein:
- i. the shells are pivotally affixed with respect to the handle, and
- ii. the jaws are slidably affixed with respect to the handle.
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A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between:
- i. a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and
- ii. an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
- b. a pair of opposing shells, the shells having shell lips, wherein the shells are movable between:
- i. a closed shell state with their shell lips immediately adjacent each other and with the jaws resting within the shells, and
- ii. an open shell state wherein the shell lips are spaced from each other and the jaws are in the open jaw state with the jaw ends protruding from the shell lips;
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- c. a handle spaced from the jaws.
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A pet waste collection device comprising;
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein:
- (1) the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
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- (2) the jaws include;
- (a) pivot ends opposite their jaw ends, and
- (b) an intermediate section between their pivot ends and jaw ends, wherein a portion of the intermediate section travels:
- i. initially along a linear path in a first direction, and
- ii. subsequently along a path in a second direction different from the first direction,
- when the jaws move towards the open jaw state;
- b. a handle spaced from the jaws;
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- c. a frame maintaining the handle and jaws in spaced relation, and wherein the paths along which the portion of the intermediate section travels are defined in the frame,
- wherein the jaws, when moving from their closed jaw state to their open jaw state:
- i. initially move away from the handle with their jaw ends remaining proximate each other, and
- ii. only subsequently after a period of such movement do the jaw ends move into spaced relationship.
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A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
- b. a hane spaced from the jaws;
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- c. a frame, the frame including a pair of side members extending from opposing sides of the handle, wherein the jaws are slidably connected between the side members;
- wherein the jaws, when moving from their closed jaw state to their open jaw state:
- i. initially move away from the handle with their jaw ends remaining proximate each other, and
- ii. only subsequently after a period of such movement do the jaw ends move into spaced relationship.
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A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
- b. a pair of opposing shells wherein the jaws are situated, the shells having shell lips, wherein the shells are movable between:
- i. a closed shell state with their shell lips proximate each other and with the jaws resting within the shells in the closed jaw state, and
- ii. an open shell state wherein the shell lips are spaced from each other and the jaws are in the open jaw state with the jaw ends protruding from the shell lips;
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- c. links extending between the jaws and the shells, wherein the links move the shells between their open and closed shell states when the jaws are moved between their open and closed jaw states.
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A pet waste collection device comprising:
- a. a pair of opposing jaws, the jaws having jaw ends, wherein the jaws are movable between a closed jaw state with their jaw ends proximate each other, and an open jaw state wherein the jaw ends are spaced from each other;
- b. a pair of opposing shells wherein the jaws are situated, the shells having shell lips, wherein the shells are movable between:
- i. a closed shell state with their shell lips proximate each other and with the jaws resting within the shells in the closed jaw state, and
- ii. an open shell state wherein the shell lips are spaced from each other and the jaws are in the open jaw state with the jaw ends protruding from the shell lips,
- and wherein the shells pass closely proximate outer portions of the jaws when the shells move toward the closed shell state, whereby if a bag has its bag mouth situated about the outer portions of the jaws closely passed by the shells, such passage by the shells will remove the bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.