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US 8,011,705 B1Granted
Waste retrieval device with integral storage stand
OwnerPaul Robert Holbrookinventor
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Abstract
A waste retrieval device with integral storage stand. The integral storage stand provides for vertical storage of the waste retrieval portion and prevents any waste which may be adhering to the scoop jaws from contacting other surfaces.
Claims10
A waste retrieval device comprising a waste retrieval portion and a storage bin, wherein the waste retrieval portion comprises:
- an elongated outer frame having a handle at one end and scoop supporting section at the other end;
- a control frame carried by the outer frame having a handle at one end and link connection at the other end;
- a pair of scoops pivotally mounted on said scoop supporting section;
- at least one link connected to each of said scoops and to said control frame;
- a spring biasing mechanism connected to the control frame and the outer frame for biasing the pair of scoops in a closed position;
- wherein said waste retrieval portion is connected to said storage bin;
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- wherein said connection between waste retrieval portion and storage bin allows free-standing storage of said waste retrieval device with long axis of said elongated outer frame in a substantially vertical orientation.
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A waste retrieval device comprising a waste retrieval portion and a storage bin, wherein the waste retrieval portion comprises:
- an elongated outer frame having a handle at one end and scoop supporting section at the other end;
- a control frame carried by the outer frame having a handle at one end and link connection at the other end;
- a pair of scoops, with one of the scoops being pivotally mounted on said scoop supporting section;
- a link connected to said pivoting scoop and to said control frame;
- a spring biasing mechanism connected to the control frame and the outer frame for biasing said pivoting scoop in a closed position;
- wherein said waste retrieval portion is connected to said storage bin;
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- wherein said connection between waste retrieval portion and storage bin allows free-standing storage of said waste retrieval device with long axis of said elongated outer frame in a substantially vertical orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.