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US 8,132,834 B2Granted
Animal waste disposal tool
OwnerJordan Buhagiarinventor
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Abstract
A tool for retrieving animal waste is effective in complete removal as it deploys at its end a row of tines that are inserted beneath the solid waste so that is can be lifted from the ground as the first step for proper disposal. The waste is then removed from the tines by a plate that pushes it off into a waste receptacle.
Claims20
A method of removing animal waste, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a tool having a lateral lifting surface at one end, a plate disposed over said lifting surface for sweeping waste off the lifting surface when loaded thereon, wherein the lifting surface and plate are disposed at the bottom of a shaft that has a top and a bottom, wherein the lifting surface is a plurality of spaced apart tines,
- b) inserting the lifting surface under the waste to be removed,
- c) lifting the shaft upward to remove the waste from the ground,
- d) transporting the waste to a disposal container,
- e) translating the plate over the lifting surface to urge the waste there from whereby it falls in the disposal container.
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A method of removing animal waste, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a tool having a lateral lifting surface at one end, a plate disposed over said lifting surface for sweeping waste off the lifting surface when loaded thereon, wherein the lifting surface and plate are disposed at the bottom of a shaft that has a top and a bottom,
- b) inserting the lifting surface under the waste to be removed,
- c) lifting the shaft upward to remove the waste from the ground,
- d) transporting the waste to a disposal container,
- e) translating the plate over the lifting surface to urge the waste there from whereby it falls in the disposal container,
- f) wherein the plate is translated over the lifting surface by an actuator comprising;
- i. a cable,
- ii. a first and second rotary coupling in rotary engagement via connection to opposite ends of the cable,
- iii. an actuating handle coupled to turn the first rotary coupling,
- iv. a gear coupled to the second rotary coupling,
- v. a spring coupled to the gear coupling,
- vi. wherein the handle causes the rotation of the first rotary coupling and the plate is urged forward via the gear coupled to the second rotary coupling and said spring is coupled to the gear to resist the rotation of the second rotary coupling.
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A method of removing animal waste, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a tool having a lateral lifting surface at one end, a plate disposed over said lifting surface for sweeping waste off the lifting surface when loaded thereon, wherein the lifting surface and plate are disposed at the bottom of a shaft that has a top and a bottom,
- b) inserting the lifting surface under the waste to be removed,
- c) lifting the shaft upward to remove the waste from the ground,
- d) transporting the waste to a disposal container,
- e) translating the plate over the lifting surface to urge the waste there from whereby it falls in the disposal container,
- f) wherein the plate is translated by an actuating means comprising a pair of hinged arms that unfold to translate the plate across the lifting surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.