Patent Application
20170191234
Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to disposal devices and more particularly pertains to a new disposal device for collecting and retaining animal feces for disposal.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bag that may be placed over animal feces. A closure is coupled to the bag such that the closure may retain the animal feces in the bag. A pair of scrapers is provided and each of the scrapers may be manipulated to urge the animal feces into the bag when the bag is positioned over the animal feces.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A closure 28 is coupled to the bag 12 such that the closure 28 may retain the animal feces 14 in the bag 12. The closure 28 is positioned on the outer surface 22 and the closure 28 is substantially coextensive with the distal edge 24. The closure 28 has a pair of ends 30 such that the ends 30 may be tied together thereby facilitating the closure 28 to close the opening 26. The closure 28 may comprise a string or the like.
A pair of scrapers 32 is provided and each of the scrapers 32 may be manipulated to urge the animal feces 14 into the bag 12 when the bag 12 is positioned over the animal feces 14. Each of the scrapers 32 comprises a panel 34 that has a first surface 36, a second surface 38 and a peripheral edge 40 extending between the first surface 36 and the second surface 38. The peripheral edge 40 has an upper side 42 and a lower side 44. The second surface 38 may have a hand 46 of a user 48 positioned thereon thereby facilitating the panel 34 to be manipulated. Thus, the lower side 44 urges the animal feces 14 upwardly into the bag 12 when the bag 12 is positioned on the animal feces 14.
A strap 50 is provided that has a first end 52 and a second end 54. The strap 50 is coupled to the first surface 36 and the strap 50 is positioned proximate the upper side 42 of the panel 34. The strap 50 wraps around the panel 34 such that the strap 50 extends along the second surface 38. Thus, the strap 50 may be wrapped around the user's hand 46. Each of the first end 52 and the second end 54 are matable such that the strap 50 retains the panel 34 on the user's hand 46.
A first coupler 56 is coupled to the strap 50 and the first coupler 56 is positioned adjacent to the first end 52. A second coupler 58 is coupled to the strap 56 and the second coupler 58 is positioned adjacent to the second end 54. The first coupler 56 and the second coupler 58 are complementary such that the first coupler 56 and the second coupler 58 may retain the panel 34 on the user's hand 46. Each of the first coupler 56 and the second coupler 58 may comprise a hook and loop fastener or the like.
In use, the bag 12 is positioned on the animal feces 14 such that the opening 26 surrounds the animal feces 14. Each of the scrapers 32 is coupled to one of the user's hands 46. Each of the scrapers 32 is manipulated to urge the animal feces 14 upwardly into the opening 26 in the bag 12. Each of the scrapers 32 engages the peripheral wall 20 of the bag 12 rather than directly engaging the animal feces 14. The bag 12 is manipulated to be turned upright thereby facilitating the animal feces 14 to fall into the bag 12. The closure 28 is manipulated to close the opening 26 such that the animal feces 14 are contained within the bag 12. The bag 12 is disposed of and the scrapers 32 are retained to be used later.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
