Patent Application
20240116728
The present disclosure is directed to a waste-bag dispensing system. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to an animal waste-bag dispending system capable of being operated by one hand.
When one walks a dog and has to pick up the dog's feces, one often has only one hand available to grab a waste bag and pick up the feces. The other hand is often occupied holding a leash to maintain control of the dog, holding a phone or bag, or otherwise occupied. Quickly and easily accessing the waste bag with one hand can be challenging. Typically, one needs two hands in order to remove the waste bag from the holder and separate it from the other bags on the roll. Using only one hand to pull at a bag on a roll, may cause multiple bags to unravel from the roll, stretch or tear the bag making it unusable, and/or the bag will fail to detach from the roll. Once the bag is removed from the roll, opening the bag often presents a further challenge requiring two hands to address.
Generally, when one pulls on the waste bag roll with one hand, one must use the other hand to hold the roll or the roll holder and detach the bag from remaining bags on the roll. Current proposals lack mechanisms to quickly and easily detach a bag from the roll or to stabilize and control the bag and holder to allow one to properly pull on the bag to detach it, without unraveling multiple bags or stretching or tearing the bag.
Thus, there is a need for a waste bag dispensing system that can store a roll of waste bags that may be secured to a leash to improve lateral and vertical stability.
There is also a need for a waste bag dispensing system to stabilize and control the dispensing of the waste bags.
There is a further need for a waste bag dispensing system to control the orientation of the waste bags as they exit the system to permit removal from the waste bag roll.
There is still another need for a waste bag dispensing system to permit the removal of the waste bag from another waste bag in the roll.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the claims included herewith.
Provided may be a waste bag dispensing system for improved access to waste bags during normal activities. The waste bag dispensing system may comprise a base member configured to receive a waste bag roll, a cap, a slit opening extending though the base member, a tab configured to apply pressure to an exterior of the waste bag roll, a separator, and a securement means. The base member may comprise a base and a sidewall extending off the base wherein an inner surface of the sidewall defines the cavity. An upper edge of the sidewall may be configured to removably engage the cap. The slit opening may extend through the sidewall to permit an end of the waste bag roll to extend through the slit opening. The separator may be located on an outer surface of the sidewall positioned adjacent to the slit opening.
In one embodiment, the base member may comprise a base friction post extending from the base into the cavity. In a further embodiment, the cap may comprise a cap friction post extending off an inner surface of the cap towards the cavity, when secured.
In an embodiment, the securement means may be configured to secure the base member to a desired object. The desired object may be any object that a person of ordinary skill may desire, including without limitation, a leash or a bag strap. Reference is made throughout to securing to the leash in the interest of brevity, however, the system may be utilized with any object that may be desired.
In one embodiment, the securement means may comprise a back loop extending off the outer surface of the sidewall. The back loop may extend from the upper edge of the sidewall to a lower edge of the sidewall and a back loop opening may be parallel to the sidewall and configured to receive the leash. It is contemplated that the back loop may provide lateral stability of the base member in reference to the leash.
In an embodiment, the securement means may comprise a top loop that extends from the base member past the cap when secured. The top loop may, in some embodiments, provide vertical stability to the base member in relation to the leash.
In one embodiment, the securement means may comprise the back loop and the top loop to promote stability of the base member in relation to the leash. It is contemplated that stabilizing the base member in relation to the leash may reduce dexterity required to remove a waste bag from the waste bag roll.
In an embodiment, the waste bag roll may comprise a plurality of waste bags in perforated connection to another of the waste bags in the roll around a hollow spool. The hollow spool may be sized to removably secure with and pivot about the base and cap friction posts. Of course, the system may be configured to receive any bag rolls that may be available in the art.
In an embodiment, an end of the waste bag roll may extend through the slit opening and the separator may be configured to engage the perforated connection between the waste bags in the roll. It is contemplated that tab may stabilize the waste bag roll, prevent internal unrolling, and control waste bag disbursement.
The incorporated drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification exemplify the aspects of the present disclosure and, together with the description, explain and illustrate principles of this disclosure.
In the following detailed description, reference will be made to the accompanying drawing(s), in which identical functional elements are designated with like numerals. The aforementioned accompanying drawings show by way of illustration, and not by way of limitation, specific aspects, and implementations consistent with principles of this disclosure. These implementations are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure and it is to be understood that other implementations may be utilized and that structural changes and/or substitutions of various elements may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be construed in a limited sense.
It is noted that description herein is not intended as an extensive overview, and as such, concepts may be simplified in the interests of clarity and brevity.
All documents mentioned in this application are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. Any process described in this application may be performed in any order and may omit any of the steps in the process. Processes may also be combined with other processes or steps of other processes.
Disclosed herein are systems and devices for waste bag dispensing. In an embodiment, the waste bag dispensing system provides a solution to dispensing of a single waste bag from a waste bag roll during use. In another embodiment, the waste bag dispensing system provides a solution to single-handed disbursement of waste bags.
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The sidewall 114 may comprise a first end securely joined to the base 112 and a second end configured to receive the cap 120, discussed in more detail with reference to
The base 112 may comprise a base friction post 116 extending upwards off the inner surface configured to receive the waste bag roll. In some embodiments, the waste bag roll 300 may comprise a hollow spool 310 configured to receive the base friction post 116 as seen in
In one embodiment, the base friction post 116 may comprise at least one flange extending along a length of the base friction post 116. As shown in
A tab 118 may extend off the inner surface of the sidewall 114. In some embodiments, the tab 118 may be positioned along the sidewall 114 such that it is offset to the base friction post 116. The tab 118 may, in one embodiment, be hingedly secured to the sidewall 114 to permit movement in a single plane to apply lateral pressure on an exterior of the object. As shown in
In one embodiment, the tab may be malleable to shape to the exterior of the waste bag roll 300. For example, the tab may be formed of silicone. However, in another embodiment, the tab may be formed of any other material that, as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the start, is suitable for the aforementioned functionality.
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One embodiment of the separator 140 in use is illustrated in
In some embodiments, the perforated connection may be varied along the seam. It is contemplated that varying the perforated connection may permit the separator 140 to engage a weak point of the seam to permit separation of one waste bag from another waste bag in the waste bag roll 300. In other embodiments, the perforated connection may be consistent along the seam and the separator 140 may be configured to engage the seam at any point.
It is contemplated that the separator being configured to engage the seam may reduce the stretching and puncturing of the waste bags.
The securement means 150 may comprise a back loop 152 extending off the base member 110 to define an opening 154. In one embodiment, the back loop 152 may extend from a portion the exterior surface of the sidewall 114. In a further embodiment, the back loop 152 may extend from a portion of the exterior surface of the sidewall 114 opposite to the slit opening 130.
In an embodiment, any of the back loop 152 may extend through the sidewall 114 into the cavity to secure the back loop 152 to the base member 110. In a further embodiment, the back loop 152 may form a continuous structure with the tab 118.
In one embodiment, the back loop 152 may extend from the first edge of the base member 110 to the second edge. The back loop opening 154 may be parallel to the cavity and configured to receive an object to be secured to.
In one embodiment, the back loop 152 may be removably secured to the base member 110. In other embodiments, the back loop 152 may be permanently secured to the base member 110.
In a further embodiment, the securement means 150 may comprise a top loop 156 extending upward from the base member 110. In one embodiment, the top loop 156 may extend off the sidewall 114. In another embodiment, the top loop 156 may extend off a portion of the base loop 152. In yet a further embodiment, the top loop may extend off the cap.
An embodiment of the waste bag dispensing system 100 in use is shown in
It is contemplated that securing the waste bag system 100 to the leash 700 with two attachment points, for example, the back loop 152 and the top loop 156 may be operative to anchor the waste bag system 100 about the leash 700. In some embodiments, the securement means 150 may stabilize the waste bag system 100 when forces are applied, such as when pulling on the end of the waste bag roll 300. In a further embodiment, the securement means 150 may control the waste bag system 100 during use.
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Returning to the embodiment of the cap 120 illustrated in
In some embodiments, the cap friction post 122 may be positioned to align with the base friction post 118. In one embodiment, the cap friction post 122 and the base friction post 118 may extend from a center-point of the cap 120 and base 112, respectively. In an embodiment, the hollow spool of the waste bag roll 300 may be configured to rotate about the cap friction post 122 and the base friction post 118.
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The waste bag dispensing system 100 may be any size suitable for dispensing waste bags.
Finally, other implementations of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the ski closure being indicated by the following claims.
Various elements, which are described herein in the context of one or more embodiments, may be provided separately or in any suitable subcombination. Further, the processes described herein are not limited to the specific embodiments described. For example, the processes described herein are not limited to the specific processing order described herein and, rather, process blocks may be re-ordered, combined, removed, or performed in parallel or in serial, as necessary, to achieve the results set forth herein.
It will be further understood that the various changes in the details, materials, and arrangements of the parts that have been described and illustrated herein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the following claims.
All references, patents and patent application and publications that are cited or referred to in this application are incorporated in their entirety herein by reference. Finally, other implementations of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specifications and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 63/415,003 for Dog Waste-Bag Dispensing System for Easy One-Handed Use, filed Oct. 11, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63415003 | Oct 2022 | US |
