CA1139802A

CA1139802A - "sani-scoop" tool

Info

Publication number: CA1139802A
Application number: CA000333710A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Walter Meadows
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: MEADOWS WALTER
Priority date: 1979-08-14
Filing date: 1979-08-14
Publication date: 1983-01-18

Abstract

abstract The "SANI-SCOOP" is manually operated tool for convenient? and quickly picking up dog excrement. It is known to have a trap door which is normally closed when not in use, but will open automatically when in use to allow the dog excrement to pass through and to be received into an attached disposable plastic holding bag.
The design of the tool is such that a handle enables the user to place the operating head to the ground just behind the dog excrement to be picked up, whereby the weight of the tool will activate the opening mechanism of the trap door. A forward sweep of the tool by the user will dispose the dog excrement into the disposable plastic holding bag. When the tool is lifted from the ground, the trap door will automatically close and seal off the opening to the holding bag. The faster the forward sweep of the tool, the less chance there will be of dog excrement collecting on the operating head. If some excrement collection does occur, it will be easily removed by first removing the disposable plastic holding bag and then placing the head of the tool into a domestic toilet, whereby one or two flushings will remove any excrement that may have collected. By installing a new disposable plastic holding bag, the tool will then be ready for its's next usage.

Description

~h-s i~vention relates to the ever increasin3 need to clsan up the enviroment o~ dog excrement, The"SANI~SCOOP" can be made to variable di~ænsions in order.to~suit the difforent sizes in dog~population.
It can be ~abrica~ed of pla~tic or metal and can be fitted with a fixed or telescopic handle. However, if a telescopic handle is used, th2 handle must-be 9uch that it will maintain a firm and rigid position when the operating head is in use. A convenient length of the handle for normal u9age would be ~ measurement of twenty one inches. There is no lubrication required for the mechanical part~ of the operating head.
The disposable plastic holding bag-may be J~cured to the operating head of the tool by either a draw string or elastic band for convenient release of the bag from the-tool. The size of the disposable plastic holding bag will-be in accordance with the dimensions suited to the variable sizes that-tne tool can be made. The draw string will be-incorporated in the nPc~ o the holding bag.and will be of sufficient length to allow for dra~ing and tie off. The elastic band will likewise be installed to the holding bag and with sufficient tension to secure the holding bag to the tool~ The elastic b~nd will ha~e A tab extension to provide easy removal of the holding bag~from the-~tool. For obvious reason, the holding bag will be made of non-transparent plastic material.

In -:- - drawings, which il}u~trate embodiments of the invention:

F~g~re I is a drawing of the basic operating head FEgure 7 is a drawing of the operating head with trap door installed in the closed position ~Figure 3 is a dr~wing of the operating ~ead with trap door installed in the ~pen position Figure ~ is a drawing of the handle asse~bly ''l~ . i ' ~`

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Claims

CLAIMS IN REFERENCE TO THE SANI-SCOOP TOOL SUBMITTED UNDER
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilige is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A refuse collection device comprising in combination an elongated handle, a scoop mounted at one end of said handle, said scoop being in the form of a container open at both ends, a trap door covering one end of said scoop, means mounted on said container adapted to slidably open said trap door when placed on the ground.

2. The refuse collection device of claim 1 wherein said scoop has a raised skirt at the other end of the container to retain a holding bag.

3. The refuse collection device of claim 1 wherein said means for opening said trap door comprises in combination a sleeve attached at both sides of said container and guide arms attached to said trap door, slidably mounted in said sleeves.

4. The refuse collection device of claim 3 wherein said scoop has a raised skirt at the other end of the container to retain a holding bag and said guide arms have a bracing member spanning their lower distal ends while the trap door spans their upper distal ends.

5. The refuse collection device of claim 4 wherein said container is in the shape of an inverted U attached at its distal ends to a base plate with a forward base plate edge.