CA2508521A1 - Touchless poop-scoop - Google Patents
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- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
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Abstract
This invention is an improved manually operated tool used for the quick and clean removal, carrying and disposal of dog feces. It is designed to be "touchless"
so that one never needs to handle the bag containing feces, and "washless" so that the device never comes in contact with feces. It is also designed so that a dog can carry it during outings and it also functions as a toy for the dog to retrieve. The device is composed of a handle with a scoop and bag holder at the end. It is equipped with a spring-loaded clamping mechanism to lock a plastic bag in place and On/Off thumb switches which govern the locking and unlocking of the clamping mechanism. It's handle has a bit grip area where a dog can hold the device comfortably using his teeth. Also on the handle is an adhesive material used to temporarily affix the device to a dog's harness.
so that one never needs to handle the bag containing feces, and "washless" so that the device never comes in contact with feces. It is also designed so that a dog can carry it during outings and it also functions as a toy for the dog to retrieve. The device is composed of a handle with a scoop and bag holder at the end. It is equipped with a spring-loaded clamping mechanism to lock a plastic bag in place and On/Off thumb switches which govern the locking and unlocking of the clamping mechanism. It's handle has a bit grip area where a dog can hold the device comfortably using his teeth. Also on the handle is an adhesive material used to temporarily affix the device to a dog's harness.
Description
CANINE FECES REMOVAL DEVICE
This invention provides an improved manually operated tool used for the quick and clean removal, carrying and disposal of dog feces. It is designed so that a dog can carry it during outings and it also functions as a toy for the dog to retrieve BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Devices for the convenient removal, carrying and disposal of dog feces are known of but not widely used by urban dog owners. As far back as people have kept dogs as pets, it has been undesireable to see and smell (or step in) dog dung in any place public or private. Since the environmentally aware 1990's picking up after your dog does his business has become the socially accepted norm as a necessary duty of the dog owner and in some cased enforced by law. In cities, dog waste left in public poses health and aesthetic concerns to arise. As a result, collection of dog waste is probably the worst part of routine pet maintenance and can be an extremely undesirable experience. Today, a common method of choice for removing said offensive material is to carry a thin plastic grocery store bag to the site and grab the excreta in the palm of one's hand. The bag being prearranged backwardsly over the hand so that one may grab the waste, then fold the bag back away from the hand and tie the bag. The unpleasant task of collection being completed, the task of removal is achieved by carrying the bag containing the waste to an outdoor waste bin or to their home garbage i container. In some families, some members, often the younger ones, of the household will flat out refuse to pick up after the family dog if it means having to handle the dung basically in-hand with only a thin plastic bag between hand and waste. Since the 1970's a few variations of this type of invention have come on the market in attempts to assist the dog owner in collection and removal of dog waste while minimizing all undesirable aspects of the experience including carrying. This type of invention seeks to eliminate the direct hand manipulation of the waste and puts the task at an extended distance so that the handling, visual and olfactory experiences are less offensive.
Though such devices have been seen on the market very sparsely, they have not achieved considerable popularity and have only achieved very sparse commercial success so far. This represents a continuing need for design improvement.
Some devices of this type are listed below in the following Canadian patents:
COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF THE ANIMAL EXCREMENTS
COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF THE ANIMAL EXCREMENTS
EXCREMENT
1139802 "SANI-SCOOP" TOOL
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the drawings, which are referred to in this specification, Fig. 1 is a diagramic view of a canine feces removal device according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2a through 2c are diagramic views illustrating how a bag is loaded and clamped onto the device;
Fig. 3a through 3c are diagramic views illustrating how the device is used to collect, carry and dispose of dog waste.
Fig. 4 is a photograph showing the device constructed view included to illustrate device's switchable locking bag clamp mechanism Considered broadly, this invention is best summarized by describing it's parts and their funtions as follows: Before an outing with a dog, one switches the bag clamp (Fig.2a #1 ) to Off position by pulling back on the Off thumbswitch (Fig.2a #2). This allows almost any disposable plastic bag to be loaded around the bag sleeve (Fig.1 #1 ) by putting hand inside bag, putting hand within the bag through front of bag sleeve (Fig.2a #3), then folding back the top of bag over the front of the bag sleeve (Fig.2b). Next, one switches the bag clamp to the On position by depressing the On thumbswitch (Fig.2a #4), thereby locking the bag to the device as shown in Fig.2c. The bag is then compacted and hid away by tucking it within the bag sleeve while carrying to the site where the dog will relieve itself. At this point, the dog may carry the device by holding the bit area which is a durable rubber part of the handle (Fig.1 #2) of the device in its teeth or by temporarily affixing the device to the dog's harness using the adhesive feature located along the back of the handle (Fig.1 #3). Once the dog has relieved itself, the bottom of the bag sleeve device is placed on the ground next to waste (Fig.3a and whisked forward briskly while pressing down lightly so that the waste is shuffled inside the bag in one quick motion (Fig.3b). One can then hold the handle and make a short flicking movement to swing the bag over and around the bag sleeve for compact odour-free carrying to the outdoor garbage container. One then either hands the device back to the dog's mouth or re-affixes it to the harness or carries it himself by the handle. At the outdoor garbage container, one holds the device by the handle, switches the bag clamp to Off position and drops the bag loose over garbage container with a gentle up an down jerking motion so that the weight of the feces in the bag pulls the bag down and away from the device (Fig.3c). Then the device can be carried for the rest of the outing in the optional ways already mentioned.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the device is made up of a hollow, rigid, lightweight handle (Fig.1 #4), with a hand-grip area at one end (Fig.1 #5). At the opposite end the handle is attached to a rigid bag holder being a rigid flat hollow square shaped sleeve rounded corners (Fig.1 #1 ). The sleeve is attached by a recessed member affording bag travel under the handle for loading and clamping a plastic bag in place (Fig. 2a #5). The bottom of the bag holding sleeve has the ancillary function of being a scoop to fill a bag with dog dung (Fig.1 #6). Toward the scoop end of the handle is a hidden, built-in spring loaded bag clamping mechanism to hold a plastic bag in place during use (Fig.1 #7). The bag clamping mechanism (Fig.4 #1 ) positioned lengthwise inside the handle and is comprised of a shaft with 2 teeth at one end. The shaft is surrounded by a coiled spring. The spring being stopped by a ring retainer attached to the handle at the end opposite the bag sleeve, and stopped by a retainer ring at the teeth end of the shaft so that, when the bag clamp is engaged, the expansion of the spring causes the shaft to move toward the bag sleeve where said teeth press down firmly pinching a plastic bag in place against the top of the bag sleeve. Toward the hand-grip end of the handle there is an On button (Fig.1 #8) and an Off button (Fig.1 #9) which both govern the bag clamping mechanism to engage and disengage its action. Midway along the handle is a bit area of molded firm rubber so that a dog can comfortably carry the device in its teeth (Fig.1 #2). Also midway along the handle located on the back of the handle lengthwise, for the length of the bit area is an adhesive material so that the device can be temporarily affixed to a dog's harness for carrying and storage (Fig.1 #3). At the hand-grip end of the handle is a wrist strap made of durable, flexible material such as leather or woven nylon.
!t should be noted that obvious changes and modifications can be made to the design of the invention without departing from the scope of the unique intentions devised and set out as embodiments of the invention as listed below in the claims.
This invention provides an improved manually operated tool used for the quick and clean removal, carrying and disposal of dog feces. It is designed so that a dog can carry it during outings and it also functions as a toy for the dog to retrieve BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Devices for the convenient removal, carrying and disposal of dog feces are known of but not widely used by urban dog owners. As far back as people have kept dogs as pets, it has been undesireable to see and smell (or step in) dog dung in any place public or private. Since the environmentally aware 1990's picking up after your dog does his business has become the socially accepted norm as a necessary duty of the dog owner and in some cased enforced by law. In cities, dog waste left in public poses health and aesthetic concerns to arise. As a result, collection of dog waste is probably the worst part of routine pet maintenance and can be an extremely undesirable experience. Today, a common method of choice for removing said offensive material is to carry a thin plastic grocery store bag to the site and grab the excreta in the palm of one's hand. The bag being prearranged backwardsly over the hand so that one may grab the waste, then fold the bag back away from the hand and tie the bag. The unpleasant task of collection being completed, the task of removal is achieved by carrying the bag containing the waste to an outdoor waste bin or to their home garbage i container. In some families, some members, often the younger ones, of the household will flat out refuse to pick up after the family dog if it means having to handle the dung basically in-hand with only a thin plastic bag between hand and waste. Since the 1970's a few variations of this type of invention have come on the market in attempts to assist the dog owner in collection and removal of dog waste while minimizing all undesirable aspects of the experience including carrying. This type of invention seeks to eliminate the direct hand manipulation of the waste and puts the task at an extended distance so that the handling, visual and olfactory experiences are less offensive.
Though such devices have been seen on the market very sparsely, they have not achieved considerable popularity and have only achieved very sparse commercial success so far. This represents a continuing need for design improvement.
Some devices of this type are listed below in the following Canadian patents:
COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF THE ANIMAL EXCREMENTS
COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF THE ANIMAL EXCREMENTS
EXCREMENT
1139802 "SANI-SCOOP" TOOL
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the drawings, which are referred to in this specification, Fig. 1 is a diagramic view of a canine feces removal device according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2a through 2c are diagramic views illustrating how a bag is loaded and clamped onto the device;
Fig. 3a through 3c are diagramic views illustrating how the device is used to collect, carry and dispose of dog waste.
Fig. 4 is a photograph showing the device constructed view included to illustrate device's switchable locking bag clamp mechanism Considered broadly, this invention is best summarized by describing it's parts and their funtions as follows: Before an outing with a dog, one switches the bag clamp (Fig.2a #1 ) to Off position by pulling back on the Off thumbswitch (Fig.2a #2). This allows almost any disposable plastic bag to be loaded around the bag sleeve (Fig.1 #1 ) by putting hand inside bag, putting hand within the bag through front of bag sleeve (Fig.2a #3), then folding back the top of bag over the front of the bag sleeve (Fig.2b). Next, one switches the bag clamp to the On position by depressing the On thumbswitch (Fig.2a #4), thereby locking the bag to the device as shown in Fig.2c. The bag is then compacted and hid away by tucking it within the bag sleeve while carrying to the site where the dog will relieve itself. At this point, the dog may carry the device by holding the bit area which is a durable rubber part of the handle (Fig.1 #2) of the device in its teeth or by temporarily affixing the device to the dog's harness using the adhesive feature located along the back of the handle (Fig.1 #3). Once the dog has relieved itself, the bottom of the bag sleeve device is placed on the ground next to waste (Fig.3a and whisked forward briskly while pressing down lightly so that the waste is shuffled inside the bag in one quick motion (Fig.3b). One can then hold the handle and make a short flicking movement to swing the bag over and around the bag sleeve for compact odour-free carrying to the outdoor garbage container. One then either hands the device back to the dog's mouth or re-affixes it to the harness or carries it himself by the handle. At the outdoor garbage container, one holds the device by the handle, switches the bag clamp to Off position and drops the bag loose over garbage container with a gentle up an down jerking motion so that the weight of the feces in the bag pulls the bag down and away from the device (Fig.3c). Then the device can be carried for the rest of the outing in the optional ways already mentioned.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the device is made up of a hollow, rigid, lightweight handle (Fig.1 #4), with a hand-grip area at one end (Fig.1 #5). At the opposite end the handle is attached to a rigid bag holder being a rigid flat hollow square shaped sleeve rounded corners (Fig.1 #1 ). The sleeve is attached by a recessed member affording bag travel under the handle for loading and clamping a plastic bag in place (Fig. 2a #5). The bottom of the bag holding sleeve has the ancillary function of being a scoop to fill a bag with dog dung (Fig.1 #6). Toward the scoop end of the handle is a hidden, built-in spring loaded bag clamping mechanism to hold a plastic bag in place during use (Fig.1 #7). The bag clamping mechanism (Fig.4 #1 ) positioned lengthwise inside the handle and is comprised of a shaft with 2 teeth at one end. The shaft is surrounded by a coiled spring. The spring being stopped by a ring retainer attached to the handle at the end opposite the bag sleeve, and stopped by a retainer ring at the teeth end of the shaft so that, when the bag clamp is engaged, the expansion of the spring causes the shaft to move toward the bag sleeve where said teeth press down firmly pinching a plastic bag in place against the top of the bag sleeve. Toward the hand-grip end of the handle there is an On button (Fig.1 #8) and an Off button (Fig.1 #9) which both govern the bag clamping mechanism to engage and disengage its action. Midway along the handle is a bit area of molded firm rubber so that a dog can comfortably carry the device in its teeth (Fig.1 #2). Also midway along the handle located on the back of the handle lengthwise, for the length of the bit area is an adhesive material so that the device can be temporarily affixed to a dog's harness for carrying and storage (Fig.1 #3). At the hand-grip end of the handle is a wrist strap made of durable, flexible material such as leather or woven nylon.
!t should be noted that obvious changes and modifications can be made to the design of the invention without departing from the scope of the unique intentions devised and set out as embodiments of the invention as listed below in the claims.
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1. A canine feces collection and disposal device comprising a sleeve defining an inner and outer surface.
2. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 1 further comprising a releasable grip operatively engaging the sleeve outer surface.
3. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 2 further comprising an actuator operatively engaging the releasable grip.
4. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 2 further comprising a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface.
5. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 4 wherein the releasable grip is attached to the handle.
6. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 3 further comprising a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface.
7. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 6 wherein the actuator is attached to the handle.
8. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 3 wherein the actuator is a toggle switch.
9. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 3 wherein the actuator comprises a tension spring.
10. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 4 wherein the handle is crescent shape.
11. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 4 further comprising an adhesive attached to the handle.
12. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 6 further comprising an adhesive attached to the handle.
13. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 11 wherein the adhesive is a hook and loop fastener.
14. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 12 wherein the adhesive is a hook and loop fastener.
15. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 4 wherein the handle defines an opening therethrough.
16. The canine feces collection and disposal device according to claim 6 wherein the handle defines an opening therethrough.
17. A canine feces collection and disposal device comprising:
a) a sleeve defining an inner and outer surface;
b) a releasable grip operatively engaging the sleeve outer surface;
c) an actuator operatively engaging the releasable grip; and d) a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface.
a) a sleeve defining an inner and outer surface;
b) a releasable grip operatively engaging the sleeve outer surface;
c) an actuator operatively engaging the releasable grip; and d) a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface.
18. A canine feces collection and disposal device comprising:
a) a sleeve defining an inner and outer surface;
b) a releasable grip operatively engaging the sleeve outer surface;
c) an actuator operatively engaging the releasable grip;
d) a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface; and e) the releasable grip and actuator being attached to the handle.
a) a sleeve defining an inner and outer surface;
b) a releasable grip operatively engaging the sleeve outer surface;
c) an actuator operatively engaging the releasable grip;
d) a handle attached to the sleeve outer surface; and e) the releasable grip and actuator being attached to the handle.
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