Disposable pet waste hybrid mitt/glove
a technology of pet waste and hybrid gloves, which is applied in the field of waste collection and disposal systems, can solve the problems of pet waste on streets, walkways, parks, private properties, health and aesthetic problems, and each method carries its own troubles, and achieves the effect of preventing waste from leaking and simple and efficient devices
Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-25
LUHRS JASON
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The invention is a device for collecting and disposing of pet waste. It protects the user's hand from direct contact with the waste and allows full use of the fingers and hands to pick up the waste. The device also prevents the waste from leaking around and onto the back of the hand and fingers. It includes a three-quarter webbing that provides additional surface area needed to collect larger proportions of waste material which the user's hand normally could not control and maintain. Overall, the device is simple and efficient for hand collection and disposal of pet waste.
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Pet waste on streets, walkways, parks, beaches, and private property become a health and aesthetic problem, especially in high density urban communities.
Pet owners are faced with the unpleasant task of collecting and disposing of animal fecal material.
However, each method carries its own troubles.
A disadvantage of using paper is that moisture seeps through, causing the paper to fall apart and soiling the owner's hand.
However, plastic bags can slide off the hand, making it difficult to grasp waste matter.
Plastic bags hide the waste from the view of the pet owner which forces the pet owner to make several attempts to pick up the waste, while having to manipulate and apply undue pressure on the waste, which can be an uncomfortable sensation.
However, they can cumbersome for the user to carry, especially when walking an overactive pet.
However, they do not allow the user to readily control and collect the waste because the devices do not fit the thumb, do not fit each individual finger of the wearer, and provide the additional surface area between the thumb and each individual finger to collect the waste.
Additionally, these hand devices do not provide an easy and quick way to contain waste without soiling the user's hand.
Although some hand encasing devices means for enclosing the waste for disposal, these devices require a lot of hand manipulation to enclose and contain waste.
The half webbing between glove fingers greatly reduces the necessary surface area needed to collect larger proportions of waste material which defeats its intended use.
The padding is designed to block the warmth of the waste material, but can reduce dexterity and limit the pet owner's ability to feel the waste material in the glove.
Losing the ability to feel the waste material can make picking up the waste more cumbersome by applying undue pressure with the fingers and thumb which is an undesirable sight and sensation.
Also, the padding on the one side can restrict the use of the glove to either a right or left handed user.
The bulky pad and full webbing between the finger portions can restrict movement of the fingers, thumb, and hand in collecting waste.
The device permits only limited finger and hand motion for the process.
; teaches an invertible mitt for wiping babies, which allows the user to avoid contact with baby waste, but does not allow manipulation of the hand and fingers to pick up waste efficiently.
The open end of the cuff should be flared outward and long enough to allow the user to pull the mitt / glove up, around, and over the hand in such a manner that the user does not have to apply undue pressure on the hand, fingers, and thumb by squeezing the waste to get the mitt / glove inverted; this can be a most uncomfortable and repulsive feeling.
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[0033]As illustrated in FIGS. 1-9, the present invention provides a pet waste collection and disposal glove like device configured as a mitt / glove and generally indicated at 10. Mitt / glove 10 is provided with the customary four fingers 12 and thumb 14. As stated above, the glove can fabricated from thin biodegradable material so that it will conform to the disposal standards that may exist in certain communities.
[0034]A feature of the invention is the provision of three-quarter webbing 17 between the fingers 12 and thumb 14 of the glove. Three-quarter webbing as opposed to full webbing known in the art is preferred because the user may manipulate his or her fingers with full dexterity in collecting the pet waste. Such webbing extends only three-quarters up the finger and thumb portions of the device, and not all the way to the ends, as is the case in some known collection gloves. Equally important, the three-quarter webbing 17 prevents any liquid oozing from the waste from escaping ...
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A disposable pet waste hybrid mitt / glove is adapted to collect and dispose of pet waste, incorporating four tubular finger sleeves adapted to encompass the distal phalanges, including the thumb, three-quarter webbing between glove fingers and one-quarter webbing between the index finger and thumb, and a flared, extended cuff which can be tied. The cuff extends midway up the forearm of the user. The entire device can be made of biodegradable material and worn on either hand of the user.
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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to waste collection and disposal systems.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Pet waste on streets, walkways, parks, beaches, and private property become a health and aesthetic problem, especially in high density urban communities. Many municipalities have become fiercely proactive in enacting ordinances which require a pet owner to retrieve and properly dispose of pet waste in lieu of being fined. Pet owners are faced with the unpleasant task of collecting and disposing of animal fecal material. In the past, pet owners have used pieces of paper, plastic shopping bags, and rods to collect waste. However, each method carries its own troubles. Paper is the simplest method used. A disadvantage of using paper is that moisture seeps through, causing the paper to fall apart and soiling the owner's hand. Use of plastic shopping bags prevent wet matter from contacting the hand. However, plastic bags can sli...
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IPC IPC(8): E01H1/12
CPCE01H2001/124E01H1/1206
InventorLUHRS, JASON
OwnerLUHRS JASON