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Toothed waste grasping tool

a technology of animal waste and grasping tool, which is applied in the field of sanitary handling tools, can solve the problems of not being optimized for picking up feces, and conventional pooper scoopers generally struggle to pick up smaller pieces of animal feces

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-07-27
PROCTOR BRUCE
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The patent is for a tool that can be used to pick up animal waste. The tool has teeth that can hold feces of any size, without also picking up surrounding blades of grass. Its purpose is to make it easier to pick up animal waste.

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A problem which still exists, however, conventional pooper-scoopers generally struggle to pick up smaller pieces of animal feces and are not optimized to pick up feces in areas with thick and / or tall grass.

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[0016]Referring now to the drawings and in particular FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, a toothed waste grasping tool 100 is shown as a trigger activated base grabber 110 with pair of removable paddles 120 attached thereto. In the preferred embodiment, the base grabber 110 defines a reacher grabber style, trigger activated pick up tool having an elongated frame 111, a handle 112 with a trigger 113 at one end of the frame 111, and opposing trigger activated jaws 114 at the opposite end of the frame 111. It is contemplated that in this preferred embodiment, the jaws 114 and trigger 113 of the base grabber 110 are each connected a spring biased internal cable so that when the trigger 113 is actuated by the user (generally through the application of manual force in an engaging direction 115), the cable pulls the jaws 114 to a closed position but when there is no actuation of the trigger 113, the jaws 114 held in an open position. It is appreciated, however, that other known mechanisms may be emp...

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Abstract

A toothed waste grasping tool for grasping, holding and picking up animal solid waste from a ground surface includes a base grabber having an elongated frame with a opposing, trigger activated jaws and a pair of toothed paddles that are selectively attachable to the jaws. The removable paddles each have a substantially planar body with a front side that includes a plurality of teeth and a rear side which includes an attachment surface. The teeth on each paddle are organized into discrete rows, with each row separated by a flat portion. When the paddles are attached to opposing jaws in a pickup position, solid waste of any size on a ground surface can be trapped and picked up while still allowing blades of grass to slide out from between the opposing paddles as the trapped solid waste is lifted off the ground surface.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates generally to sanitary handling tools and, more particularly, to an animal waste grasping tool having a toothed grasping member.[0003]Description of the Prior Art[0004]The use and various designs of conventional pooper-scoopers to pick up animal feces from public places and yards is well established. Conventional pooper-scoopers typically include some type of scooping or collecting member disposed at one end of an elongated pole, with a user handle disposed at the opposite end. A problem which still exists, however, conventional pooper-scoopers generally struggle to pick up smaller pieces of animal feces and are not optimized to pick up feces in areas with thick and / or tall grass. Thus, there remains a need for a toothed waste grasping tool which allows animal feces to be selectively grasped and held between opposing toothed panels which can hold feces of any size without also holding surrounding blad...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E01H1/00E01H1/12
CPCE01H1/006E01H2001/1293E01H1/1206
Inventor PROCTOR, BRUCE
Owner PROCTOR BRUCE