Reversible Pet Waste Bag with Integrated Moistened Wipe

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current solutions for pet waste collection and wiping are inconvenient and pose sanitary issues, as they require direct contact with wet wipes and lack a practical method for simultaneous waste collection and wiping, leading to inefficiencies in manufacturing and storage.

Innovation Solution

A disposable pet wipe and waste collection bag system that combines wiping and collection functions, featuring a reversible receptacle with a moistened absorptive material and antibacterial solution, allowing for controlled use without direct contact and efficient manufacturing and storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If separate pet wipes and waste collection bags are used, then wiping and collection functions are available, but convenience and sanitation are reduced due to direct contact requirements and multiple handling steps

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of waste collection and wipingVSAvoidnumber of separate products required

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines separate pet wipes and waste collection bags into a single integrated product. The wipe is attached to the interior surface of the bag, allowing users to perform both wiping and waste collection with one product, eliminating the need to handle multiple separate items and reducing direct contact with waste.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The integrated product serves multiple functions: the bag collects waste while the attached wipe cleans the pet's rear end. This multi-functional design allows a single product to replace both the traditional waste bag and separate wipe, improving operational convenience and reducing the number of steps required.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If traditional separate wipes are used, then wiping function is provided, but sanitation deteriorates due to direct contact between owner hand and wet wipe

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesanitation and contamination riskVSAvoidcontrol of wipe during wiping

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The bag interior surface acts as an intermediary between the user's hand and the wet wipe. The user manipulates the bag exterior to control the wipe, preventing direct contact between the hand and the contaminated wipe surface while maintaining control over the wiping action.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If wet wipes without moisture barrier are used, then wiping function is available, but waste seepage occurs into the wipe contacting the pet owner

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewaste seepage preventionVSAvoidwipe structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bag interior surface serves as a moisture barrier film that prevents waste from seeping into the wipe while allowing the wipe to remain flexible and functional. This thin film layer blocks liquid penetration while maintaining the structural integrity and flexibility of the integrated product.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

4Productivity

If multiple separate products are used for wiping and collection, then functional versatility is achieved, but manufacturing and storage efficiency decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing and storage efficiencyVSAvoidwiping and collection functionality

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

By merging the wipe and bag into a single integrated product, the patent reduces manufacturing steps and storage space requirements compared to producing and storing separate wipes and bags, while maintaining both wiping and collection functionalities in one product.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The system provides a convenient, sanitary, and efficient method for pet owners to collect and wipe pet waste, maintaining cleanliness and reducing waste seepage, while enabling cost-effective manufacturing and storage through a detachable and interconnected design.

Implementation Method 1

at least a portion of the pliable material comprises a moistened wipe, wherein the moistened wipe comprises an at least partially absorptive material moistened with a wipe solution

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCapillary action: Capillary Action

Data Source

PatentUS9151005B1Disposable pet wipe and waste collection bag

Publication Date: 2015.10.06 3 LITTLE LADIES INC

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to improved convenience in helping to improve environmental and animal health and comfort. The present disclosure relates to disposable pet wipe and waste collection bags, series of disposable pet wipe and waste collection bags, and the manufacture thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure presents a disposable reversible receptacle for picking up and disposing pet waste, wherein the disposable reversible bag further comprises a moistened wipe, which may allow a user to sanitarily wipe the pet and pick up the waste.