Animal Waste Collection Assembly With Forked Surface And Channel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing animal waste collection methods are inconvenient and unsanitary, often requiring users to manually scoop and lift waste, leading to soiling and partial removal issues.

Innovation Solution

A portable waste collection assembly with a collector featuring a channel, forked surface, and pole adaptor that captures waste and directs it into a detachable receptacle, allowing for efficient and sanitary disposal without direct contact.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If manual scooping and lifting methods are used to collect animal waste, then the device structure can be simple, but the hygiene condition deteriorates due to direct contact with waste

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice structureVSAvoidhygiene condition

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a channel structure and forked surface as intermediary elements that enable waste transfer without direct hand contact. The channel guides waste from the collection area to the receptacle, while the forked surface facilitates waste engagement and movement, serving as a mediator between the user and the waste material.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the waste transfer function from direct manual handling by separating the collection, transfer, and disposal functions into distinct structural elements. The channel and forked surface extract the waste from the collection area and deliver it to the receptacle without requiring the user to directly manipulate the waste.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Device complexity

If manual scooping methods are used, then the device can be simple, but the waste removal completeness deteriorates due to partial removal issues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice structureVSAvoidwaste removal completeness

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The channel structure acts as an intermediary that ensures complete waste transfer by providing a dedicated pathway from the collection area to the receptacle. The forked surface engages with the waste to facilitate complete transfer, preventing partial removal issues associated with manual scooping.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If bending and lifting actions are required for waste collection, then the device structure can be simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice structureVSAvoidoperational convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The channel and forked surface serve as intermediaries that eliminate the need for bending and lifting actions. The channel provides a gravity-assisted pathway for waste, while the forked surface facilitates easy engagement and transfer, making the operation more convenient.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Device complexity

If plastic bags are inverted and worn as gloves for waste collection, then no additional receptacle is needed, but the ease of operation deteriorates and hygiene condition worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice structureVSAvoidoperational convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the waste collection and transfer functions from the plastic bag glove method by providing a dedicated channel structure and forked surface. This separates the collection, transfer, and disposal functions into distinct structural elements, eliminating the need to invert and wear plastic bags as gloves.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The channel and forked surface serve as intermediaries that facilitate waste transfer without requiring the user to directly manipulate waste with their hands or wear plastic bags as gloves. The channel provides a protected pathway, and the forked surface enables easy waste engagement and transfer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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

Enables easy, sanitary collection and disposal of animal waste by using a forked surface and pole to guide waste into a detachable receptacle, minimizing user contact and ensuring complete waste transfer.

Implementation Method 1

allowing the waste to be transmitted to the detachable receptacle through the action of gravity

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectGravity: Gravitation

Implementation Method 2

allowing a user to apply a torque force to the pole causing the collector to lift upward

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectTorque: Torque

Data Source

PatentUS20240175222A1Animal Waste Collection Assembly And Methods Of Use Thereof

Publication Date: 2024.05.30 AMA INNOVATIONS LLC

AI summary

The current invention includes a waste collection assembly having a collector that forms a channel to transmit waste to a detachable receptacle, such as a plastic bag. Waste, and preferably animal waste, can be collected and then deposited in the plastic bag receptacle of the invention which can further be detached from the collector and discarded and replaced with a fresh bag.