초록 ▼

Apparatus (including a frame and a bag), a preferred bag, and a method for packaging waste for disposal are disclosed. The frame fits into the bag at the open end of the bag. The frame has a central open area, and when waste material is placed on the outside of the bag corresponding to the open area

Apparatus (including a frame and a bag), a preferred bag, and a method for packaging waste for disposal are disclosed. The frame fits into the bag at the open end of the bag. The frame has a central open area, and when waste material is placed on the outside of the bag corresponding to the open area of the frame, the waste material and the adjacent portion of the bag are pulled by gravity down through the open area of the frame. That pulls the bag tightly around the frame, which in turn facilitates the inversion of the bag as the bag is removed from the frame. Inversion of the bag results in the waste being trapped inside the bag, which may then be securely closed for disposal of the waste. The sizes and shapes of the frame and bag are not critical. The device finds particular use as a so-called “pooper scooper”for dogs.

대표청구항 ▼

A device for packaging waste material in a bag in a rapid and reliable manner, with a minimum of handling, and without the need to contaminate the open end of the bag with waste material during the packaging procedure, said device comprising: (a) a bag having an open end, a closed end, a first surfa

A device for packaging waste material in a bag in a rapid and reliable manner, with a minimum of handling, and without the need to contaminate the open end of the bag with waste material during the packaging procedure, said device comprising: (a) a bag having an open end, a closed end, a first surface, a second surface, a central portion spaced from the open end of the bag, and a periphery; (b) a frame defining an open area and located at least partially within the bag with the first surface of the bag directed inwardly towards the frame, the second surface of the bag directed outwardly away from the frame, and the central portion of the bag in registration with the open area of the frame; and (c) means to invert the bag as the bag is removed from the frame after waste material has been positioned on the central portion of the second surface of the bag so that when the bag is free of the frame the first surface is directed outwardly, the second surface is directed inwardly, and the waste material is inside the bag adjacent the second surface of the bag.