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A disposable, substantially lightweight faece collector device having a receptacle support and a handle portion whose light-weight construction is just sufficient for bearing an empty receptacle, but insufficient to bear, in canti-levered support, a faecally loaded receptacle. The device is adapted

A disposable, substantially lightweight faece collector device having a receptacle support and a handle portion whose light-weight construction is just sufficient for bearing an empty receptacle, but insufficient to bear, in canti-levered support, a faecally loaded receptacle. The device is adapted to be collapsible into a highly compact form, while providing a mechanism for positively and remotely manipulating the empty receptacle into a faeces loading position.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An animal faeces collector device, comprising a collapsible elongate handle means provided at a distal end with receptacle support means supporting a receptacle having an upwardly facing deposition surface in a deployed condition of the device for receiving a feacal deposit thereon,

[ I claim:] [1.] An animal faeces collector device, comprising a collapsible elongate handle means provided at a distal end with receptacle support means supporting a receptacle having an upwardly facing deposition surface in a deployed condition of the device for receiving a feacal deposit thereon, said elongate handle means and said receptacle support means being formed and arranged for supporting the receptacle in empty and faecally-loaded conditions thereof, and said elongate handle means, said receptacle support means and said receptacle being formed and arranged so as to be collapsible into a highly compact pocketable form in a collapsed state of the device, and to be deployable to a substantially self-supporting state in a deployed empty state of the device,said device being of lightweight form of construction with said handle means and receptacle support means formed and arranged so as to have a load bearing capability, at least in the use of the device, which is just sufficient for bearing, in cantilevered support, said handle means and said receptacle in an empty condition for enabling a substantially positive remote manipulation of said empty receptacle into a faeces-receiving position on the ground substantially below an animal's anus in use of the device,said handle means and receptacle support means being formed and arranged with a tensile strength and a substantially restricted rigidity and a lightness of construction, to maximize collapsibility into a highly compact pocketable form and to facilitate easy and economic disposability of the device, and which load bearing capability is substantially insufficient for bearing, in cantilevered support, the receptacle in a faecally-loaded condition thereof, whilst enabling the receptacle to be captively suspended in a faecally-loaded condition thereof by said handle means for conveyance of the faecally loaded device to a disposal site, in use of the device.