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Ryan Screen Printing Inc.

Robert P Ryan

Joseph C Besasie

A device for retrieving and disposing of pet feces is provided which includes a bag formed of flexible sheet material having an open end and a closed end. A tray having a bottom panel is attached to the closed end of the bag. The panel has a central score line, which forms a hinge line and side walls hingedly connected to each side of the panel on opposite sides of the score line. The side walls are pivotable, from a transportation and storage position folded against the bottom panel, to a use position normal to the panel. Thus the tray can be manipulated manually from within the bag to retrieve pet feces, and the bag subsequently inverted thereover to enclose the tray and the feces therein.

Pet waste retrieval and disposal device

The viewing angle and illumination intensity of windows and indicator panels are improved by printing the legends associated with indicator windows on a clear plastic sheet. An opaque ink having a color that contrasts with the color of the printed matter is coated on the backside of the panel with suitable masking so that transparent windows are defined in the panel. A clear tinted ink is coated on the background color coating to impart color to the windows. The next coat is a transparent ink, which contains a white reflective and light-dispersing pigment that makes it translucent. Finally, a coat of a transparent ink is applied and it is cured to produce a textured effect which contributes to the light scattering and diffusing process performed by the white pigment such that when a window is illuminated from the backside, it can be visualized along an optical axis which is almost parallel with the plane of the panel. The various inks that are applied after the windows are created can be combined in many cases to reduce the method to a single coating step. The method can be used to treat large panels where obscuring the individuality of LEDs is sought.

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Wauwatosa, WI, United States of America

Robert P Ryan