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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicant:
John Vollmer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
John Vollmer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); E01H 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pet waste collection device includes a container with first and second boxes joined with a hinge, and a handle that may be detachably attached to the collection container. The handle includes a finger portion that is slidable in an opening through a thumb portion of the handle. The handle is oriented such that the first and second boxes become extensions of the users thumb and fingers with action mimicking a grasping action while maintaining the users hand remote from any pet waste being collected. The handle may be reusable, and a plurality of collection containers may be included as part of a kit.