Patent ID: 11970331
Assignee: nan
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A pet waste containment and disposal system provides sanitary storage of an amount of pet waste prior to collection, transport and proper disposal thereof and reduces a release of pet waste odors to a surrounding environment, said system comprising:
a pet waste receptacle assembly having a waste receptacle to contain the amount of pet waste having an open top, a closed bottom and a sidewall disposed thereinbetween, said closed bottom and said sidewall cooperatively defining an internal volume of said waste receptacle;
said pet waste receptacle assembly further comprising a handle connected to said waste receptacle to facilitate maneuvering said waste receptacle during collection, transport and proper disposal of the pet waste contained therein;
a cover assembly comprising a cover member having a closed top and an outer sidewall disposed therearound, said cover member dimensioned and configured for disposition into a positionable overlying relation to said open top of said waste receptacle and at least partially defining a sealing orientation therewith to reduce the release of pet waste odors from the amount of pet waste contained in said waste receptacle to the surrounding environment;
said cover assembly further comprising a seal member operatively positioned in a seal seat on said waste receptacle, wherein said sealing orientation is at least partially defined by said outer sidewall of said cover member disposed in an abutting relation to said seal member while said cover member is disposed in said overlying relation to said open top of said waste receptacle, and further wherein said seal member comprises a vapor resistant or vapor impermeable material of constructions such that when disposed into an abutting relation to the outer sidewall of the cover member, said seal member is adapted to reduce a release of pet waste odors from the pet waste contained in the pet waste receptacle to the surrounding environment;
a partition assembly having a plurality of tapered partition members disposable into said internal volume of said waste receptacle separating said internal volume into a plurality of waste compartments, wherein each of said waste compartments is dimensioned and configured to receive the amount of pet waste accumulated in a single day;
said cover member further comprising an access port disposed through a portion of said closed top, wherein said cover member is positionable relative to said open top of said waste receptacle such that said access port may be aligned with a different selected one of said plurality of waste compartments to allow disposal of the amount of pet waste into said selected one of said plurality of waste compartments; and
said cover member further comprises an access hatch disposable between an open orientation and a closed orientation relative to said access port, said open orientation at least partially defined by permitting access into and out of a corresponding one of said plurality of waste compartments over which said access port is aligned, and said closed orientation at least partially defined by preventing access into or out of said a corresponding one of said plurality of waste compartments over which said access port is aligned.