Patent ID: 8146967
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal defecate collection apparatus, comprising, in combination: a collapsible hollow stalk having a first section, a second section, and a third section; a bend disposed upwardly on the first section; a handle fitted above the bend; a trigger switch disposed within the handle; a hollow bottom extended downwardly from the third section; a first reduction disposed downwardly on the first section, the first reduction removably inserted into the second section; a second reduction disposed atop the third section, the second reduction removably inserted into second section; an elastic stalk band disposed within the first section, the second section and the third section, the elastic stalk band anchored within the handle and within the bottom; a hollow base connected angularly to the bottom, the base having a first side spaced apart from a second side, the base further comprising: a pair of opposed identical inner members, the first inner member laterally hingedly attached to the base first side, the second inner member laterally hingedly attached to the base second side; an orifice disposed laterally through each inner member; a pair of opposed tines, the first tine laterally hingedly attached to the first inner member, the second tine laterally hingedly attached to the second inner member, each tine further extended horizontally and distally from the base and the inner members; a rounded end distally terminating each tine; an elastic band connecting the rounded ends; means for opening the tines and inner members into a horizontal plane; means for closing the tines and inner members upwardly and inwardly.