Patent ID: 6126215
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A scoop device, comprising:a bag having an open end;a paperboard frame having a bottom element, a first side element, a second side element and a handle structure, said paperboard frame being selectively configurable between a folded configuration and a deployed configuration, said first side element and said second side element containing fold lines proximate their respective midpoints that enable said first side element and said second side element to collapse toward one another when said handle structure is biased downward and said device is in said deployed configuration,a mechanical locking mechanism that locks said first side element to said second side element when said first side element and said second side element collapse toward one anotherwherein said bottom element, said first side element and said second side element form a triangular frame with a triangular central opening that holds open said open end of said bag when said paperboard frame is in said deployed configuration, andwherein said bottom element, said first side element and said second side element lay flat atop one another when said paperboard frame is in said folded configuration.