Patent ID: 8833817
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A01K,A61B,A63B,B25J,E01H

Abstract:
1. A pet waste collection device, comprising a retracting animal leash device, said animal leash device including a housing having a handle portion adapted to be grasped in the hand of a user and a reservoir portion adapted to store an elongate leash; a spool rotatably mounted within said reservoir portion; and an elongate leash positioned about said spool and extendable from said reservoir portion; a pair of jaws movable between a fully clamped position and a fully opened position; said handle portion spaced apart from the pair of jaws by a central portion, the central portion comprising at least two separate portions comprising a hollow, corrugated member having alternating ridges and grooves, said corrugated member being bendable so as to attain a predetermined shape so that a user can preposition said central portion into a desired bent configuration; wherein the handle portion comprises a first manually-actuatable trigger operatively connected to the pair of jaws by a pull member at least substantially disposed within the central portion, whereby actuation of the trigger is operative to move the pull member to thereby selectively position the pair of jaws between the fully clamped position and the fully opened position; wherein said pull member comprises at least one cord operatively connecting the handle portion to the pair of jaws, said at least one cord extending through said central portion.