Patent ID: 9217231
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. A scooper comprising: a frame comprised of a tube; a pair of generally opposed scoop jaws in operable cooperation with the frame, one of the scoop jaws pivotably movable relative to the other one of the scoop jaws forming an object-retaining chamber when the scoop jaws are disposed in a closed position; a manipulable scoop jaw actuator carried by the frame; a scoop jaw link in operable cooperation with the manipulable scoop jaw actuator, the scoop jaw link having one portion slidably telescopically received in the tube and another portion extending outwardly from the tube that is pivotally connected to the one of the scoop jaws that is pivotally movable relative to the other one of the scoop jaws; and wherein the scoop jaw link is slidably guided by the tube by riding along a portion of the tube thereby pivotably moving the one of the scoop jaws toward the other one of the scoop jaws toward the closed position when the scoop jaw actuator is manipulated to dispose the scoop jaws in the closed position.