Patent ID: 7992907
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. An animal excrement collector device comprising: a cylindrical substantially L-shaped handle having an upper end, an opposite lower end, a juncture disposed between the upper end and the lower end, a front side, a rear side, a right side, a left side, and a first internal cavity; a hollow cylindrical extension rod slidingly disposed within the handle internal cavity, the extension rod having a top end and a bottom end; a hollow containment body having a cylindrical lower portion having a proximal end and a distal end, a frusto-conical upper portion attached to the proximal end, and a second internal cavity, the upper portion having an upper edge, the upper portion upper edge attached to the bottom end of the extension rod; a hollow bag dispenser centrally disposed within the containment body, the bag dispenser having an aperture centrally disposed within a lower wall of the bag dispenser; a spring-loaded extension assembly continuously disposed within the first cavity, wherein the extension assembly releasably lockingly extends and alternately retracts the extension rod outwardly from and inwardly into the handle lower end, respectively, upon the alternate activation and deactivation, respectively, of an extension button disposed on the handle juncture, wherein the extension button is in operational communication with the extension assembly; a plurality of petal shaped claw members, each claw member having an internal edge and an external edge, the internal edge hingedly attached to a pair of spring hinges, the spring hinges further attached to a bottom wall of the containment body, each claw member further having a convex longitudinal cross-section; a ridge disposed on the external edge on an underside of the claw member, the ridge extended inwardly from the external edge of the claw member; a double-edged prong centrally disposed on an outer wall of each of the claw members, wherein a pair of forward edges thereon is directed upwardly toward the containment body; a trigger-lock mechanism continuously disposed in the first cavity and the second cavity, wherein activation and deactivation of the trigger-lock mechanism engages and releases the trigger-lock mechanism to and from, respectively, a trigger button disposed on the handle upper end, whereby the trigger-lock mechanism alternately extends and retracts each of the spring hinges and, in turn, extends and retracts the claw member attached to the each spring hinge whereby the claw members are placed into an extended position and alternately a retracted position; wherein the bag dispenser releasably contains at least one waste collection bag therein; wherein a waste collection bag contained within the bag dispenser is in a contained position; wherein upon the extension of the claw members to the extended position, a waste collection bag removably attached to the claw members is in an expanded position; wherein upon the retraction of the claw members into the retracted position, a waste collection bag removably attached to the claw members is in a collapsed position; whereby upon the retraction of the claw members from an extended position into a retracted position, the waste collection bag collapses from an expanded position into a collapsed position whereby an object is selectively seized by the claw members and the object is contained within the waste collection bag whereby the waste collection bag is disposed in a holding position.