Grabber bucket scoop and scraper with sticky roll and directional LED

A grabber scoop and scraper device with sticky roll and LED includes a bucket scoop that opens and shuts by squeezing a handle grip attached thereto via an extension rod. The bucket scoop includes two halves each configured with attaching ends and scraper ends. A sticky portion is disposed concentrically on the extension rod proximal the bucket scoop to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag(s) thereto. A disposable bag encloses some of the extension rod to the two bucket scoop and attaches to the sticky portion to form a closed container inside-out therewith around a grabbed material. A grabber and scoop contents disposing method includes forming the bucket scoop and using the sticky portion to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag thereto. A directional light emitting diode attached to the device shines in a direction of the sticky roll and the bucket scoop and may be automatically activated.

BACKGROUND

Scoops are used in a variety of ways to gather and store or discard items and materials. Scoops may therefore be designed and constructed in a variety of ways to suit a variety of needs and applications. For instance, hand operated sediment sampling scoops may be used in seabed and continental shelf research. Even automated and detachable caching scoops, such as those of the Mars Rover, are used in soils and sample acquisition of other planets. On the other hand, refuse collection devices including the common dustpan are also used to keep domestic and commercial establishments clean. Scientists and children alike may even use the proverbial glass jar for collecting insects, small animals and plant samples. Furthermore, conscientious pet owners may use scoop devices including simple plastic bags for collecting dog feces in public places to comply with city ordinances and on their own property to maintain sanitary grounds.

However, all of these devices fall short as a ubiquitous and universal device for collecting, gathering, storing and shipping and handling of live, sterile, hot and cold, research items and materials and even common refuse. For instance, though it works well as a storage container for displaying insects, coaxing a frog or a tarantula spider into a glass jar is not an effective way of collecting specimens. On the other hand, though a leather glove may be an easier way to gather and handle an item, it does not of course store items very effectively. More sophisticated devices such as the seabed sediment sampling scoops and the Mars Rover sample acquisition scoops are complex, heavy, expensive and constructed for specialized use and may not be available to the general public.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A grabber bucket scoop and scraper device with sticky roll and directional LED includes a bucket scoop that opens and shuts by squeezing a handle grip attached thereto via an extension rod. The bucket scoop includes two halves each configured with attaching ends, enclosing scraper edges and end portions. A sticky substance portion is disposed concentrically on the extension rod proximal the bucket scoop to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag(s) thereto. A disposable bag encloses some of the extension rod to the two bucket scoop and attaches to the sticky portion to form a closed container inside-out therewith around a grabbed material. A grabber and scoop contents disposing method includes forming the bucket scoop and using the sticky portion to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag thereto. A directional light emitting diode attached to the device shines in a direction of the sticky roll and the bucket scoop and may be automatically activated.

Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Throughout the present disclosure the term ‘grabber’ is used in the common sense to refer to a telescopic device for extending one's grabbing reach mechanically for convenience and sanitary purposes. The term ‘bag,’ refers in the common sense to a flexible material container capable of being closed at a single opening referred to as a mouth.

FIG. 1is a top left perspective view of a closed grabber scoop and scraper with sticky roll and LED in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. A grabber device comprising the following limitations is disclosed. The grabber device includes a bucket scoop20,25configured to be open and shut by squeezing a handle grip5attached thereto via an extension rod10, the bucket scoop comprising two halves20,25each configured with attaching ends, enclosing and scrapping edges35, sticky substance strips36and end portions30. The sticky substance strips36disposed on an inside of at least one of the bucket scoop halves to attract and secure an inside portion of the at least one disposable bag. The grabber device also includes a sticky portion15disposed concentrically on the extension rod10proximal the bucket scoop20,25, the sticky portion15configured to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag (not shown) thereto. The grabber device additionally includes a hinge mechanism40configured to adjoin the two bucket scoop halves20,25at the attaching ends thereof to the extension rod10to form a closed rigid container therewith around a grabbed object and/or around grabbed materials (not shown).

Embodiments of the grabber device further include a directional LED (light emitting diode)45attached to the extension rod10or to the handle5configured to shine in a direction of the sticky roll15and the bucket scoop20,25. The directional LED45automatically activates based on a squeezing motion on the handle5.

An embodiment of the bucket scoop comprises one of a substantially spherical shape and a substantially clam shell shape with enclosing scrapper edges35and end portions30which are semi-flat. A sticky strip disposed on an inside of at least one of the bucket scoop halves (not shown), is configured to attract and secure a portion of the at least one disposable bag(s) to an inside of the bucket scoop halves20or25.

FIG. 2is a top left perspective view of a closed grabber scoop and scraper with sticky roll and LED covered by a disposable bag in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. An open end55of the at least one disposable bag(s) is sealed around the sticky portion15and the bag encloses the bucket scoop20,25in an embodiment. The sticky portion15comprises a concentric sticky ring, a concentric sticky roll and a sticky strip options depending on design factors such as a length of the extension rod10and a weight of the disposable bags, etc. Other similar limitations share the same reference numbers as referred to in other figures.

The enclosing scrapper edges35comprise a first end and a second complementary end forming a tongue and groove configuration. Embodiments of the enclosing scrapper edges35comprise a first beveled end and a second complementary beveled end configured to form a tight seal.

A lock50on the handle is designed to lock the two bucket scoop halves in a closed position to form a closed rigid container therewith around a grabbed object and/or around grabbed materials including animal feces.

FIG. 3is a close up detail view of an open grabber scoop and scraper with sticky roll and LED in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Other similar limitations share the same reference numbers as referred to in other figures. A hinge mechanism comprises a shroud40, a hinge boss80and a link hinge75. A grip transfer mechanism proximal the hinge is designed to shut the bucket scoop halves20,25in response to a gripping force on the handle grip5transferred through the extension rod to the hinge mechanism. The grip transfer mechanism includes the hinge shroud40, the geared rod65and the links70. In an alternative embodiment, the hinge and grip transfer mechanical mechanisms proximal the hinge opens the bucket scoop halves20,25in response to a gripping force on the handle grip5transferred through the extension rod10. The enclosure and scrapper edges and end portions are configured comb shaped, crenulated, and/or serrated to aid in grabbing and/or scraping an object and/or materials into the bucket scoop20,25. At least some portion of the bucket scoops20,25is comprised of a low durometer material capable of allowing a user to perceive and grasp an object and/or materials in the bucket scoop and scraper by proxy tactile sense.

In an embodiment, the bucket scoop halves20,25are configured to detach from the extension rod and be disposed of inside one of the at least one disposable bag. The bucket scoop halves are comprised of a mesh and/or screen composition, a biodegradable composition and a fiberboard and/or paper composition since the disposable bag lends mechanical and sanitary support to a mesh design. The disposable bag is configured to be pulled off the sticky portion and pulled off inside-out from the device and enclose a feces of an animal for disposal.

A disclosed grabber scoop system comprises a bucket scoop20,25configured to be open and shut by squeezing a handle grip5attached thereto via an extension rod, the bucket scoop comprising two halves20,25each configured with attaching ends and scraper edges and flat end portions. The grabber system also includes a sticky portion15disposed concentrically on the extension rod10proximal the bucket scoop, the sticky portion15configured to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag(s) thereto. The grabber system additionally includes at least one disposable bag56configured to enclose a portion of the extension rod10to the two bucket scoop halves20,25and attach to the sticky portion15to form a closed container inside-out therewith around a grabbed material.

FIG. 4is a flow chart of a grabber and scoop contents disposing method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. A disclosed grabber method includes210forming a bucket scoop by squeezing and releasing a handle grip attached thereto via an extension rod, the bucket scoop comprising two halves each configured with attaching ends and scraper ends. The grabber method also includes220using a sticky portion disposed concentrically on the extension rod proximal the bucket scoop, the sticky portion configured to temporarily attach at least one disposable bag(s) thereto. The grabber method further includes230enclosing an animal feces in at least one disposable bag configured to enclose a portion of the extension rod and the bucket scoop and release from the sticky portion to form an inside-out bag around the animal feces. In other words, the disclosure claims a system and method for bagging an animal feces adjacent an outside of the bag which is secured to an inside of the scoops by sticky strips and pulled off a sticky roll inside-out there around.

While the forgoing examples are illustrative of the principles of the present disclosure in one or more particular applications, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications in form, usage and details of implementation can be made without the exercise of inventive faculty, and without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the disclosure be limited, except as by the specification and claims set forth herein.