Abstract:
A container for the collection of cat waste includes a liner bag for collecting the cat waste, a body for supporting the liner bag having an opened position and a closed position and an edge for maintaining the liner bag in the open position.

Description:
BACKGROUND  
       [0001]     The collection and disposal of solid excrement or waste which is known as doodley from cats presents many problems for their owners. Placing this waste in a container or bag is a solution, but this solution presents additional problems. One problem is that the bag should prevent the waste from escaping the bag. Furthermore, one additional problem is that the bag should prevent odor from escaping the bag. The escaping odor causes a problem for the owner of the cat.  
         [0002]     An additional problem is that the bag does not remain open while the owner of the cat tries to place the waste into the bag.  
       SUMMARY  
       [0003]     The present invention provides solutions to these problems. More particularly, the present invention provides a solution to the disposal of waste from cats. The present invention provides a bag that prevents the odor from escaping the bag. Additionally, the present invention provides a solution to the problem of keeping the bag open. The present invention includes a bag with a metal edge that keeps the bag open while the waste is being placed in the bag. The present invention holds its shape while scooping and will not leak. The present invention includes a liner bag which is sealable and will have low or no odor while it is being stored in a trash can.  
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0004]      FIG. 1  illustrates a front view of the bag;  
         [0005]      FIG. 2  illustrates a bottom view of the bag; and  
         [0006]      FIG. 3  illustrates a side view of the bag.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION  
       [0007]      FIG. 1  shows a front view of a bag  100  or container of the present invention. The bag  100  includes a body  110  which could be made of a flexible material such as paper, for example brown paper, or plastic and is open at the top while closed at the bottom and tape  106  to prevent odor from escaping. The body  110  includes a fill mark  102  to indicate when the body  110  is filled with waste. The body  110  includes a metal edge  104  which is located approximately at the top of the body  110  and which is attached to the body  110 . The metal edge  104  is to keep the bag  100  open while waste is being placed into the bag  100 . Within the bag  100  is a liner bag  108  which could be made from plastic to prevent the body from being soiled by the waste. Within the bag  100  is a liner bag  108  to prevent the body  110  from being soiled by the waste. The bag  100  includes tape  106  to seal the body  110 . The bag  100  is then to be placed into the trash to be disposed of. The tape  106  could be made from plastic so that the tape can be bent over on itself to keep the bag  100  closed and then returned to its original shape in preparation to be reused. The liner bag  108  should be sufficiently long to extend to the tape  106  so that when the tape ends  112  are folded inwards, the liner bag  108  is supported so that the liner bag  108  does not collapse and spilled the waste into the body  110 . The liner bag  108  seals to prevent odor from escaping.  
         [0008]     The tape  106  extends beyond the edge of the body  110  and is reinforced to allow the tape to be bent and returned to it&#39;s original shape.  
         [0009]     The ends  112  of the tape  106  may extend beyond the width of the bag  100  so that the tape includes a tie down and may be folded over on itself to keep the bag  100  closed; other embodiments could have the tape  106  extends only to the edge of the body  110 .  
         [0010]      FIG. 2  illustrates a bottom view of the body  110 . Element  202  illustrates the bottom of the body  110  and includes fold lines  204 ,  206 . The fold line  204  extends across the bottom  202  of the body  110 . The fold lines  206  extend from the corners of the bottom  202  approximately the center of the bottom  202 .  
         [0011]      FIG. 3  illustrates a side view of the body  110 . Across the top of the body  110  is the metal edge  104 , body  110  includes side fold lines  302  and  304 . The side fold line  302  extends from the top to the bottom of body  110  while side fold lines  304  extends from the bottom corners of the body  110  to the side fold line  302 .  
         [0012]      FIG. 1  additionally illustrates the dimensions of the bag  100 . The bottom of the body  100  is a, where a is approximately 10 inches. The side of body  100  is c where c 10 inches. A dimension d and b is approximately 2 inches. The dimension e is approximately 6 inches. While specific dimensions have been given, other dimensions are within the scope of the present invention.  
         [0013]     And while this invention has been described in terms of several embodiments and the advantages of this invention have been described in detail, it should be understood that changes, substitutions, transformations, modifications, and other variations can be made therein without departing from the teachings of the present invention and the scope and protection of the invention being set forth by the attached claims.