Patent ID: 6986325

Claim:
A scooping assembly, comprising: a substantially cylindrical container with two ends, the cylindrical container also having a slit spanning the length of the cylinder along the cylinder's longitudinal axis, and the ends configured with teeth-like openings that open with the slit; a scoop having a pair of clamping members, a pair of triggering members with top portions, one primary pivot pin, two secondary pivot pins, two primary springs, and two secondary springs; the clamping members being pivotally linked to each other through the primary pivot pin and tensioned with respect to each other through the two primary springs and axised about the primary pivot pin and having male ridges which are capable of interlocking with female ridges on the container to allow the scoop to open the container; the triggering members each being pivotally linked to a clamping member with a secondary pivot pin and tensioned with respect to the clamping member with a secondary spring and having substantially smooth male ends which are capable of pressing the female ridges and effectively releasing the container from the clamping members so that the container closes.