Patent ID: 7216905

Claim:
A refuse removal system for picking up waste material and the like in an optimally sanitary manner comprising: a claw mechanism having a first set of arcuately formed finger members and a second set of arcuately formed finger members pivotally mounted each to the other and longitudinally displaceable each from the other, said first and second set of arcuately formed finger members being displaceable from a first position to a second position whereby said first and second set of arcuately formed finger members are positioned in an interlacing and overlapping relation each to the other; said arcuately formed finger members of each said first and second set remaining separated one from the other by open gaps to define a raking structure for directly contacting and selectively collecting the waste material; a pair of actuating members coupled to said finger members for reversibly displacing said first and second sets of said finger members from said second position to said first position; a hinge mechanism, said hinge mechanism joining said first and second sets of arcuately formed finger members; and, a bag member, said bag member having a closed end section and an opened end section, said bag member fixedly attached at said closed end section to said claw mechanism at said hinge mechanism, said pair of actuating members being located external said bag member and said arcuately formed finger members being located internal to said bag member.