Patent ID: 7077443

Claim:
A sanitary pick-up device comprising: an elongated body having a pair of opposite ends integrally joined by a midsection; a fixed bail and a movable bail carried on a selected end of said body and a handgrip carried on a non-selected end of said body; actuation means connected between said handgrip and said movable bail for moving said movable bail to and from said fixed bail; a supply of bags; a storage compartment in said body midsection for insertably receiving said supply of bags; attachment means cooperatively carried on said supply of bags for releasably retaining said supply of bags on said body midsection within said storage compartment; a cartridge having said supply of bags carried thereon providing a unitary article adapted to be inserted into said storage compartment, where said body midsection includes an elongated opening for insertably passing said cartridge with said supply of bags into said storage compartment; said supply of bags are carried on a rotatable spindle within said cartridge; said cartridge includes an elongated slot exposing said supply of bags; and said cartridge has an exterior surface coextensive with an exterior surface of said body midsection.