Patent ID: 7226098

Claim:
A vacuum-actuated waste collection system comprising: a housing assembly including a vacuum chamber being disposed therein and also having a waste-receiving chamber being in fluid communication with said vacuum chamber and further having a plunger-receiving chamber also be in fluid communication with said vacuum chamber, said housing assembly further including a divider separating said vacuum chamber from said waste-receiving chamber and having a plurality of apertures being disposed therethrough to allow air to pass through said divider, said waste-receiving chamber including an opening through which the waste is received into said waste-receiving chamber, and also including at least one flap valve for opening and closing said opening into said waste-receiving chamber, and further including a peripheral lip being disposed at an end of said waste-receiving chamber adjacent to said opening into said waste-receiving chamber, and also including a gasket being disposed about said peripheral lip, said at least one flap valve and said gasket cooperatively forming a pocket to facilitate vacuuming the waste into said waste-receiving chamber; a vacuum assembly to form a suction to move waste into said housing assembly from outside said housing assembly; a handle assembly being movably disposed about a portion of said housing assembly; and a waste receptacle assembly for receiving the waste inside said housing assembly.