Patent ID: 7744136

Claim:
A refuse and waste collection and bagging device comprising: a handle fixedly attached to a first end of a hollow elongated shaft; a triggering mechanism pivotally attached to said handle; a cable attached at a first end to said triggering mechanism and at a second end to the first ends of a first and second slide bar, said cable traversing inside said hollow elongated shaft, a portion of said first ends of said first and second slide bars slideably mounted inside a second end of said elongated shaft; first and second leaf springs, said leaf springs being fixedly attached at a first end to opposite sides of said elongated shaft; a first and second multi-toothed curved claws, said first claw being fixedly attached to the second ends of said first slide bar and said first leaf spring and said second claw being fixedly attached to the second ends of said second slide bar and said second leaf spring, said leaf spring biasing said claws in a normally outward direction; a bracket attached to said elongated shaft proximate the center of said elongated shaft; an extension bar removably attached to said bracket at a first end; an adjustable circular support ring attached to a second end of said extension bar; a bag retaining clip pivotally mounted proximate said second end of said extension bar; and a bag wrapped over said circular supporting ring and removably secured in place by said bag retaining clip; whereby activating said triggering mechanism causes said slide bars to slide upward into said hollow shaft overcoming said leaf springs bias causing said curved claws to pivot inward until said claw teeth intermesh thereby creating an open-ended containment area for said refuse and waste.