Patent ID: 7789441

Claim:
A dog waste collecting assembly comprising: a loop having a break therein to define a first free end and a second free end, said loop being comprised of a resiliently bendable material, said bendable material resisting abutment of said first free end and said second free, said loop including an elongated linear portion, said loop including a pair of arcuate lateral portions attached and extending between said linear portion and corresponding ones of said first and second free ends; a handle being attached to said loop; wherein said loop is extendable into an open end of a bag when said first and second free ends are urged together and then said first and second free ends are allowed to move apart from each other to frictionally engage the bag to allow the bag to receive waste scooped up with said loop; and said handle including a pair of arms and a central member being attached to and extending between said arms, each of said arms having a distal end with respect to said central member, each of said first and second free ends having one of said distal ends attached thereto, said distal ends being urged towards each other to pull said first and second free ends together to decrease a size of a perimeter of said loop.