Patent ID: 7665781

Claim:
A waste pick up device for use with a waste storage apparatus, said device comprising: (a) a generally cup-shaped member engageable with and temporarily retaining such waste; (b) an elongated member extending outwardly from said cup-shaped member; (c) a handle means attached to a distal end of said elongated member; (d) means formed on at least a portion of said cup-shaped member for preventing unintentional discharge of such picked up waste during carrying of said device by a user holding said device by one of said handle means and said elongated member; and (e) means for releaseably attaching said device to such waste storage apparatus wherein said releaseably attaching means includes at least one elongated slot and an aperture formed at one end of said at least one elongated slot, said aperture is larger than a width of said at least one elongated slot and wherein such apparatus includes at least one pin member extending outwardly from an exterior surface of such a container portion of such waste storage apparatus and passing through said at least one elongated slot, such at least one pin member having a mushroomed cap formed at a distal end thereof and sized to fit said aperture, whereby such mushroomed cap is aligned with said aperture for selectively attaching said waste collection device to and removing it from such waste storage apparatus.