Patent ID: 8235434

Claim:
A litter-sifting fecal matter scooper comprising: a manipulable handle; an elongate handle arrangement extending outwardly from the manipulable handle comprising (a) a frame arrangement and (b) a connector operatively coupled to the handle; a pair of opposable scoop jaws (a) with one of the scoop jaws movable relative to the other one of the scoop jaws in response to manipulation of at least a portion of the handle between an open position and a closed position where the jaws engage forming a litter-sifting scoop bucket in which fecal matter is releasably retained, and (b) with at least one of the jaws comprised of perforate litter-sifting construction; at least one spring grounded to the frame arrangement and operatively connected to one of the connector and at least one of the scoop jaws that biases at least one of the scoop jaws toward an open position; wherein the connector operatively couples the handle to at least one of the scoop jaws such that squeezing of the handle displaces the at least one of the scoop jaws relative to the other one of the scoop jaws toward the closed position; and wherein one of the scoop jaws is urged into engagement with the other one of the scoop jaws when the manipulable handle is squeezed.