Sanitation apparatus

Claim 2

Apparatus for collecting and disposing of solid animal excrement matter, comprising in combination a handle, jaw means at the bottom of said handle, said jaw means biased to an open position, actuator means at the top of said handle, connecting means attached at the upper end thereof to said actuator means and at the lower end to said jaw means, said actuator means being operable to Pull upwardly on said connecting means to cause said jaw means to move toward a closed position, a disposable container for said excrement, said container comprising two halves thereof, each of said halves comprising upper panels, side panels, bottom panels, and end panels, said halves hingedly connected to each other along the longitudinal seam said upper panels form with each other, latching means to lock said halves together to form a closed container, and means for detachably holding said halves of said container on said jaws.

Claim 3

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said jaw means comprises a central member, said central member connected to the bottom of said handle at the upper center portion of said central member, said central member having depending arms on opposite sides of the center portion, arm extensions pivotally connected to one end thereof to the lower ends of said depending arms, an adaptor member comprising two halves, each half of said adaptor member having upper panels and side panels, which panels conform to the upper and side panels of said container, the other ends of said arm extensions being pivotally connected to the outside surfaces of said side panels, hinge means, said hinge means hingedly connecting the halves of said adaptor to each other at the top thereof along the longitudinal axis, said connecting means being connected at the bottom thereof to said hinge means, and said jaws being biased to the open position by spring means connected to the center of said hinge at one end and at the other end to the center portion of said central member.

Claim 4

Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein the lower edges of said bottom panels of said container are serrated.

Claim 5

Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said means for detachably holding said halves of said container on said jaws comprises the combination of magnets on said jaws which magnets are registrable with corresponding metal strips on said side panels of said container.

Claim 6

Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said means for detachably holding said halves of said container on said jaws comprises adhesive strips on said side panels of said container, said strips being releasably adherent to said jaws.

Claim 7

Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the lower edges of said bottom panels of said container are serrated.

Claim 8

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said jaw means comprise a central member, said central member connected to the bottom of said handle at the upper center portion of said central member, said central member having two depending arms on opposite sides of the center portion thereof, a curved arm pivotally attached to the lower end of one of said depending arms, a first portion of said curved arm extending downward from the pivot on said one of said depending arms, a second portion of said curved arm extending upward and across said central member to an end of said second portion outside the end of the other depending arm of said central member, an arm extension pivotally connected at one end thereof to the lower end of said other depending arm of said central member; and an adaptor comprising two halves, each half of said adaptor member having upper panels, and side panels, which panels conform to the upper panels, side panels, and lower panels of said container, the lower end of said first portion of said curved arm being connected to the outside surface of a side panel of one of said halves of said adaptor, said arm extension being connected at the other end thereof to the outside surface of a side panel of said other half of said adaptor, said connecting means comprising a cable connected at its lower end to a cable retainer at the said end of said second portion of said curved arm, and spring means connecting said other end of said arm extension and said end of said second portion of said curved arm, thereby biasing said jaws to an open position.

Claim 9

Apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the lower edges of said bottom panels of said container arE serrated.

Claim 10

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lower edges of said bottom panels of said container are serrated.

Claim 11

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for detachably holding said halves of said container on said jaws comprises the combination of magnets on said jaws which magnets are registrable with corresponding metal strips on said side panels of said container.

Claim 12

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for detachably holding said halves of said container on said jaws comprises adhesive strips on said side panels of said container, said strips being releasably adherent to said jaws.