Disposable pick-up container for animal litter

Claim 2

A disposable pick-up container for animal litter and which comprises, an open-mouthed bag of flexible material serving as a receptacle for animal litter and having a cuff portion around the mouth thereof, and a pair of scoops located outside said bag on opposite sides thereof, said scoops each having a blade portion fixed to the cuff portion of said bag at a predetermined position thereon and a handle portion extending from the blade portion, the said positions and the relative dimensions of the blade portions and the periphery of the cuff portion being such that when the container is manipulated to pick up animal litter, by grasping the handle portions of said scoops, placing the mouth of the bag around the litter, bringing the blade portions of said scoops together under the litter, picking up the litter by the blade portions, upending the bag to drop the litter thereinto, and inserting the blade portions into the bag, the cuff portion of the bag will fold automatically so that the blade portions and the periphery of the cuff portion both will lie completely within the bag, and the handle portions may be brought together for bag-closing and carrying purposes.

Claim 3

A pick-up container as defined in claim 1 and wherein the width of the blade portion of each of said scoops is about one-fourth of the circumference of the cuff portion of said bag, whereby the handle portion of one of the scoops may be rotated 180° relative to the handle portion of the other scoop to tighten the cuff portion of the bag around the blade portions of the scoops in bringing the handle portions together to close the bag.

Claim 4

A pick-up container as defined in claim 1 and including means on the handle portions of said scoops for fastening the handle portions together to hold the bag closed.

Claim 5

A pick-up container as defined in claim 3 and wherein said fastening means comprises tab sections defined by score lines in said handle portions and registering with each other when the handle portions are together, whereby the tab sections may be pushed out and one tab section pushed through the opening left in its handle portion by the other section for fastening the handle portions together.

Claim 6

A pick-up container as defined in claim 3 and wherein said fastening means comprise a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive on one of said handle portions arranged to adhere to the other handle portion when the handle portions are together.

Claim 7

A pick-up container as defined in claim 3 and including a serrated strip extending along and projecting from the leading edge of the blade portion of each of said scoops.

Claim 8

A disposable pick-up container for animal litter and which comprises, an open-mouthed thin, flexible plastic bag serving as a receptacle for animal litter and having a cuff portion around the mouth thereof, and a pair of cardboard scoops on opposite sides of said bag and extending externally from adjacent the bag mouth towards the opposite end of the bag when the bag is fully extended, said scoops each having a blade portion fixed to the cuff portion of said bag at a predetermined position and a handle portion extending from the blade portion, the width of each blade portion being about one-fourth of the circumference of the cuff portion of the bag, the said positions being such that when the container is manipulated to pick up animal litter, by grasping the handle portions of said scoops, placing the mouth of the bag around the litter, bringing the blade portions of said scoops together under the litter, picking up the litter by the blade portions, upending the bag to drop the litter thereinto, and inserting the blade portions into the bag, the cuff portion of the bag will fold automatically so that the blade portions and the periphery of the cuff portion both will lie completely within the bag, and the handle portion of one of said scoops may be rotated 180° relative to the handle portion of the other scoop to bring the handle portions together and tighten the cuff portion of the bag around the blade portions of the scoops for bag-closing and carrying purposes.

Claim 9

A disposable pick-up container for animal litter and which comprises, an open-mouthed thin, flexible plastic bag serving as a receptacle for animal litter and having a cuff portion around the mouth thereof, and a pair of cardboard scoops on opposite sides of said bag and extending externally from adjacent the bag mouth towards the opposite end of the bag when the bag is fully extended, said scoops each having a blade portion fixed to the cuff portion of said bag at a predetermined position and a handle portion extending from the blade portion, the width of each blade portion being about one-fourth of the circumference of the cuff portion of the bag, the said positions being such that when the container is manipulated to pick up animal litter, by grasping the handle portions of said scoops, placing the mouth of the bag around the litter, bringing the blade portions of said scoops together under the litter, picking up the litter by the blade portions, upending the bag to drop the litter thereinto, and inserting the blade portions into the bag, the cuff portion of the bag will fold automatically so that the blade portions and the periphery of the cuff portion both will lie completely within the bag, and the handle portion of one of said scoops may be rotated 180° relative to the handle portion of the other scoop to bring the handle portions together and tighten the cuff portion of the bag around the blade portions of the scoops for bag-closing and carrying purposes.

Claim 10

A pick-up container as defined in claim 7 and including means on the handle portions of said scoops for fastening the handle portions together to hold the bag closed.

Claim 11

A pick-up container as defined in claim 1 and wherein said scoops extend externally from adjacent the bag mouth towards the opposite end of the bag when the bag is fully extended.

Claim 12

A pick-up container as defined in claim 2 and wherein said scoops extend externally from adjacent the bag mouth towards the opposite end of the bag when the bag is fully extended.