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US4017015A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Disposable biodegradable environmental animal feces waste scoop and container

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-01-12
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Granted: 1977-04-12
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Expires: 1996-01-12
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Abstract

Abstract A pair of interfitting boxes made of biogradable cardboard and which used for scooping up animal feces from a floor, sidewalk or other surface; the boxes being collapsible so to conveniently be carried in a pocket or purse prior to use, and each box having an opening on one end, the opening having an edge contoured into a scoop so to scoop up the feces therebetween and the boxes then being slided into each other so to enclose the feces while the device is thus carried to a refuse receptacle for disposal.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ray Jefferson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 09:25
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/38; E; E01; E01H; E01H1/00; E01H1/12; E01H1/1206; E01H2001/122; E01H2001/1226; E01H2001/1246; E01H2001/126; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W90/00; Y02W90/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 204 words
In a disposable, environmental, animal feces waste scoop and container, the combination of a pair of interfitting boxes having scoop means for scooping up a feces therebetween and enclosing said feces within said boxes when interfitted; both said boxes being made of corrugated, biogradable cardboard, each box having six sides comprising a wall on each of five said sides while a sixth thereof comprises an opening, an edge of said opening being angularly inclined by one said wall projecting outwardly farthest by protruding farther than an opposite wall thereto so to define a scoop, one of said boxes additionally including a handle die-cut on said furthest projecting wall, said handle being outwardly bendable about a fold line, said handle having a pair of finger-receiving openings therethrough; each said box being formed from a flat, die-cut blank, and one of said five walls which is opposite said opening being comprised of a pair of interfitting and interlocking tabs each of which is formed adjacent an end of said opposite walls, and each said tab includes a minor portion separated from a major portion thereof by a fold line that aligns with a fold line between said walls that form four side walls of said box.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 204 words
In a disposable, environmental, animal feces waste scoop and container, the combination of a pair of interfitting boxes having scoop means for scooping up a feces therebetween and enclosing said feces within said boxes when interfitted; both said boxes being made of corrugated, biogradable cardboard, each box having six sides comprising a wall on each of five said sides while a sixth thereof comprises an opening, an edge of said opening being angularly inclined by one said wall projecting outwardly farthest by protruding farther than an opposite wall thereto so to define a scoop, one of said boxes additionally including a handle die-cut on said furthest projecting wall, said handle being outwardly bendable about a fold line, said handle having a pair of finger-receiving openings therethrough; each said box being formed from a flat, die-cut blank, and one of said five walls which is opposite said opening being comprised of a pair of interfitting and interlocking tabs each of which is formed adjacent an end of said opposite walls, and each said tab includes a minor portion separated from a major portion thereof by a fold line that aligns with a fold line between said walls that form four side walls of said box.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-04-11 1980-10-11 1981-04-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-04-11 1984-10-11 1985-04-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-04-11 1988-10-11 1989-04-12 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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