Disposable combination pad and bag device for pets excrements
US5178426A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K1/0107
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed disposable pad device has a generally symmetrical shape with spaced corners and connecting peripherial edges, defining a broad area suited to be laid out flat on the ground with a peripheral edges outermost. Narrow elongated generally stiff reinforcing strips are secured along their lengths to the pad and respectively extend generally inboardly from the pad corners toward the pad interior region to be spaced apart only slightly at their inboard ends, thereby defining a small nonreinforced interior pad region that can be folded easily over and around any pet excrements on the pad when forming the carrying bag. Flexible handles are connected off of the reinforcing strips and extended outboardly beyond the peripheral pad edges at the corners, and have inside openings sized for finger hooking by the person walking the pet, for suspended carriage of the pad when formed to the carrying bag.
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