Abstract: A waste collection device has a first, elongated strut, with a waste collection container support having a forward opening mouth removeably attached at a shoe assembly to the distal end of the first strut. A handle assembly is fixedly attached to the proximal end of the first strut. A second strut having a rake at the distal end thereof is pivotally attached to the handle assembly. A disposable bag is detachably mounted at exterior periphery of the mouth and extending rearward through the throat of the waste collection container support. The rake is mounted lengthwise and laterally in a manner so that the rake interfaces with the forward opening mouth so as to be in a position to effectively urge solid waste toward the mouth and thence into the disposable bag, when the rake and container are placed on opposing sides of solid waste lying on a substantially planar surface.

Abstract: A waste collection device having a mouth opening is removably attached to a first strut. A rake with curved teeth is affixed to a second strut. The first and second struts are pivotally connected and biased in a normally open position with the rake and waste container urged apart. The rake and waste container are manipulated using a handle assembly fixedly attached to the proximal end of the first strut. The rake is mounted lengthwise and laterally in a manner so that the rake interfaces with the forward opening mouth of the waste container so as to be in a position to effectively urge solid waste toward the mouth of the waste container, when the rake and container are placed on opposing sides of solid waste lying on a substantially planar surface, and the device is manipulated to a closed position with the rake and waste container in close proximity. A gravity latch may be provided to releasably lock the rake in a closed position, as well as to function as a guide for the second strut and rake.