Patents by Inventor Bernard W. Peck

Bernard W. Peck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3978540
    Abstract: A disposable pick-up container for animal litter includes 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 on opposite sides of the bag, the scoops each having a blade portion fixed to the cuff portion of the bag and a handle portion extending from the blade portion, the container being adapted for manipulation to pick up animal litter by grasping the handle portions of the scoops and placing the mouth of the bag around the litter, bringing the blade portions of the scoops together under the litter, picking up the litter by the blade portions and upending the bag to drop the litter by the blade portions and upending the bag to drop the litter thereinto, inserting the blade portions into the bag and thereby also folding the cuff portion so that it lies within the bag, and bringing the handle portions together for bag-closing and carrying purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Inventors: Bernard W. Peck, Larry P. Horist