Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object. The apparatus includes a device that has a handle and a transfer medium which is attached to the handle. The apparatus further includes a cover that is attached to the device. The cover includes a closure element that is operable to open and close an end of the cover. When the end of the cover is open, the cover is movable between a first position where the cover protects the transfer medium and a second position where the cover protects the handle. In another example embodiment, the cover is formed of a removable first layer that is positioned adjacent to the transfer medium when the cover is in the first position and a removable second layer that is positioned adjacent to the handle when the cover is in the second position.

Abstract: A self-cleaning cat waste disposal device having a portable suitcase style container structure with two substantially identical compartments pivotally connected together along one edge thereof and latchable together by a three-way handle along an opposite edge thereof. A pivotally mounted screen unit is included between the container compartments and latchable to one or the other by the handle structure. The handle structure functions in a three-way manner and permits the screen unit and the two container units to be all three firmly latched together, or the screen unit to be positively latched to one container unit or the other. One embodiment of the device provides for a single removable trap unit associated with the pivotal connection for both the container compartments and with a guide funnel arrangement for catching waste from one of the compartments or the other when the device is being operated.