Abstract: A collector device (1) includes an elongate handle portion (2) having a loop portion (4) attached at one end. The loop portion (4) supports a receptacle (12) which comprises an upwardly facing, in use, deposition surface (16). The handle (2) and loop portions (4) are of a self supporting sheet material and have a longitudinal fold in the sheet material (8) running along the length of the handle portion (2) and continuing across the whole loop portion (4). The device (1) may be deployed with the handle (2) and loop portions (4) both held partially folded along the longitudinal fold (8) in a V or inverted V conformation to provide increased rigidity and increased load bearing capacity, in cantilever, in comparison with a device where the handle and loop portions are held horizontally planar.

Abstract: Articles such as a display device (78), a collector device (1), and a hat (62) include a portion of a self-supporting sheet material (6). The sheet material is divided along its length by a first fold (8) and further divided into a first, handle portion (2) and a second, end portion (4,80), by an angle fold (18), transverse to the first fold (8). The angle fold (18) has two fold portions (20,22) each running diagonally, from opposed edges, across the sheet material in a direction towards the end portion and meeting to form an angle with its apex (24) on the first fold (8). When the portion of sheet material is partially folded about the angle fold (18) a user folding or unfolding the handle (2) end about the first fold (8) causes the end portion (4,80) to move respectively towards or away from the handle portion (2).

Abstract: A disposable, substantially lightweight faece collector device having a receptacle support and a handle portion whose light-weight construction is just sufficient for bearing an empty receptacle, but insufficient to bear, in canti-levered support, a faecally loaded receptacle. The device is adapted to be collapsible into a highly compact form, while providing a mechanism for positively and remotely manipulating the empty receptacle into a faeces loading position.