Abstract: A tool for removing an interchangeable cooking insert from a grill has a handle end and an engagement end. A handle extends from the handle end toward the engagement end. A support arm extends from the handle toward the engagement end. The support arm has a first lateral edge defining a first lifting hook and a second lateral edge defining a second lifting hook. The first lifting hook and second lifting hook are configured to engage a portion of the cooking insert. A support pin extends across the support arm between the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge. A latch member is pivotally coupled to one of the support arm and the handle. The latch member includes a first end selectively engageable with a portion of the cooking insert and a second end extending through the handle for actuation of the latching member by a user.

Abstract: An apparatus for the collection and storage of pet waste, comprised of designed as an all-in-one unit for pet owners for picking up their animals waste matter. The present invention is comprised of a waste drop box, a disposable plastic bag dispenser complete with disposable plastic bags, and a reminder sign. The present invention is designed to be placed in public parks or anywhere that pet owners frequently walk their pets. Once they enter the park, the pet owner reads the reminder sign and pulls a disposable plastic bag from the disposable plastic bag dispenser.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for picking up an object from the ground comprising a set of rigid walls forming a box (2) with an opening for receiving the waste; a piece (4) for at least partially closing the opening. The invention is characterized in that the opening (3) extends in a substantially vertical plane at the front of the box (2); the closing piece (4) is borne by one of the ends (7, 8) of at least one thin element (9) guided in translation on the box in a direction substantially perpendicular to the opening plane of the box.

Abstract: A cleanup kit designed to be used by a person walking a dog to enable him to remove any litter deposited by the animal and then to flush and sanitize the spot contaminated by the litter. The kit includes a bag and shoulder carrying strap. The bag includes multiple internal compartments for supporting the kit items which include a trigger sprayer, a flashlight, cleanup gloves, disposable litter bags, and a variety of other optional items. A bag insert is designed to convert a conventional bag to one having compartments to retain the kit items.

Abstract: A low cost scoop device for scooping animal waste or other loose material. The scoop contains a disposable bag having an open end. The bag is held open by a collapsible paperboard frame of a unique configuration. The paperboard frame has a bottom element, a first side element, a second side element and a handle structure. When the paperboard frame is in a deployed configuration, the bottom edge, first side edge and second side edge form a triangular frame with a triangular central opening. The triangular frame holds open the open end of the bag. When the paperboard frame is in a folded configuration, the bottom edge, first side edge and the second side edge lay flat atop one another in a compact folded package.

Abstract: Solid animal waste can be removed from a carpet or other surface by a flexible garment worn on a person's hand and fore-arm. The garment includes a glove adapted to be worn on the person's hand and an open-mouthed bag extended from the glove for disposition around the person's forearm. When the animal waste is within the grasp of the glove, the bag can be turned inside out to enclose the glove and animal waste. Ties on the bag can be tied together to close the bag around the animal waste.

Abstract: A system and method for the individual collection and disposal of pet waste includes a flushable bag for contacting and receiving the pet waste and a protective bag for receiving and protecting the flushable bag during transport. The pet waste is collected and placed in the flushable bag, the flushable bag is placed inside the protective bag, and the bags containing the pet waste are transported to a toilet into which the flushable bag is deposited and flushed. The flushable bag can be fabricated from paper having a temporary wet strength additive that imparts both the desirable wet strength and decayability when soaking in water. The invention also includes a compostable bag for disposing of compostable materials along with the bag itself in a composting system or composting toilet. The invention expedites the disposal of pet waste or compostable materials and decreases the burden on landfills to accommodate such materials.

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.

Abstract: A sanitary animal waste material removal system has a scooper with a pair of arms pivotably connected at a pivot. Each of the arms has a scooped jaw extending perpendicularly from it and a handle portion. The arms are biased in a closed position by a biasing mechanism such as a spring located at the pivot point. A disposable bag having a pair of loops is fit over the jaws. One loop is slid over each jaw. The bag has a pouch with pleated ends, an opening, two sides, and a bottom. In use, the pet owner first slides a retainer bag over the scooped jaws. The flattened main body of the bag fits between the jaws and, thus, the jaws must be opened slightly as the loops are slid onto each jaw. Then, in order to pick up a deposit of feces from the ground, the owner opens the jaws by squeezing the handle portions of the arms together causing a pivoting of the arms about the pivot point and an opening of the jaws. As the jaws open, the resealable sealing mechanism opens. For example, in a device equipped with Velcro.

Abstract: A pet refuse bag dispenser attachable to a leash provides a device for conveniently carrying a roll of plastic bags when exercising one's pet. The dispenser includes a housing which defines an inner cavity and has an aperture therethrough which permits access to the inner cavity. The roll of plastic bags is disposed within the inner cavity such that the bags may be individually removed therefrom through the housing aperture. The plastic bags are wound about a tubular axle which is positioned centrally within the inner cavity of the housing such that the tubular axle, and thus the roll of plastic bags, may rotate therein. In one embodiment, the housing is formed of a cylindrical base into which the roll of bags is inserted, and a removable lid which encloses an open end of the cylindrical base. In another embodiment, the housing includes a blister pack affixed to a backing so as to capture the roll of plastic bags therebetween.

Abstract: A dog leash is equipped with a container, for containing a supply of plastic grocery bags, for collecting pet excrement. The container is stitched to the leash just below the hand-loop of the leash. The container is of light-weight fabric or material, and takes its structure from being stitched to the leash, lengthwise along the container. The open mouth of the container is wrapped around the leash and secured with Velcro.

Abstract: A collector for excreta from domestic animals such as dogs, is formed by two rectangular frames, equal and facing each other, and joined by a rear concave-convex wall that forms an articulation for the collector in the form of pincers. The wall has a central opening that makes the articulation flexible. On the convex face of the wall are two ribs laterally aligned that aid in holding a transversal cylindrical tube closed at one end. The tube contains a continuous roll of bags, closed by a cap at one end. The tube further has an opening at another end in the axial direction. A central tab or jutting part, through which opening the free end of the bag passes, attaches to the central hole in a perforated transversal line which divides two consecutive bags, thereby making removal easier. The plastic bag is fitted so that it covers the collector pincers. The bottom of the bag is disposed inside the pincers next to the cylindrical tube.

Abstract: A device for bagging an object on a surface with first and second plates that are pivotally connected together on one edge. The first and second wire form extension elements are rotatably connected to another edge of the plates. The extension elements are rotatable between a first position and a second position, where the first position is adjacent to first plate and between the first and second plates. The second position of the wire form extension element has the extension element extending away from the respective plate.

Abstract: A plastic bag constructed to include an integral glove or mitten. The glove extends from a bag surface that facilitates the fitting of the glove to the hand, yet permits objects to be gripped and deposited or withdrawn from a container portion of the bag. A closure fastener seals the bag to contain the collected materials and the soiled surface of the glove inside the bag. In various constructions, the glove extends from the bottom of the bag or a tapered surface that lies above the bottom. A hand can be fitted into the glove from the exterior or interior and is positioned to facilitate collection and access to an open mouth. Bags including a drawstring closure, interlocking seals and one or more rigid scraper edges are disclosed.

Abstract: A device for removing and disposing of animal waste having a body consisting of a first planar shaped member and a second planar shaped member arranged in parallel extending and proximate fashion to the first planar member so that the planar members define opposingly facing surfaces. First and second elongate handles extend from the planar members and a flexible bag having an open end and a closed end is fitted to the device so that the planar members define a perimeter of the open end. The first and second handles are engaged to outwardly actuate the first and second planar shaped members relative to one another and so that the open end of the bag encompasses a solid waste object setting upon a ground location. The opposingly facing surfaces of the planar shaped members are capable of grasping and elevating the solid waste object and the device is adapted to being inverted to deposit the object with the bag interior.

Abstract: A disposal device is used for disposal for messy dirt such as dog excrement. The device provides a disposal action analogous to that of a dustpan and brush. A scooper is pushed underneath the dirt on the near side, while a scraper pushes the dirt towards the scooper. The dirt falls into the interior of the bag via a chute connecting the scooper to a wall of the bag. The scooper and the scraper are dropped into the bag and the bag is then sealed by a seal.

Abstract: A readily cleanable litter cleaning system for removing fecal matter from a litter box includes a container having substantially identical front and rear panels joined by substantially identical side panels and a bottom panel. The container has a rectangular cross-section defining an open top and a liquid storage region. The container has a predetermined width along the front and rear panels and a predetermined depth along the side panels. The container includes at least one projection extending from at least one of the panels into the liquid storage region. The projection terminates in an end in spaced relation from the bottom panel. A top cover is tightly fitted to the container and seals the container open top. The cover defines an opening therein. A scoop for removing the fecal matter from the litter has a blade portion and an elongated handle. The blade portion has a width configured for placement in the container generally parallel to the front and rear panels and for fitting between the side panels.

Abstract: A cat litter scoop with a battery powered vibrator carried in the scoop handle which is actuated by a thumb operated switch. Upon actuation, the vibrator imparts a high speed oscillatory movement to the scoop about the longitudinal axis of the handle to accelerate the manual steps of insertion, pushing, lifting and sifting associated with the scooping motion employed with a standard cat litter scoop. The scoop portion of the cat litter scoop is provided with a pair of spaced transversely extending rows of elongated longitudinal slots so as to define a solid web portion extending between the rows of slots and transversing the scoop to enhance the structural integrity of the scoop portion of the litter scoop.

Abstract: A foldable device for manually picking up samples or substances, which may or may not be foul-smelling, and, more particularly, domestic animal feces. The device is formed by a laminar element including a rectangular principal body having three fold lines or creases perpendicular to its longer sides, a first of the fold lines or creases being in substantially the central region of the rectangle and the other two being close to its shorter sides, thereby to define substantially rectangular end tabs on the body. Substantially triangular lugs are joined to the longer sides of the rectangle, each triangular lug being divided into two triangular parts by a crease originating at the vertex of each lug, the latter coinciding with the end of the central crease of the rectangular body.

Abstract: A disposable, invertible, expandable, symmetrical, sleeved, collecting glove, providing the method and apparatus for grasping, removing, containing, and disposing of a targeted mass and is of the type having a glove (10) formed in a flattened elongated tubular plastic sleeve (11) which simultaneously communicates at its palm with an attached absorbent cover sheet (32) to grasp the mass. The glove is interchangeable in that it will fit either a right-handed or left-handed collector. The materials of the the glove and sleeve are of flexible, thin gauge plastic, sufficiently strong for the grasping region (26) to effectively grasp and envelope such a mass. In addition, a central process of inversion begins in the grasping region (26) of the sleeved glove, causing the grasping (26) to prolapse, creating a region of irregular folds (33) that can bulge and expand to increase capacity and absorbency.

Abstract: A device for individual collection of contaminated objects has a substantially elongated element having a first hollow portion formed to receive a user's palm and provided with a projection for receiving a user's thumb, and a second portion extending from the first portion and having an inlet opening for insertion of the user's arm, the second portion having a width which is at least greater than a width of the first portion, so that when a user by manipulations with the first portion and the projection collects the objects, the second portion can be turned over the first portion and farther so that the element is turned inside out to produce a bag-like structure with contaminated objects inside, and a unit for closing the element after it has been converted inside out, the closing a unit being a strap formed as a rear part of the second portion which is formed of one piece with a remaining part of the second portion and includes a plurality of transverse and longitudinal cuts, the rear part in an inoperative

Abstract: The invention provides for an animal waste removal device constructed from two stirrup-shaped components hinged at an apex of the stirrup. Each of the members forming the waste removal device incorporates an end element. The end elements may be shaped so that when the waste removal device is in the closed position, a storage receptacle is formed therein. The storage receptacle may be used to store plastic bags for use in disposing of the waste. To access the plastic bags, the hinged components are moved apart and a plastic bag withdrawn. The waste removal device may also be used as a leash handle by connecting a leash to the apex portion of the closed device.

Abstract: Precursors of a scoop and paddle are constituted by different, manually separable, portions of a single blank, defined by a line of weakness. The paddle precursor is at a rear central location of the blank, spaced apart from side edges of the blank so that a forward portion of the remainder forms a scoop receptacle precursor and side edge portions form precursors of scoop handles. Rearwardly convergent fold lines are provided in the forward portion so that, after the paddle is separated, opposite sides of the forward portion can be folded up to erect the scoop receptacle with a pair of handles extending rearwardly therefrom with raised adjacent ends for ease of grasping by a hand spaced safely away from the scoop receptacle eliminating risk of contact with feces or adjacent ground surfaces.

Abstract: A sanitization system for cat litter boxes is presented which is composed of a scoop device for straining cat litter where the scoop device has a handle member from which a scoop region extends axially. At a predetermined distance axially from the scoop region, a containment member extends laterally of the handle where the containment member has a multiplicity of venting orifices extending therethrough. A fluid reservoir is removably attachable to the cat litter box. The fluid reservoir is defined by a housing having an open end and a cavity chamber where the cavity chamber is so dimensioned and constructed to be in fluid communication with the open to permit the passage of fluid through the open end. A deodorizing and disinfectant fluid is carried in the reservoir.

Abstract: A simple and inexpensive combination grasping tool and puppet is disclosed in the form of a sheet with distal ends. The tool comprises a single sheet of pliable material with finger-lock `x` slits that provide a custom locked fit around a user's fingers that have been pushed through the slits, thus freeing the user from the requirement of holding onto the tool. After the user has inserted and locked his index finger and thumb into the `x` slits, the device then takes advantage of the user's own dexterous use of his finger and hand muscles and joints to open and close the device while picking up small food items. The distal ends of the device that fold around the inserted fingers serve to: 1) provide an outwardly facing printable display area, and 2) provide a continuous protective barrier for the fingers being used from the small food items being grasped.

Abstract: An animal waste disposal receptacle for picking up animal waste from a surface and containing the waste for disposal. The receptacle includes a disposable bag having disposable scoop members mounted thereon for scooping up the animal waste and placing the waste in the receptacle.

Abstract: A carton functioning as a pet litter scoop, formed as a carton having a front, back, and a pair of side walls, a bottom closure for the carton, a scoop flange securing proximate the upper edge of the back wall, a pair of gussets formed between the scoop flange and the upper edges of the carton side walls, said scoop flange and gussets securing interiorly proximate the upper edge of the carton, a lid, with closure flap, pivotally connecting to the upper edge of the back wall, and when folded over holding the carton and its scoop flange into closure, a pair of lateral flaps extending from the sides of the lid, and a pair of side flanges extending from the upper edges of the side walls, all cooperating to either hold the scoop flange into its functional position, or to secure the carton into closure.

Abstract: A containment, collection and disposal device includes a liquid, impermeable bag which has an absorptive member attached to the outer surface of the distal end thereof for absorbing spills or other waste materials. A tab or handle is provided at the distal end of the bag at the inner surface thereof enabling the bag to reversed inside out so that, after a spill has been contained and collected, the material is isolated within the reversed bag. Seals are provided on the outer surface of the bag to enable the absorptive member to be sealed from the environment prior to use, and such seals may also then be used to seal the contaminant-laden absorptive member from the environment after the bag has been placed in the inside-out position.

Abstract: A disposable pet excrement collection device comprises a mantle piece with a broad-mouth opening and an inner space to receive collected pet excrement. The mantle piece converges at its opposite end to form a closed tip. The mantle piece is foldable from a flat storage configuration to a funnel-shaped configuration ready for use. The collection device includes at least one shutter at the broadmouth opening and a pull cord attached to the shutter. The pull cord is routed through the closed tip and, when the end of the pull cord that is routed through the closed tip is pulled, the shutter closes to thereby containing the excrement that has been collected.

Abstract: A sanitization system for cat litter boxes is presented which is composed of a scoop device for straining cat litter where the scoop device has a handle member from which a scoop region extends axially. At a predetermined distance axially from the scoop region, a containment member extends laterally of the handle where the containment member has a multiplicity of venting orifices extending therethrough. A fluid reservoir is removably attachable to the cat litter box. The fluid reservoir is defined by a housing having an open end and a cavity chamber where the cavity chamber is so dimensioned and constructed to be in fluid communication with the open to permit the passage of fluid through the open end. A deodorizing and disinfectant fluid is carried in the reservoir.

Abstract: An animal waste scoop assembly, with a handle portion and a shovel portion with a series of spaced fingers, and is used in conjunction with a disposable bag to collect solid pet waste. The bag has a plurality of spaced fingers for fitting over the respective fingers of the shovel. The user first pulls a bag over the shovel so that each finger on the bag engages over a respective finger of the shovel, then grips the handle beneath the open end of the bag, and positions the shovel beneath any solid waste. The shovel member is then lifted so that the solid waste remains on top of the fingers and any clean particles sift down between the fingers. At this point, the bag is inverted in order to remove it from the shovel member and also retain the solid waste within the bag. The bag and its contents can then be discarded.

Abstract: The present invention is a cat litter scoop for removing waste material from scoopable cat litter. The scoop includes a base portion, side panels and a back panel. The side and bottom panels are made of mesh so as to facilitate the separation of clumped waste material from cat litter. The mesh is designed to allow cat litter to fall through the mesh, while waste material is contained in the scoop for disposal. The scoop is designed to more easily and efficiently pick up the clumped material. The front edge of the scoop is formed so as to facilitate cleanup of the cat litter container. The handle of the scoop is designed for easier, more comfortable grasping and manipulation by the user.

Abstract: A device for retrieving and disposing of pet feces is provided which includes a bag formed of flexible sheet material having an open end and a closed end. A tray having a bottom panel is attached to the closed end of the bag. The panel has a central score line, which forms a hinge line and side walls hingedly connected to each side of the panel on opposite sides of the score line. The side walls are pivotable, from a transportation and storage position folded against the bottom panel, to a use position normal to the panel. Thus the tray can be manipulated manually from within the bag to retrieve pet feces, and the bag subsequently inverted thereover to enclose the tray and the feces therein.

Abstract: A method for collecting excrement left behind by a domestic animal, including the steps of providing a receptacle having a chamber, the excrement being receivable therein and a plurality of tools. Collecting and depositing the excrement into the chamber, and providing a plurality of pockets for carrying the tools in combination with the receptacle.

Abstract: A scoop apparatus for removing animal faeces from a litter box has a channel shaped configuration to permit easy cleaning rather than a tubular shape. Also the scoop has a retaining section for holding the faeces and stop them falling out of the scoop. The apparatus has an open channel shaped scoop member with side walls having substantially in line top edges, the side walls have bottom edges joined to a base; an entry lip at one end of the scoop member is in line with the top edges of the side walls leading to a substantially flat receiving portion sloped down to the base of the scoop member. A plurality of diamond shaped sifting openings are provided in the receiving portion for sifting out litter particles, and the scoop member has a handle portion adjacent the receiving portion with a width less than the receiving portion, and an exit at the end of the scoop member opposite the entry lip, adapted to have a disposable bag attached thereto.

Abstract: A glove bag includes a glove portion, an enlarged cuff portion, and a sealing strip arranged on an open rear end of the cuff portion. To use, the bag is worn over a hand, and the hand is used to pick up an article. The glove portion provides complete freedom of movement for the fingers to handle the article with precision. The glove bag is everted over the article to contain it, and the open rear end is sealed with the sealing strip. The article is thus isolated in the glove bag without being contaminated by the hand, and without contaminating the hand. The cuff portion is large enough to hold a variety of articles.

Abstract: A handheld grabbing assembly includes a plastic bag supplying device and a grabbing device. The plastic bag supplying device includes a spindle, a spool mounted rotatably on the spindle, and a reel of continuous plastic bags wound around the spool for reeling out a leading plastic bag to be torn off from the reel. The grabbing device includes first and second clutching arm members, each of which has a clutching blade end section and a handgrip end section. Each of the handgrip end sections includes an elongated frame body that extends parallel to the clutching blade end section, two lug members that respectively and transversely extend from two lateral sides of the elongated frame body and which respectively define a first axle hole to be journalled by each end of the spindle, and an internal boss on an inner surface of a respective one of the lug members around the first axle hole. A biasing member is disposed on the internal boss member to bias the clutching blade end sections toward each other.

Abstract: A scoop having a screw blade housed within a cylindrical housing. The scoop is intended to remove semisold materials from the ground. A handle extending above the housing rotates the blade. Preferably, the scoop incorporates a drive for translating linear motion to rotary motion, so that the user need only press the handle downwardly when the device is placed over material to be lifted and removed. A closure closes the bottom of the housing to retain material, and is swung out of the way to expose the screw blade for deployment. Material is removed by reversing direction of the screw blade. The preferred application is enabling ready removal of excrement left by animals. When optionally combined with a retractable leash, a pet owner can conveniently observe municipal ordinances requiring animal wastes to be removed by owners walking their pets while requiring but one hand both to hold the novel scoop and to control the animal's leash.

Abstract: A sanitary waste collector includes two substantially planar braces, each having an interior and exterior face, each having a grippable opening, and each pivotally attached to a hinge and an assembly for continuously urging the interior faces of the braces towards each other, and an assembly for selectably manually actuatably urging the braces away from each other, in which a selectably imparted force of the manually actuable is sufficient to overcome the force of the assembly urging the braces towards each other. Two arms, each individually extending integrally outwardly from the braces' edges thereof opposite the hinge, provide a platform for a deformable enclosure secured between the arms. The interiorly urging assembly is normally closed when the selectable manual actuation assembly is not actuated. Upon gripping closure of the selectable manual actuation assembly, the enclosure is opened, and can be placed over and around pet waste or other materials to be disposed of.

Abstract: The portable collection device has a longitudinal axis and includes a shovel made from board material having a tubular handle portion surrounding the longitudinal axis and a scoop portion having a bottom wall and a pair of laterally outwardly extending side walls hingedly connected to opposite edges of the bottom wall to form a scoop-like structure for collecting animal litter. The scoop portion is attached on one end to the handle portion and at the other end has a leading edge for use in collecting the animal litter. A flexible collection bag houses the shovel. The bag has a tubular stem portion surrounding the longitudinal axis, a large pouch portion with a sealable entrance opening at one end of the stem portion and a hand strap portion at the other end of the stem portion. The shovel has the tubular handle portion located in the tubular stem portion of the bag and the scoop portion located in the pouch portion.

Abstract: A lightweight, portable and disposable pet feces disposal apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a full size scoop and an attached disposal bag that both collapse and fold to a size that can be easily carried in a person's pocket or purse.

Abstract: A device and method for handling animal waste products. Preferably, the device is used to separate animal waste products from unsoiled pet litter. In one embodiment, the device includes a waste-transferring handle that has a leading edge with an integral grate, and a trailing end that receives a removable waste-receiving receptacle. The grate includes cross members having crested upper surfaces. The spaces between the cross members define openings which retain animal waste and allow unsoiled litter to pass between. The crested upper surfaces of the cross members allow unsoiled litter to pass through the grate easily and preferably without shaking of the device.

Abstract: A device for individual collection of pet excrements has a substantially elongated element having a first hollow portion formed to receive a user's palm and provided with a projection for receiving a user's thumb, and a second portion extending from the first portion and having an inlet opening for insertion of the user's arm, the second portion having a length which is at least equal to a length of the first portion, and a width which is at least equal to the width of the first portion, so that when a user by manipulations with the first portion and the projection collects the pet excrements, the second portion can be turned over the first portion and farther so that the element is turned inside out to produce a bag-like structure with excrements inside.

Abstract: An animal waste pick-up and disposal assembly includes a container having an upper, open end and a lower end. A plastic bag having a closed end and an open end, and of length greater than the length of the container, is inserted into the container to act as a liner for the interior surface of the container with a portion of the bag projecting outside of the container. The projecting portion of the bag is folded back over the outside of the container, so that the bag covers both the interior and exterior surface of the container, and also covers the hand of a user gripping the container. Waste is scooped into the bag over the open end of the container while the container and the person's hand are shielded against contamination by the bag which covers them. The open end of the bag is then folded back out and inserted into the container, which is used to carry the bag and contents to a suitable disposal site.

Abstract: A device for picking up and removing dog droppings and the like including a pair of clamshell shaped members each having a concaved inner surface which face one another and held for pivotal movement near spaced first side margins of the clamshell shaped members by a biased hinge connection therebetween. Elongated spaced arcuate fingers are formed into each clamshell shape member which extend from a second side margin to a central portion of each clamshell shaped member. Two opposing spaced handles each extend from the first side margin, when held and squeezed together, separate the second side margins defined by the spaced distal ends of the fingers. A flexible disposable bag of thin plastic is operably positionable between the opened clamshell spaced members, the bottom of the bag furthest into the space therebetween, an open end portion of the bag turned inside out and positioned against an exterior convex surface of each clamshell shaped member, including the fingers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clean up bag, more particularly to a plastic bag that has a plastic glove which is heat sealed to one interior side of the bag. The glove has two thumbs so that it may be used by either left handed or right handed individuals. The bag is covered with a cut-resistant fabric such as Kevlar, and has a padding of fibrous material on the outside of the bag which absorbs any liquid surrounding or contained in the waste to be picked up. The bag also has a draw string closure on the top which pulls from either side. The bag is turned inside out once the waste has been cleaned up, and the draw strings used to close the bag for disposal.