Abstract: A litter scoop holder comprising a support member and a removable receptacle. The receptacle includes a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of sidewalls to form a scoop pocket. The receptacle rear wall includes a tab and the floor includes a rib. The support member contains a rear wall and a floor to support the receptacle. The support rear wall includes a pocket to receive the receptacle tab and the support floor includes a flexible release tab having an aperture to receive the rib. When in the locked position, the receptacle tab is inserted into the support pocket and the receptacle is pivoted such that the rib slideable engages and defects the flexible release tab until the release tab aperture receives and secures the rib. To remove the receptacle, the release tab is pressed and the receptacle is pivoted in the opposite direction.
Abstract: Apparatus for blindfolding a bird, comprising an elongated handle, a deformable split ring attached to the handle, where the ring includes at least one peripheral flange, and a pliant hood, having an opening in one end thereof, detachably mounted around the circumference of the split ring and where the perimeter of the hood's opening is elastic and is adapted to fit under the peripheral flange.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 1997
Date of Patent:
July 14, 1998
Inventors:
William W. Dillon, James Michael Dillon, Russell Allen Dillon