An apparatus for collecting and temporarily storing animal waste such as dog droppings includes a portable storage container with a pivoting lid movable between an open position and a closed position to keep contents dry. The container is adapted to receive and secure thereto a removable liner bag for easy disposal of the waste. A handle attached to the container pivots the lid open and closed with one position exposing the interior space from above for ease of adding and removing liner bags. A removable waste scooper is suspended from an outer wall of the container. The user need only touch the handle and a scooper when depositing droppings into the bag. The lid extends over an upper mouth of the container to prevent water from rain or sprinklers from seeping into the inner space. Custom compostable liner bags may be provided with lobes that are captured within bag retainers on front and rear walls.

A new fecal matter scooper for pets is described. The fecal matter scooper includes a frame having a first end portion and a second end portion, a pair of actuating scoop jaws driven by a motor disposed on the first end portion of the frame, a handle disposed on the second end portion of the frame including a switch, the pair of scoop jaws configured to be actuated from an open position to a closed position by the switch, a bag including a pair of slots on an openable and closable end portion of the bag, each slot receiving one of the scoop jaws therethrough.

An apparatus for collecting waste material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing, a handle and telescopic arms mounted to the housing. The apparatus comprises a first roller and a second roller. The first roller is mounted to one telescopic arm and the second roller is mounted to the other telescopic arm. The apparatus comprises a sheet dispenser holding a sheet. There is a motor mounted to the sheet dispenser. Squeezing of the handle opens the telescopic arms. The motor is operated in a forward direction to dispense the sheet over the telescopic arms and the rollers. The telescopic arms in open position are aligned with a waste material, and the motor is operated in a reverse direction to rotate the rollers inwards in order to pull the waste material into the sheet. The handle is released to dispose off the sheet comprising the waste material.

An animal feces collection assembly for holding a plastic bag open for receiving animal feces includes a holder that has a stem portion and a ring portion. The stem portion can be gripped by a user and the ring portion can have a plastic bag positioned therearound. The ring portion has a groove integrated therein. A gasket is positionable around the ring portion such that the gasket is positioned in the groove. In this way the gasket compresses the plastic bag into the groove to retain the plastic bag on the ring portion.

An outdoor surface treating apparatus having a body having a handle and a head arranged to be removably connected with an accessory tool assembly. The head includes a first engagement arrangement for releasably engaging with a second engagement arrangement in the accessory tool assembly. A drive unit, arranged in the head, includes a first coupling member for drivingly coupling with a second coupling member in the accessory tool assembly. The first engagement arrangement is fixed. The second engagement arrangement is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The accessory tool assembly includes a biasing element for biasing the second engagement arrangement into the extended position. As the accessory tool assembly is aligned with the head, in particular when the first engagement arrangement is aligned with the second engagement arrangement, and is moved along a movement axis into engagement with the head, the second engagement arrangement first moves over the first engagement arrangement against the bias then returns to the extended position and locks with the first engagement arrangement while the first coupling member couples with the second coupling member.

The disclosure provides a backpack blower, a backpack assembly and a backpack power assembly. The backpack blower includes a backpack assembly and a blower body. The backpack assembly is used for an operator to carry and comprises a battery pack cavity to house a battery pack. The blower body is mounted on the backpack assembly. The battery pack supplies power to the blower body. The blower body includes a motor duct assembly, an air inlet assembly assembled and fixed with the backpack assembly, and an air outlet assembly connected with the air inlet assembly. The air inlet assembly includes an air inlet and an air inlet tube connected to the air inlet. The air inlet tube is connected with the air outlet assembly. The motor duct assembly is housed in the air outlet assembly.

A sanitary excrement removal and bagging system is provided that is capable of collecting multiple, individual portions of dog waste or other excrement and storing them within separate sealed packets of a flexible elongate bag. The excrement removal and bagging system includes a disposable bag and a waste collector including an elongate tube for supporting the disposable bag and a retraction mechanism for drawing the disposable bag into an interior space of the elongate tube. A retraction mechanism can pull the bag into the waste collector. As the bag is pulled into the waste collector, a bag sealing mechanism can close the bag at discrete locations along the length of the bag forming a series of pockets capable of safely and hygienically holding dog waste or other excrements. The bag sealing member can include heating elements for heating and welding the bag to seal the pockets.

A waste collection device including a compartment for receiving pet waste or other waste. The device is attached to the end of a leaf blower, hand vacuum, or other device which provides suction. Accessories may be included which allow universal mounting to most or all types of vacuums and leaf blowers. A removable filter bag may be included for cleaner removal of waste.

An adjustable gripping assembly having a first or holding end with a trigger assembly rotatably held therein and connected to a wind assembly having a flexible, non-resilient link held by one end therein for operating a pair of gripping elements, movably mounted on a distal end of an adjustable, multipart hollow body. The trigger assembly including a trigger lock thereon and the multipart body including telescoping locking element mounted on the telescoping joints to control adjustment of the length of the assembly when the portions of the multipart body are moved with respect to each other. And, a pivot joint formed on an outer end of the multipart body, adjacent the pair of gripping elements to allow the gripping elements to be pivoted to different angles on the outer end upon release of a locking element held in the pivot joint.

A compact animal waste collector kit includes a hinged lid receptacle which is sized and shaped to be hand-held and support an animal waste bag; and an animal waste bag sized and shaped to fit over an open end of the hinged lid receptacle and in the hinged lid receptacle.