A portable collecting rod that includes a rod member; an external ring, which is connected to one end of the rod member; a flexible internal ring, which is connected to one end of the rod member provided with the external ring, and is correspondingly disposed at the inner position of the external ring. An endpoint of the flexible internal ring penetrates the interior of the rod member; and an operating member, one portion of which is disposed on the exterior of the rod member, and another portion is embedded in the interior of the rod member and is connected to the flexible internal ring. The user can movably deform and change the size of the flexible internal ring by operating the operating member.

A pet waste collection device for collecting and discarding pet waste. The device comprises an extendable support pole comprising a first pole portion and a second pole portion, each having a first end and a second end. The first end of the second pole portion is slidably receivable within the second end of the first pole portion A securing mechanism releasably secures the first pole portion relative to the second pole portion. A spring-biased catching component is mounted to the second end of the second pole portion. A spring-biased switch mechanism is located at the first end of the first pole portion. A cable connects the catching component to the switch mechanism. Upon pulling the switch mechanism in a general direction away from the catching component, the catching component closes. Upon releasing the switch mechanism, the switch mechanism biases back toward the catching component and the catching component biases back to an open position.

A scooping pan having a rear dumping feature that can be configured to scoop up general refuse, pet refuse, urine clumps, etc. from the ground, a litter box, etc. The scooping pan can optionally include one or more openings or slots that enable litter to pass through the openings or slots when the pet refuse, urine clumps, etc. are removed from the litter box. The rear of the scooping pan includes an openable flap that enables the general refuse, pet refuse, urine clumps, etc. in the scooping pan to be dumped out of the rear of the scooping pan.

A pet waste collection apparatus having an absorbent pad having opposing outermost layers, comprising a permeable layer and an opposing substantially leak proof layer; the absorbent pad comprising at least one innermost layer of waste absorbing material sandwiched and completely enclosed between the opposing outermost layers and completely filling a volume therebetween extending to the outer peripheral border, which has an interior passageway, a draw tape therein, and a plurality of outside cut off corners having adjacent interior passageway openings; the draw tape having a length greater than that of the outer peripheral border; the draw tape routed through the adjacent interior passageway openings exposing the draw tape at the outside cut off corners; the waste collection apparatus forming a bag, when the draw tape is pulled taut.

An animal waste collecting device for collecting and disposing of animal waste. The animal waste collecting device includes a rigid, elongated handle having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes an eyelet thereon so as to allow the elongated handle to be hung from a hook or similar support. The second end is removably secured to a bag and cable tie assembly, wherein the cable tie is configured in a loop and secured to the open upper end of the bag. The bag is used to collect animal waste, wherein the rigidity of the cable tie allows the bag to remain open. The cable tie is pulled through a locking mechanism in order to seal the bag after animal waste has been collected therein. The cable tie assembly is removably secured to the second end of said elongated handle by a clip.

A disjoinable loop is disclosed. The loop is curvilinear with a flat side, the flat side being separable from itself to disjoin the loop. On the other side of the disjoinable flat side are flanges which are mechanically connected to, and operable by, a switch which causes the loop to either join or become disjoined. In some embodiments, the default position is to have a joined loop, while in others the default position is to have a disjoined loop. An extension arm separates the switch from the loop. A bag placed over the loop is used to catch excrement falling from an animal and, upon joining the loop together, the bag falls from the loop. In this manner, one can easily collect pet or other waste into a bag.

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a liquid sample collection system, which generally comprises a means for grasping or a handle 12(b) a collection container or cup. The handle is an intervally formed unitary member having a first end or section, a medial section, angularly inclined with respect to the first section and a third section extending from the second section and substantially parallel to the first section.

An animal waste collecting device for collecting and disposing of animal waste. The animal waste collecting device includes a rigid, elongated handle having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes an eyelet thereon so as to allow the elongated handle to be hung from a hook or similar support. The second end is removably secured to a bag and cable tie assembly, wherein the cable tie is configured in a loop and secured to the open upper end of the bag. The bag is used to collect animal waste, wherein the rigidity of the cable tie allows the bag to remain open. The cable tie is pulled through a locking mechanism in order to seal the bag after animal waste has been collected therein. The cable tie assembly is removably secured to the second end of said elongated handle by a clip.

The apparatus is a tender that removes horse manure from pastures and paddocks by collecting stools of manure, grinding the manure and returning it back to the pasture as fertilizer. The tender can also process collected manure, moving it and distributing it to locations needing biomass. The tender is a specialized sled, which can be towed by small vehicle, such as a golf cart. When towed through a pasture, the tender scrapes up the horse manure, grinds it into small granules without hurting the grass, and then spreads it over a wide elongate area, utilizing a unique knife and a partitioned mesh in a structural frame. The tender has a removable bed liner for that retains some or all materials, such as collected manure, for transporting the materials, where it can be dumped or be distributed as a granular biomass.

A dog waste collection device for holding a disposable bag, with a handle having a proximal end for a user to hold the device and a distal end opposite the proximal end, a loop affixed to the handle at the distal end of the handle by a clamping assembly having a magnet for releasably securing the bag to the collection device while the collection device is used to collect dog waste.