Selectively bendable animal waste scooper for sanitary handling of animal droppings

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8833817
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14163521

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An animal waste scooper has a flexible extension adapted to be reversibly coiled such that when it is uncoiled, a trigger operated jaws/scooping portion of the device is employed to pick up waste. The flexible scooper device includes a handle with a trigger, a flexible, preferably corrugated extension assembly and a pair of jaws. Other embodiments are directed to a reversibly flexible, bendable hand operated device for grasping a golf ball from the ground from a standing position.

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KOVARIK CARTER JENGLEWOOD CO

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Kovarik, Carter J Englewood, US 19 231
Kovarik, Joseph E Englewood, US 131 1846

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