US 11,937,568 B2
Cat litter scoop
Elva Janese Morris, Mililani, HI (US); and Michael Starkey, Kent, OH (US)
Assigned to ELVI 9, LLC, Mililani, HI (US)
Filed by ELVI 9, LLC, Mililani, HI (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,283.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,745, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0289741 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0114 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cat litter scoop comprising:
a handle portion having a top surface, a front end having a front surface, and a back end, the front surface having an attachment opening therein for receiving a scoop attachment;
a release having:
a button that extends from the top surface of the handle portion;
a shoulder that attaches to the button, the shoulder having a button protrusion extending downward away from the button; and
a release arm that extends from the shoulder rearward towards the back end of the handle portion; and
a lock positioned within the handle portion, the lock having:
a grip area positioned proximate to the attachment opening, which engages a scoop body of the scoop attachment;
a release contact area coupled to the grip area; and
a lock arm that extends from the release contact area rearward towards the back end of the handle portion;
wherein:
the handle portion includes a common securement that fixedly holds a distal end portion of the release arm and a distal end portion of the lock arm, such that the release and the lock can pivot within the handle portion about the common securement.