Animal Regurgitation Scooping Assembly

Abstract

An animal regurgitation scooping assembly includes a scoop member and a scraper member. The scoop member includes a pan and a scoop handle attached to the pan. The scraper member includes a scraping structure and a scraper handle attached to the scraping structure. The scraping structure includes a body portion and a tapered portion that tapers to a scraper edge to permit a user to scrape animal regurgitation off of a surface and into the pan.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An animal regurgitation scooping assembly comprising:
 a scoop member comprising a pan and a scoop handle attached to said pan;   a scraper member comprising a scraping structure and a scraper handle attached to said scraping structure; and   said scraping structure comprises a body portion and a tapered portion that tapers to a scraper edge to permit a user to scrape animal regurgitation off of a surface and into said pan.   
     
     
         2 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said body portion has parallel first and second body surfaces; and   said tapered portion comprises first and second scraper surfaces extending from said first and second body surfaces.   
     
     
         3 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of said first and second scraper surfaces is inclined at an angle with respect to its corresponding one of said first and second body surfaces. 
     
     
         4 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 2 , wherein each of said first and second scraper surfaces is inclined at an angle with respect to its corresponding one of said first and second body surfaces. 
     
     
         5 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said pan comprises a bottom wall configured to receive animal regurgitation thereon; and   said bottom wall comprises a main wall portion and a tapered wall portion that tapers from said main wall portion to a front scoop edge to facilitate scooping of animal regurgitation onto said bottom wall.   
     
     
         6 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 5 , wherein said front scoop edge is disposed at a bottom surface of said bottom wall. 
     
     
         7 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 6 , wherein said pan comprises a back wall and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to retain animal regurgitation in said pan. 
     
     
         8 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 7 , wherein said scoop handle is attached to said back wall. 
     
     
         9 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said scoop member and said scraper member are releasably connectable together in a storage position when not in use. 
     
     
         10 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said scoop handle comprises a storage portion that releasably holds said scraper handle when said scraper member is in said storage position. 
     
     
         11 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 10 , wherein said storage portion extends in an offset position below said pan such that when said scraper handle is inserted into said storage portion said body portion of said scraping structure abuts flush against said bottom wall of said pan. 
     
     
         12 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 10 , wherein said storage portion comprises a contoured recess shaped similarly to outer surfaces of said scraper handle and having indented surfaces to releasably hold said scraper handle flush in a snap-fit type connection. 
     
     
         13 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said scoop handle and said scraper handle each have matching orifices therein disposed such that said orifices are aligned when said scoop member and said scraper member are connected together in said storage position to permit hanging of said scooping assembly from a storage hook or similar structure 
     
     
         14 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 10 , wherein said scoop handle and said scraper handle each have matching orifices therein disposed such that said orifices are aligned when said scoop member and said scraper member are connected together in said storage position to permit hanging of said scooping assembly from a storage hook or similar structure 
     
     
         15 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said scraping structure comprises a non-stick material to minimize adherence of animal regurgitation to said scraping structure. 
     
     
         16 . The animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said pan comprises a non-stick material to minimize adherence of animal regurgitation to said pan. 
     
     
         17 . A method of scooping animal regurgitation using the animal regurgitation scooping assembly of  claim 1 , said the method comprising the steps of:
 grasping said scoop handle with one hand;   grasping said scraper handle with another hand;   placing said scraping structure and said pan on opposite sides of an amount of animal regurgitation; and   pushing or dragging said scraper edge along a surface and into the amount of animal regurgitation and thereby scraping the animal regurgitation off of the surface and into said pan.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises washing off said scraping structure and said pan by hand or in a dishwasher. 
     
     
         19 . An animal regurgitation scooping assembly comprising:
 a scoop member comprising a pan and a scoop handle attached to said pan, said pan comprises a bottom wall configured to receive animal regurgitation thereon, said bottom wall comprises a main wall portion and a tapered wall portion that tapers from said main wall portion to a front scoop edge to facilitate scooping of animal regurgitation onto said bottom wall, said front scoop edge is disposed at the bottom surface of said bottom wall, said pan comprises a back wall and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to retain animal regurgitation in said pan, said scoop handle is attached to said back wall, said pan comprises a non-stick material to minimize adherence of animal regurgitation to said pan;   a scraper member comprising a scraping structure and a scraper handle attached to said scraping structure, said scraping structure comprises a body portion and a tapered portion that tapers to a scraper edge to permit a user to scrape animal regurgitation off of a surface and into said pan, said body portion has parallel first and second body surfaces, said tapered portion comprises first and second scraper surfaces extending from said first and second body surfaces, wherein at least one of said first and second scraper surfaces is inclined at an angle with respect to its corresponding one of said first and second body surfaces, each of said first and second scraper surfaces is inclined at an angle with respect to its corresponding one of said first and second body surfaces, said scraping structure comprises a non-stick material to minimize adherence of animal regurgitation to said scraping structure; and   wherein said scoop member and said scraper member are releasably connectable together in a storage position when not in use, said scoop handle comprises a storage portion that releasably holds said scraper handle when said scraper member is in said storage position, said storage portion extends in an offset position below said bottom wall such that when said scraper handle is inserted into said storage portion said body portion of said scraping structure abuts flush against said bottom wall of said pan, said storage portion comprises a contoured recess shaped similarly to outer surfaces of said scraper handle and having indented surfaces to releasably hold said scraper handle flush in a snap-fit type connection, and said scoop handle and said scraper handle each have matching orifices therein disposed such that said orifices are aligned when said scoop member and said scraper member are connected together in said storage position to permit hanging of said scooping assembly from a storage hook or similar structure.