Dual Action Scooper for clumping and non-clumping cat litter

摘要

An improved hand-held two-stage cat-litter scooper tool critically configured to more effectively segregate and lift-away wet cat-litter, without causing migration into, or disturbing clean dry areas. The planar leading-edge of the scooping-blade portion, is formed to either a 90-degree triangular, or transversely-square, plan-view shape; either shape thus able to project closely into the corners of a conventional cat-litter box. The rear portion of either scooping-blade includes an approximate 40-degree transverse-bend, creating an aftward containment-bowl area, effectively holding wet cat-litter when the rearward projecting handle is tilted down (the scooping-blade thus tilting upward) after a horizontal forward scooping motion. The handle is arranged along the medial longitudinal-axis of the tool, angling upward at approximately 45-degrees relative to the plane of the scooping-blade, facilitating the special tilt-loading action without dragging of one's hand into the cat-litter. A further aid to performance of the tool being shoved through soiled cat-litter, includes acutely up-turned blade sides; both set slightly back from the actual frontal-sides of the scooping-blade. This particular formation being discovered to function most effectively, providing minimal disturbance to surrounding cat-litter, while very precisely shaving away waste cat-litter. Generic-variations include a preferred 2-piece construction, embodying a stainless-steel blade portion, permanently locking into a retention-groove formed into the aftward injection-molded plastic-body forming the side-walls of the essential containment-bowl; including an integral handle member thereto.