US Patent 8002319 Pooper scooper

A pooper-scooper device for hands-free, no bending, scoop-up, temporary storage, release, and disposal of pet droppings having longer inner handle with attached to the ground end an ejector plate with a pattern of apertures incised throughout. Inner handle is received into shorter outer hollow handle part having a plate with skewers attached in the same pattern to its ground end. Longer inner handle extends from the ground end of the outer handle or from the top end providing for movement of its ejector plate over the length of the skewers to clean the skewers of the waste skewed. A hands-free detachable holding receptacle is an optional part and offers the use of disposable bags for collecting the waste.