Method of using a lawn refuse disposal assembly
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsShifeng Chen, Greg Sollie, Jamie Waltermire
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Abstract
A method for using a lawn refuse disposal assembly includes providing a lawn refuse bag insert comprising a bag stand and a rake, the bag stand comprising an end wall and a side wall; detaching the rake from the bag stand; engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag; shifting lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag with the rake; and disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag.
Claims25
A method for using a lawn refuse disposal assembly comprising:
- providing a lawn refuse bag insert comprising a bag stand and a rake, the bag stand comprising an end wall and a side wall;
- detaching the rake from the bag stand;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag;
- shifting lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag with the rake;
- and
- disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag;
- wherein:
- the bag stand defines a slot;
- engaging the bag stand with the lawn refuse bag comprises engaging a top bag end of the lawn refuse bag with the slot;
- the slot defines a retainer tab;
- and
- engaging the bag stand with the lawn refuse bag further comprises gripping the top bag end of the lawn refuse bag between the retainer tab and the end wall.
A method for using a lawn refuse disposal assembly comprising:
- providing a lawn refuse bag insert comprising a bag stand and a rake, the bag stand comprising an end wall and a side wall;
- detaching the rake from the bag stand;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag;
- shifting lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag with the rake;
- and
- disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag;
- wherein:
- the bag stand defines a top stand end and a bottom stand end opposite the top stand end;
- the lawn refuse bag defines a bottom bag end opposite the top bag end;
- the top stand end of the bag stand extends beyond the top bag end of the lawn refuse bag;
- the bag stand further defines a finger opening;
- the finger opening is oriented between the top bag end of the lawn refuse bag and the top stand end of the bag stand;
- and
- disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag comprises engaging the finger opening with a user's finger and pulling the bag stand out of the lawn refuse bag with the user's finger.
A method for using a lawn refuse disposal assembly comprising:
- providing a lawn refuse bag insert comprising a bag stand and a rake, the bag stand comprising an end wall and a side wall;
- detaching the rake from the bag stand;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag;
- shifting lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag with the rake;
- and
- disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag;
- wherein:
- the side wall is hingedly coupled to the end wall at a first bend line;
- the side wall defines a first side top edge and first side bottom edge opposite the first side top edge;
- the method further comprises folding the side wall relative to the end wall at the first bend line to reconfigure the bag stand from a blank configuration to an erect configuration prior to engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag;
- the lawn refuse bag comprises a base panel, a first end panel, a second end panel opposite the first end panel, a first sidewall panel, and a second sidewall panel opposite the first sidewall panel;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag comprises confronting the end wall of the bag stand with the first end panel;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag further comprises confronting the side wall of the bag stand with the first sidewall panel;
- the side wall of the bag stand is a first side wall;
- the bag stand further comprises a second side wall hingedly coupled to the end wall opposite the first side wall at a second bent line;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag further comprises confronting the second side wall of the bag stand with the second sidewall panel;
- and
- the first side wall is substantially parallel to the second side wall.
A method for using a lawn refuse disposal assembly comprising:
- providing a lawn refuse bag insert comprising a bag stand, a first rake, and a second rake, the bag stand comprising an end wall and a side wall;
- detaching the first rake from the bag stand;
- detaching the second rake from the bag stand;
- engaging the bag stand with a lawn refuse bag;
- shifting lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag with both the first rake and the second rake;
- and
- disengaging the bag stand from the lawn refuse bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.