US 12,330,865 B1Granted

Portable bag hanging apparatus

OwnerHoward Dayinventor

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Abstract

A portable bag hanging apparatus may easily and securely attach to a wider variety of objects and enables more diverse use cases. The bag hanging apparatus includes a catch end and attachment end connected by first and second connectors made of soft, crushable, and collapsible material. The connectors may be secured between two objects with an interference fit while the catch end provides additional retention. Alternatively, the connectors may be wedged between two objects with something less than an interference fit, relying instead on the catch end to secure it in place. All exposed portions of the portable bag hanging apparatus are composed of soft material that is quiet when it comes into contact with other objects. In addition, the portable bag hanging apparatus is small, foldable, and virtually indestructible such that it may be easily stored and transported without risk of damaging it during travel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A portable bag hanging apparatus comprising:

a catch end comprising a first support member disposed in a first soft outer member having a cylindrical shape;
an attachment end comprising a second support member disposed in a second soft outer member having a cylindrical shape;
a first cylindrical connector comprised of soft, crushable, and collapsible material wherein a first end of the first cylindrical connector is attached at an offset to a first distal end of the catch end and a second end of the first cylindrical connector is attached at the offset to a first distal end of the attachment end;
a second cylindrical connector comprised of soft, crushable, and collapsible material wherein a first end of the second cylindrical connector is attached at the offset to a second distal end of the catch end and a second end of the second cylindrical connector is attached at the offset to a second distal end of the attachment end;
a first mounting post attached orthogonally to the second support member and at least partially disposed within the first cylindrical connector;
and
a second mounting post attached orthogonally to the second support member and at least partially disposed within the second cylindrical connector,
wherein all exposed portions of the portable bag hanging apparatus are composed of soft material that is quiet when it comes into contact with other objects.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/975,149Filed 10 Dec 2024
Granted: 17 Jun 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65F 1/06
With removable inserts: with flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks
B60N 3/08
Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for: of receptacles for refuse, e.g. ash-trays
B65F 1/1415
Supports, racks, stands, posts or the like for holding refuse receptacles: for flexible receptables, e.g. bags, sacks
B65F 2001/061
With flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks: the flexible inserts being used shopping bags