Adjustable grocery bag holder

A holder for holding a shopping bag in an open condition for loading goods into the bag through a bag opening, the holder comprising a frame and fasteners for connection to the bag, wherein:

• the frame has a left side, right side, front side, a rear side, a bottom side for resting on a bagging surface, and a top side having a first crossbar and a second crossbar for connecting to and supporting a perimeter of the bag opening, the frame having an interior space with a width extending between the left side and right side, a height extending between the bottom side and the top side, and a front-to-back depth extending horizontally between the first crossbar and the second crossbar, wherein the first crossbar is movable toward and away from the second crossbar to change the depth of the interior space;
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• said fasteners are slidably connected to the first crossbar and second crossbar for detachable connection to said perimeter of the bag opening, wherein at least one of the fasteners is movable on the first crossbar between the left side and the right side, and at least one of the fasteners is moveable on the second crossbar between the left side and the right side to capture front and rear corners of the perimeter of the bag opening;
• wherein said bottom side comprises rungs that are connected to bottom ends of the left side and the right side;
• wherein one of said rungs is a front rung at the front side of the frame, and wherein the frame further has a front opening in the front side between the front rung and the first crossbar, for accessing the bag through the front opening.

An adjustable holder for holding shopping bags of different left-to-right widths and different front-to-rear depths in an open condition in an interior space of the holder, for loading of the bag with objects, the holder comprising a frame and a plurality of fasteners connected to the frame, wherein said frame comprises:

• horizontal front and rear bottom rungs for resting on a surface, left and right sides upending from left ends and right ends of the bottom rungs, respectively, wherein each of the left and right sides has a top end, wherein the frame has a width between the left and right sides, and the left and right sides are movable toward and away each other for decreasing and increasing the interior space width, respectively;
• a left bracket connected to the top end of the left side and a right bracket connected to the top end of the right side, each of the left and right brackets having a horizontal slot;
• a rear crossbar and a front crossbar each extending between the left bracket and the right bracket, wherein the interior space has a depth between the rear crossbar and the front crossbar, and the front crossbar has left and right ends received and horizontally-slidable in the horizontal slots of the left and right brackets, so that the front crossbar is slidable toward and away from the rear crossbar to decrease and increase the interior space depth, respectively;
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• wherein said plurality of fasteners comprises at least one fastener on each of the rear crossbar and the front crossbar, for detachably connecting a top perimeter of the shopping bag to the rear and front crossbars when the front crossbar is a distance from the rear crossbar for holding the bag in the open condition.

A combination of an adjustable holder and a shopping bag received in the holder in an open condition for filling the bag with goods, wherein the holder comprises a frame, wherein:

• said frame has a left side, right side, front side, a rear side, a bottom side for resting on a bagging surface, and a top side comprising a first crossbar and a second crossbar that connect top ends of the left and right sides;
• said frame has an interior space having a width extending between the left side and right side, a height extending between the bottom side and the top side, and a front-to-back depth extending horizontally between the first crossbar and the second crossbar, wherein the first crossbar is movable toward and away from the second crossbar to change the depth of the interior space;
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• wherein the holder further comprises fasteners that are connected to the first crossbar and second crossbar and that detachably connect to, and support, a perimeter of the bag extending around the opening of the bag;
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• wherein at least one of the fasteners is moveable on the first crossbar between said left side and said right side to connect to front, left and right corners of said perimeter, and at least one of the fasteners is moveable on the second crossbar between said left side and said right side to connect to rear, left and right corners of said perimeter;
• wherein the bottom side of the frame comprises rungs that connect bottom ends of the left side and the right side, wherein the rungs, the first crossbar, and the second crossbar telescope to move the left side and the right side toward and away from each other to adjust the width of the interior space.