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US 2003/0190097 A1Published application
Hanging bag with a resiliently adjustable opening
OwnerMohammed A. Hajianpourinventor
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Abstract
A trash bag includes a flexible receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom, a resilient stiffener attached to extend around the open top, and an attachment tab extending from the resilient stiffener for fastening the trash bag to hang from a structure within a vehicle. For example, both the flexible receptacle and the resilient stiffener are composed of a thermoplastic resin, being attached by heat sealing. Alternately, the flexible receptacle may be composed of paper, being adhesively attached to a cardboard or plastic stiffener.
Claims20
A bag comprising:
- a flexible receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom;
- and
- a resilient stiffener including a plurality of flexibly connected segments extending end to end along said resilient stiffener, wherein said segments are fastened to said receptacle to extend essentially around a periphery of said open top, wherein said segments are substantially thicker than an adjacent wall of said flexible receptacle, wherein said segments are moved by flexure between adjacent segments between a closed position holding opposite sides of said open top close to one another and an open position holding said opposite sides of said open top separated from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.