Bag dispensing assembly
AssigneeUniflex, Inc.
InventorRobert Cunningham
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Abstract
A bag dispensing assembly for holding a plurality of bags while having the ability to dispense a single bag. The bag dispensing assembly comprises a plurality of bags, a bag holding cartridge, a plurality of buttons and a bag dispenser. The bags contain holes which are positioned over raised portions of the bag holding cartridge. The buttons are used to secure the bags to the bag holding cartridge. The bag dispenser has slots to receive the bag holding cartridge, complete with the bags and buttons secured to it. A user may remove an individual bag from the bag dispensing assembly along a perforation line.
Claims18
A bag dispensing assembly for holding a plurality of bags and for dispensing individual bags, comprising:
- a plurality of bags, each bag having a plurality of holes proximally disposed on the bag and a perforation line disposed on the distal side of the plurality of holes;
- a bag holding cartridge for holding the plurality of bags, the bag holding cartridge having a horizontal support member affixed to a vertical support member, the vertical support member having a plurality of raised portions extending therefrom and having corresponding openings extending through each raised portion and through the thickness of vertical support member, and each raised portion for receiving one hole of the plurality of holes on each of the plurality of bags;
- a plurality of buttons, each button for being inserted into each opening of the bag holding cartridge and for securing the plurality of bags to the bag holding cartridge;
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- a bag dispenser for receiving and maintaining the bag holding cartridge, the bag dispenser having a housing with a top, a bottom, a proximal portion and a distal portion, the bag dispenser having a horizontal slot and a vertical slot disposed in the housing for accepting the horizontal and vertical support members of the bag holding cartridge, the vertical slot extending through the bottom of the bag dispenser and further including an indentation for accepting the plurality of buttons, and the horizontal slot, the vertical slot and the indentation extending from the proximal portion substantially through a length of the bag dispenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.