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US 2009/0020657 A1Published application
Systems and methods for a container facilitating the use and reuse of handled bags
OwnerDouglas C. Dayton, Sung K. Park +1inventors
InventorsDouglas C. Dayton, Sung K. Park, William C. Stewart
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention, a container may comprise a receptacle portion dimensioned to receive a handled bag and at least one handle flange disposed on a top edge of the receptacle to provide a holding fixture for a handle of the handled bag and to facilitate opening the bag, wherein the at least one handle flange flexes to engage a handle opening of the handled bag.
Claims22
A container, comprising:
- a receptacle portion dimensioned to receive a handled bag;
- and
- at least one handle flange disposed on a top edge of the receptacle to provide a holding fixture for a handle of the handled bag and to facilitate opening the bag, wherein the at least one handle flange flexes to engage a handle opening of the handled bag.
A container, comprising:
- a receptacle portion dimensioned to receive a handled bag;
- and
- at least one handle flange disposed on a top edge of the receptacle to provide a holding fixture for a handle of the handled bag and to facilitate opening the bag, wherein the at least one handle flange flexes to engage a handle opening of the handled bag and when released from the flexed position, tensions the handled bag to keep it taut in the opening of the container.
A method, comprising:
- dimensioning a receptacle portion of a container to receive a handled bag;
- and
- disposing at least one handle flange on a top edge of the container to provide a holding fixture for a handle of the handled bag and to facilitate opening the bag, wherein the at least one handle flange flexes to engage a handle opening of the handled bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.