Leaf Catcher
OwnerReno Michael Gabrielinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a device that assists with the collection of leaves or debris by holding a garbage bag completely open so a user does not need to awkwardly bend down and hold open a bag while raking leaves into it. This invention allows the user to have both hands free to hold and use a rake or broom to sweep leaves or debris into the open bag.
Claims8
The Leaf Cather device that holds open a lawn and leaf plastic or paper garbage bag comprising of a single homogeneous plastic body, including a base, two side walls, and a top wall that makes a box frame which will make up the opening for a bag, and having a handle protruding from the top wall of the box frame, said top wall having two clips embedded within the thickness of the top wall at each interior corner and two clips embedded within the base at each interior corner to secure a standard size bag in a wide open position, and the base of the frame having extensions beyond each of the side walls to be used as a place to stand on with one foot so the device remains in a stable position and in contact with the ground while leaves are being pushed or raked into the opening, said frame base also having a tapered front lip to provide a sloped transition from the ground into the open portion of the frame.
The Leaf Catcher device of claim 1 includes two clips that are embedded within the thickness of the top wall and two clips embedded within the base, with embedment area creating a cavity that permits each clip to remain in a closed position while the top portion of the clip is flush with the adjacent surfaces to maintain a uniform surface, and the back portion of the cavity permits the clip to open for a bag to be placed within the front portion of the cavity, said cavity is further described in claim 3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.