Device and method for securing bags within a container
OwnerMaria Nakamurainventor
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Abstract
A securing device for securing trash bags within a trash receptacle includes a belt member for securing a trash bag within a trash receptacle; and at least one resilient member coupled to the belt member at a first end of the at least one resilient member and operably configured to couple to an inner wall of the trash receptacle at a second end of the at least one resilient member, the at least one resilient member further operably configured to apply a biasing force against the inner wall of the trash receptacle to clamp the trash bag, without any other external forces, against the inner wall between the belt member and the inner wall.
Claims20
A securing device for securing trash bags within a trash receptacle comprising:
- a belt member for securing a trash bag within a trash receptacle;
- at least one resilient member coupled to the belt member at a first end of the at least one resilient member and operably configured to couple to an inner wall of the trash receptacle at a second end of the at least one resilient member, the at least one resilient member further operably configured to apply a biasing force against the inner wall of the trash receptacle to clamp the trash bag, without any other external forces, against the inner wall between the belt member and the inner wall.
A securing device for securing trash bags within a trash receptacle comprising:
- a belt member for securing a trash bag within a trash receptacle;
- at least one resilient member coupled to the belt member at a first end of the at least one resilient member and coupled to an inner wall of the trash receptacle at a second end of the at least one resilient member, the at least one resilient member further operably configured to apply a biasing force against the inner wall of the trash receptacle to clamp the trash bag, without any other external forces, against the inner wall between the belt member and the inner wall.
A method for securing a trash bag within a trash receptacle comprising:
- providing a securing device within a trash receptacle, the securing device having:
- a belt member for securing a trash bag within the trash receptacle;
- and
- at least one resilient member coupled to the belt member at a first end of the at least one resilient member and operably configured to couple to an inner wall of the trash receptacle at a second end of the at least one resilient member, the at least one resilient member further operably configured to apply a biasing force against the inner wall of the trash receptacle to clamp the trash bag, without any other external forces, against the inner wall between the belt member and the inner wall;
- after providing the securing device within the trash receptacle, inserting the trash bag into the trash receptacle;
- exerting a force against the at least one resilient member in a direction towards a center of the trash receptacle and away from the inner wall to create a gap between the inner wall and the belt member;
- after creating the gap between the inner wall and the belt member, folding a top portion of the trash bag over the belt member and inserting the top portion into the gap;
- and
- after inserting the top portion into the gap, releasing the at least one resilient member against the inner wall of the trash receptacle for clamping the top portion of the trash bag between the inner wall and the belt member to secure the trash bag to the trash receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.