Countertop Bag Holder and Method
OwnerBrian Silowashinventor
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Abstract
A free-standing device capable of holding a single storage bag for filling includes a plurality of arm sets, each arm set having two vertically extending arm extensions joined at their lower most ends to a shared horizontally extending arm component, the horizontally extending arm component of the first arm set adapted for pivotally connecting to the horizontally extending arm component of the second arm set. A method of use is also disclosed.
Claims19
A device for holding a bag for filling, said device comprising a plurality of arm sets, each arm set having two vertically extending arm extensions joined at their lower most ends to a shared horizontally extending arm component, the horizontally extending arm component of the first arm set adapted for pivotally connecting to the horizontally extending arm component of the second arm set.
A method for filling a plastic bag comprises:
- (a) providing a bag holding stand consisting of:
- a plurality of arm sets, each arm set having two vertically extending arm extensions joined at their lower most ends to a shared horizontally extending arm component, the horizontally extending arm component of the first arm set adapted for pivotally connecting to the horizontally extending arm component of the second arm set
- (b) opening the bag holding stand by extending the vertical arms at least 30 degrees apart from adjacent vertical arms;
- (c) opening the plastic bag to be filled and lipping its uppermost edges onto itself;
- (d) positioning the lipped uppermost edges onto the uppermost lips of the bag holding stand;
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- (e) filling the plastic bag as it rests over the vertical arms of the bag holding stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.