Removable trash bag assembly for lawn mowers
OwnerFrederic L. Kerr, Carol A. Carriganinventors
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Abstract
A removable trash bag assembly for lawn mowers, wherein the bag is made of plastic and is hung from a frame attached to the mower. The bag is provided with hanging loops for easy mounting and removal with respect to the frame; and the mounting is arranged to flex the bag in tension to open slits provided in the side of the bag at its mouth due to the increasing weight of the trash as the bag progressively gets filled to exhaust the air when the primary vents in the mid-portion of the plastic are blocked. These slits also function to prevent bursting of a closed filled bag when it is dropped by providing vents at the top of the bag for any entrapped air. These slits are also functional to pass the folded open end portion of the bag therethrough to close the bag.
Claims9
For use in a mower structure of the type having a trash outlet portion;
- a foraminous bag adapted to be suspended from said mower structure comprising a body portion having primary vent means and having a neck portion adapted to be positioned in communication with the outlet portion, normally closed auxiliary vent means on said neck portion operable to open and vent said bag upon said primary vent means being obstructed by material in the bag, and said mower outlet portion comprising baffle means disposed in shielding relation to said auxiliary vent means with respect to material entering said bag to prevent exit of material through said auxiliary vent means.
For use with a mower structure of the type having a trash outlet portion;
- a foraminous bag adapted to be suspended from said mower structure comprising a body portion having primary vent means and having a neck portion adapted to be positioned in communication with the outlet portion, normally closed auxiliary vent means on said neck portion operable to open and vent said bag upon said primary vent means being obstructed by material in the bag, and said primary vent means being located in a side of said bag intermediate its ends and comprising minute apertures formed in said bag, and said auxiliary vent means comprising openings in the bag openable only upon expansion of the bag, and immovable means blocking said auxiliary venting means from the air stream to prevent exit of material therethrough and guiding the material into the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.