Sack bag holder
OwnerRaymond J. Washingtoninventor
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Abstract
A hoop mountable around a mouth of a large plastic bag to hold it open; such as when lawn clippings, fallen leaves and also other refuse such as garbage, old papers, etc., are placed therein. The hoop including two axially spaced apart circular rings connected together by a series of flat metal strips therebetween; each strip being arcuately bent inward toward a center of the hoop, thus forming a circular groove around the hoop for receiving a circular coil spring band therearound and holding the bag edge that is draped over the hoop; and a pull cord being attached to the band for pulling it off afterwards.
Claims4
A sack holder comprising in combination:
- a. a hoop-like assembly with a pair of circular metal rings, axially aligned and spaced apart;
- b. a plurality of flat metal strips between said rings, and maintaining said rings spaced apart, a removable coiled tension spring band placed around an outer side of said plurality of strips, and means for removal of said removable tension coiled band from said hoop-like assembly.
A sack bag holder comprising:
- a. a pair of circular metal rings, axially aligned and spaced apart, forming a hoop-like assembly;
- b. a plurality of flat metal strips, each of said opposite ends of said metal strips rolled over around each of said rings, forming a groove between said ring;
- c. a removable coiled tension spring band placeable around an outer side of said plurality of strips, said band conforming substantially to the outer side of said strips;
- d. a cord attached at a first end to said band, so that when said cord is pulled, said band is removed from said metal hoop-like assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.