Plastic bag stand

A plastic bag stand formed of wire to include a base and generally U-shaped sides pivotally mounted on said base to fold flat under said base for packaging and to open upright above said base for supporting a plastic bag, said stand comprising:

• a. a pair of opposed longitudinal wires having central spans spaced apart by less than the width of said sides;
• b. a pair of oposed lateral wires having mid-regions arranged approximately in the plane of said central spans of said longitudinal wires;
• c. end portions of said longitudinal wires being bent outward and downward to join said lateral wires;
• d. end regions of said lateral wires being parallel with and offset from said mid-regions;
• e. S-curves in said lateral wires between said mid-regions and said end regions;
• f. bonds joining said end regions of said lateral wires and said end portions of said longitudinal wires at the lower ends of said downward bends in said longitudinal wires;
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• g. said sides being pivotally mounted on said end regions of said lateral wires between and adjacent said S-curves and said bonds so that upper regions of said sides detent against inside surfaces of said S-curves when folded and lower regions of said sides detent against outside surfaces of said S-curves when opened upright.