Apparatus for loading bags
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorRandolph D. Prader
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Abstract
The present invention provides a frame like structure easily attachable to a check-out counter in a grocery store environment. Handle arms are hingedly attached to the structure and perpendicularly project therefrom. The arms are further provided with a resilient tubular member which allows the arm when displaced with an applied force, to be returned to the perpendicular relationship. A support post is provided to hold a complement of plastic bags to the frame for ease in dispensing and filling the bags.
Claims13
An apparatus for the loading of bags comprising:
- a. a support frame;
- b. means for retaining a stack of bags in spaced relation to said support frame;
- said stack retaining means including a support post having an end tab thereon, said post being tansversely affixed to said frame and a handle holder affixed to said post and said frame;
- c. handle arms extending from, and hingedly attached to, said support frame;
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- means for retaining said handle arms in a substantially perpendicular spaced relation to said support frame.
An apparatus for the loading of bags comprising:
- a. a support frame;
- b. means for retaining a stack of bags in spaced relation to said support frame;
- c. handle arms including a handle stretching segment and an integrally formed inwardly bent loop extending from and hingedly attached to said support frame;
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- d. means engaging said loop for retaining said handle arms in a substantially perpendicular spaced relation to said support frame.
An apparatus for the loading of bags comprising:
- a. a support frame;
- b. means for retaining a stack of bags in spaced relation to said support frame;
- c. handle arms extending from and attached by hinges to said support frame;
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- d. means for retaining said handle arms in a substantially perpendicular spaced relation to said support frame;
- said means for retaining said arms in substantially perpendicular spaced relation to said support frame comprising a projection fixedly attached to said support frame and interposed between said hinges, said projection extending into a loop formed by said handle arm so as to be enveloped thereby, and a resilient tubular member positioned thereon so as to circumscribe said loop at said handle arm and the projection enveloped therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.