Bag holder
OwnerW. Donald Shewchukinventor
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Abstract
A bag holder molded integrally from plastic material for holding plastic shopping bags having handle openings is disclosed. The holder has front and rear frame members of inverted U-shape which are pivotally interconnected by plastic hinge webs which enable the opening and closing of the frames. The handle openings of a bag are positioned over upstanding flanges provided on the front and rear frames and interconnected links which are molded integrally with the frames limit the extent of opening of the frame members. Also disclosed is additional bag securing means consisting of integrally molded flexible straps which carry bag securing buttons which are snugly received within circular openings provided in the frames to clamp a bag to the holder. The holder enables the convenient hanging of plastic shopping bags for use as garbage and refuse bags.
Claims6
A holder for garbage and refuse bags integrally molded of plastic material
- comprising front and rear frame members each of inverted U-shape interconnected at the ends of their arms by hinges formed of webs of plastic material permitting relative movement of the frame members from closed contacting position to open position, and having means to secure the frame members in closed contacting position, and and
- means on the front and rear frame members to hold a shopping, garbage or refuse bag, and
- links molded integrally with the front and rear frame members, one end of each link being pivotally secured to its respective frame member by a plastic hinge web, with the free ends of the links on the rear frame member being pivotally interconnected with the free ends of respective links on the front frame member to limit the opening of the frame members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.