Container for use with plastic bags
OwnerCharles B. Isgar, Shirley K. Isgarinventors
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Abstract
A rigid, self-sustaining plastic container is provided with cooperating notches and hooks for supporting a plastic bag, having handles secured thereto and wherein an opening is formed between each handle and the plastic bag, in the container so that the bottom of the plastic bag is adjacent to the bottom of the container and the open end of the plastic bag is held open so that items may be placed therein.
Claims10
In a container supporting a limp, nonself-supporting plastic bag wherein the plastic bag has at least two handles adjacent the open end thereof and wherein each handle forms an opening between the handle and the body of the plastic bag, the improvement comprising:
- a hollow container having a bottom and an upstanding peripheral wall secured to said bottom and defining an opening at the top end of said peripheral wall;
- a peripheral edge defined by the termination of said peripheral wall;
- a first pair of spaced apart notches extending downwardly from said edge into said peripheral wall;
- spaced apart portions of one of said handles inserted and retained in said first pair of notches;
- a second pair of spaced apart notches located opposite to said first pair of notches and extending downwardly from said edge into said peripheral wall;
- spaced apart portions of the second of said handles inserted and retained in said second pair of notches;
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- means for securing a portion of each of said handles located between said spaced apart portions to said peripheral wall so that the bottom of said plastic bag is adjacent to said bottom of said container and the open end of said plastic bag is held in an open position so that items may be placed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.