Trash can hoop retainer

A trash can retainer for retaining trash bags in removable securement in a trash can having two lifting handles and a rim, said rim including an inner downwardly depending portion and an outer downwardly depending skirt portion connected therewith by a support concavity which is adapted to support said retainer in friction-fit relationship, with means on a first side to engage said rim just above one of said handles of said trash can in clamping relationship to thereby engage a top portion of said trash bag in friction-fit relationship and means on a second side opposite said first side for hingedly engaging in holes provided in second of said handles of said trash can, said retainer comprising two opposed annular members joined on first side by outwardly projecting radial members integrally formed therewith, in turn connected to either side of a downwardly depending U-shaped member also integrally formed therewith, said U-shaped member adapted to be cooperatively associated with the bottom of said rim in clamping arrangement, said annular members further provided with terminations on said second side, said terminations each comprising a first outwardly projecting radial member, a downwardly depending member, a second outwardly projecting radial member in a plane below that defined by said annular members, and an inwardly disposed tang member, with all members being integral with its adjacent members, said holes in said second handle hingedly engaged by said retainer adapted to receive said tang member cooperatively associated therewith in rotatable relationship to thereby provide a hinge movement of said retainer about an axis connecting said holes in said second handle.