Container for supporting a limp plastic bag in an upright, four cornered configuration

A container for holding in a fully opened, four cornered configuration, the body and mouth of a plastic bag having upwardly extending and pleated handles, while supporting, on the sides and the bottom, a plastic bag in an upright position:

• said container comprising:
• a. a horizontal planar surface forming the bottom of said container, and a plurality of side walls formed from substantially vertical planar surfaces attached to said bottom and forming a rim along their upper extremities;
• b. a plurality of pairs of support members integrally formed with said side walls, such support members being positioned one pair connected to one said vertical planar wall;
• each support member having a horizontally extending projection extending oppositely from its paired support member, and pointing toward respective corner locations defined between adjacent pairs of side walls;
• each pair of horizontal support members being generally parallel to and in alignment with the plane of respective said side wall upon which each said pair of support members is mounted;
• each support member being capable of insertion within an inner pleat of a bag handle at a location where an outside fold of a plastic bag makes the transition from an open 90.degree. angled configuration sufficient to form a four cornered fully opened bag to a 0.degree. angled and closed configuration of a folded bag handle;
• all of said support members being generally equal to one another in height;
• and
• c. a plurality of openings, equal to the number of said support members, each said opening being located directly below and adjacent to respective said support member, each said opening being adjacent to respective corner location.