Plastic bag hanger device
OwnerCandice Carter-Manninventor
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Abstract
A new and improved plastic bag hanger device is presented for employing plastic bags, especially those plastic bags with handles which are used for bagging groceries, as liners for all sizes of trash receptacles The device comprises a clip member having an upwardly protruding flange and a downwardly protruding flange located on opposite sides of the clip member. The clip member is secured over the rim of a trash receptacle with plastic bag handles hooked onto the upwardly protruding flange if the trash receptacle is tall, or the downwardly protruding flange if the trash receptacle is short. The plastic bag hanger device may also include a second upwardly protruding flange for storing extra plastic handled bags.
Claims13
A garbage bag hanger device for hanging plastic bags inside of a trash receptacle comprising:
- a substantially inverted U-shaped clip member having first and second sides thereof and a middle portion defined by a topmost section of the substantially inverted U-shaped clip located between said first and second sides;
- a first flange member projecting upwardly from said first side of said substantially inverted U-shaped member;
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- a second flange member projecting downwardly from said middle portion nearest said second side of said substantially inverted U-shaped member.
A garbage bag hanger device for hanging plastic bags inside of a trash receptacle comprising:
- a flexible substantially inverted U-shaped member having first and second sides which terminate in first and second ends, wherein said flexible substantially inverted U-shaped member clips over a top rim of said trash receptacle such that a middle portion of said flexible substantially inverted U-shaped member rests adjacent to said rim and a portion of each of said first and second sides of said flexible substantially inverted U-shaped member make contact with a side wall of said trash receptacle;
- a hook-like member projecting upwardly from said first side of said substantially inverted U-shaped member;
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- a hook-like member projecting downwardly from said middle portion nearest said second side of said substantially inverted U-shaped member.
A method for hanging a plastic bag with two handles on the inside of a trash receptacle and storing similar excess plastic bags comprising the steps of:
- attaching two clip members each having first and second upwardly protruding flanges and a downwardly protruding flange on opposite sides of the trash receptacle;
- attaching one of the two handles of said plastic bag to at at least one of the upwardly protruding flange and the downwardly protruding flange on one of said two clip members;
- attaching the other of the two handles of said plastic bag to at least one of the first upwardly protruding flange and the downwardly protruding flange on the other of said two clip members;
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- hooking the excess plastic bags on the second upwardly protruding flange of at least one of the two clip members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.