US 5,636,416 AGranted

Garbage bag maintenance system and method

OwnerMichael J. Andersoninventor

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Abstract

A device and method for securing a plastic bag within a trash receptacle or other receptacle are provided. The garbage bag maintenance system device employing a front and rear plate in springing engagement with one another, the front plate employing an opening through which a portion of a trash container liner is threaded, when the desired amount of the trash container liner is threaded through the opening, the front and back plate are released causing them to shut over a portion of the trash container liner thereby creating a snug engagement between the trash container liner and the top rim of a trash container. This engagement of the trash container liner with the front and back plate of the device holds the trash container liner in place so that it remains substantially in the position it is adjusted to and resists being pushed down into the trash container.

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Dependent claims

A container with a removable plastic Liner and an attachment clip for holding the liner in place, comprising:

a support container having an upper rim;
a plastic liner inserted within the support container and having an upper edge wrapped over the upper rim and around the support container;
at least one attachment clip coupled to the upper edge of the liner which extends around the receptacle, said attachment clip comprising opposing first and second plates coupled together at one side, said second plate being configured as an annulus surrounding an annular opening within the second plate, said attachment clip including:
a gripping means applied to the first and second plates and having the liner captured in a desired position between the first and second plates and in relation to the receptacle;
and
an adjustment means formed by the attachment means and gripping means, in combination with the annular opening of the second plate, and having a section of the liner extending through the second plate and retained within the gripping means, for adjusting said liner to said desired position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.