Trash bag holding device for plastic grocery bags with looped handles

A device for holding plastic bags having loop handles in position to readily receive trash comprising:

• (a) a substantially rectangular base having a front surface and a rear surface circumscribed at the edges thereof by a flange extending out from said rear surface;
• (b) a pair of hooks integral with and extending directly out from said front surface of said base, said hooks positioned a distance apart about equal to the distance between loop handles of a plastic grocery bag so that the bag is tautly held across the top thereof;
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• (c) a plurality of spaced bosses defining openings adapted to receive securing elements for securing said device against he support surface and maintain said flange of said device in an abutting relationship with the support surface when said bag is in a trash filled condition, each of said bosses being integral with and extending out from said rear surface a distance sufficient to define together with said flange a collective planar surface adapted to abut against the support surface, said flange having an upward cant so that said front surface has between about a 5.degree. to 10.degree. upward cant with respect to a vertical plane when said collective planer surface abuts the support surface.