Trash bag stand

Abstract

A trash bag stand comprises a lip ring, a stand fastener, a bag securing mechanism, a drop and a bag dispenser. The bags are disposable and each bag is assumed to have, as typical, a body with a length and a lip defining the opening of the bag into the bag body, the lip having a circumference. The lip ring has a circumference approximately equal to the bag lip circumference and has a length perpendicular to the plane of its circumference substantially shorter than the length of the bag. The stand fastener fastens the ring to substantially any desired support structure. The bag securing mechanism preferably takes the form of a securing ring for securing the bag lip to the lip ring, and is hingedly fastened to the lip ring to remain with the lip ring and also be movable between a position in which the securing means secures the bag lip to the ring, and a position in which the securing means is sufficiently distant from the ring to provide for placement of the bag lip on the ring. Below the ring, the stand defines open access to a trash bag placed on the ring, for removal of the bag when filled from the stand without lifting of the filled bag over the ring. The drop extends from the ring a length substantially equal to the length of the bag, to an end, and the bag dispenser is located on the end of the ring. The bag dispenser receives a quantity of bags for serial dispensing onto the ring.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.