US 6,149,303 AGranted

Portable lawn bag

OwnerEdward T. Froehlichinventor

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Abstract

A portable lawn bag includes a bag and a pair of stakes. The bag is preferably rectangular in shape with an opening substantially perpendicular to the ground. Two holes are formed at a first end to receive a first stake. Two holes are formed at a second end to receive a second stake. Each stake includes a handle portion disposed at a first end, an upstanding pin, and an offset portion which is disposed at substantially the second end. During set-up, the bag is laid with either the top or bottom on the ground. The second end of each stake is inserted through a bottom hole at each end of the bag. The stakes are forced into the ground with a combination of hand pressure applied to the handle and foot pressure applied to the offset portions until the offset portions clamp the bag against the ground. A top hole at each end is placed over the upstanding pin of each stake. The upstanding pin holds the bag open such that lawn debris may be raked therein. After the bag is filled, it may be transported by grasping the top and bottom handles together and then dragging or carrying thereof.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A portable lawn bag for gathering and transporting lawn debris comprising:

a bag having a top, a bottom, a first end and a second end, and a debris opening, said debris opening being defined by said top, said bottom, said first end, and said second end, a first bottom opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said bottom and said first end thereof, a first top opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said top and said first end thereof, a second bottom opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said bottom and said second end thereof, a second top opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said top and said second end thereof;
a pair of stakes, each one of said pair of stakes including a first end and a second end, a handle portion disposed at said first end, an upstanding pin portion extending upward from said handle portion, and an offset portion which is disposed at substantially the second end thereof;
a first one of said pair of stakes being inserted into said first bottom opening, a first upstanding pin portion being inserted into said first top opening;
and
a second one of said pair of stakes being inserted into said second bottom opening, a second upstanding pin portion being inserted into said second top opening, wherein said first and second upstanding pin portions supporting said top of said bag for the insertion of lawn debris.

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A portable lawn bag for gathering and transporting lawn debris comprising:

a bag having a top, a bottom, a first end and a second end, and a debris opening, said debris opening being defined by said top, said bottom, said first end, and said second end, a first bottom opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said bottom and said first end thereof, a first top opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said top and said first end thereof, a second bottom opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said bottom and said second end thereof, a second top opening being formed adjacent said debris opening at said top and said second end thereof;
a pair of stakes, each one of said pair of stakes including a first end and a second end, a handle portion disposed at a first end, an upstanding pin disposed at substantially the first end, and an offset portion which is disposed at substantially the second end thereof;
a first one of said pair of stakes being inserted into a first bottom opening, a first upstanding pin being inserted into said first top opening;
and
a second one of said pair of stakes being inserted into a second bottom opening, a second upstanding pin being inserted into said second upstanding pin, wherein said first and second upstanding pin portions supporting said top of said bag for the insertion of lawn debris.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/283,521Filed 1 Apr 1999 · continuation in part
Priority: 7 May 1998
Granted: 21 Nov 2000
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B65B 67/1238
Sack holders, i.e. stands or frames with means for supporting sacks in the open condition to facilitate filling with articles or materials:…
A01G 20/40
Cultivation of turf, lawn or the like; Apparatus or methods therefor: apparatus for cleaning the lawn or grass surface
A01G 20/43
Apparatus for cleaning the lawn or grass surface: for sweeping, collecting or disintegrating lawn debris
B65B
Machines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials