US 6,199,802 B1Granted

Collapsible trash bag holder

OwnerGary C. Scheibe, Sr.inventor

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Abstract

A collapsible trash bag holder for holding a trash bag open. The collapsible trash bag holder includes a ring portion comprising a plurality of arcuate ring sections. The ring portion is adapted for receiving a trash bag through it. A plurality of generally T-shaped T-fittings couple the ring sections together. A plurality of legs are pivotally coupled to the T-fittings and downwardly extend therefrom for supporting the ring portion in a spaced apart relationship from a ground surface.

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A bag holder, comprising:

a ring portion comprising a plurality of arcuate ring sections, said ring portion being adapted for receiving a bag therethrough;
a plurality of generally T-shaped T-fittings coupling said ring sections together;
a plurality of legs being pivotally coupled to said T-fittings and downwardly extending therefrom for supporting said ring portion in a spaced apart relationship from a ground surface;
each of said legs having top and bottom ends, and upper, middle, and lower portions;
said upper portions being positioned towards said top ends of said legs, each of said middle portions being angled from the associated upper portion at an obtuse angle between about 20 and 90 degrees, each of said lower portions being angled from the associated middle portion at an obtuse angle between about 20 and 90 degrees such that said lower portions lie on a line extending parallel the associated upper portions;
each of said legs being pivotable between a deployed position and a retracted position, said lower portions of said legs being positioned outwardly of said ring portions when said legs are in said deployed position, said lower portions of said legs being positioned inwardly of said ring portions when said legs are in said retracted position;
each of said bottom ends of said legs having a base disc coupled thereto for helping prevent said legs from sinking into a ground surface;
said T-fittings being pivotable with respect to said ring portion for permitting pivoting of said legs towards and away from said ring portion for permitting adjustment of a height of said ring portion above said ground surface;
each of said T-fittings having threaded ends,
free ends of each of said ring sections of said ring portion having a nut rotatably coupled thereto, said nuts of said ring sections being threadedly coupled to said T-fittings;
said top end of each of said legs having a nut rotatably coupled thereto, said nuts of said legs being threadedly coupled to said T-fittings;
a length of each of said legs being defined between said ends thereof;
wherein an inner diameter of said ring portion is between about 16 and 20 inches;
a plurality of clipping means for clipping an upper rim of said bag to said ring portion;
wherein said clipping means comprise clips each having a pair of opposed finger portions, each of said finger portions having a first and a second end, said first ends of a pair of said finger portions being biased together;
said first end of each of said finger portions having an inner channel extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said finger portion, said inner channels of said finger portions of each clip facing each other, said inner channel having a radius of curvature about equal to the radius of curvature of an outer periphery of said ring portion;
and
said second ends of said finger portions of each clip flaring outwardly for increasing the distance that said first ends of said finger portions may be opened.

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Abstract

A bag holder, comprising:

a ring portion comprising a plurality of arcuate ring sections, said ring portion being adapted for receiving a bag therethrough;
a plurality of generally T-shaped T-fittings coupling said ring sections together;
a plurality of legs being pivotally coupled to said T-fittings and downwardly extending therefrom for supporting said ring portion in a spaced apart relationship from a ground surface;
each of said legs having top and bottom ends, and upper, middle, and lower portions;
said upper portions being positioned towards said top ends of said legs, each of said middle portions being angled from the associated upper portion at an obtuse angle between about 20 and 90 degrees, each of said lower portions being angled from the associated middle portion at an obtuse angle between about 20 and 90 degrees such that said lower portions lie on a line extending parallel the associated upper portions;
each of said legs being pivotable between a deployed position and a retracted position, said lower portions of said legs being positioned outwardly of said ring portions when said legs are in said deployed position, said lower portions of said legs being positioned inwardly of said ring portions when said legs are in said retracted position;
each of said bottom ends of said legs having a base disc coupled thereto for helping prevent said legs from sinking into a ground surface;
said T-fittings being pivotable with respect to said ring portion for permitting pivoting of said legs towards and away from said ring portion for permitting adjustment of a height of said ring portion above said ground surface;
each of said T-fittings having threaded ends,
free ends of each of said ring sections of said ring portion having a nut rotatably coupled thereto, said nuts of said ring sections being threadedly coupled to said T-fittings;
said top end of each of said legs having a nut rotatably coupled thereto, said nuts of said legs being threadedly coupled to said T-fittings;
a length of each of said legs being defined between said ends thereof;
wherein an inner diameter of said ring portion is between about 16 and 20 inches;
a plurality of clipping means for clipping an upper rim of said bag to said ring portion;
wherein said clipping means comprise clips each having a pair of opposed finger portions, each of said finger portions having a first and a second end, said first ends of a pair of said finger portions being biased together;
said first end of each of said finger portions having an inner channel extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said finger portion, said inner channels of said finger portions of each clip facing each other, said inner channel having a radius of curvature about equal to the radius of curvature of an outer periphery of said ring portion;
and
said second ends of said finger portions of each clip flaring outwardly for increasing the distance that said first ends of said finger portions may be opened.

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