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US 8,944,302 B2Granted
Plastic bag holder for a vehicle
OwnerVernon L. Nolaninventor
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Abstract
An elongate strap to be used to hold a trash bag in a vehicle has a specially-shaped head rest post catch portion at one end and a specially-shaped bag handle hook portion at the other. The catch portion is placed to partially encircle both head rest posts on a vehicle seat, allowing the strap to drape over the shoulder of the seat so that the hook portion hangs between the seats. The hook portion comprises two spaced-apart funnel shaped cuts which hold the handles of a plastic grocery bag apart for easy disposal of trash by either left or right seat occupant.
Claims5
A bag holder, comprising:
- an elongate strap having
- a substantially straight rear edge, an upper end, a flexible middle portion, and a lower end;
- the upper end comprising
- a plurality of slots through the strap ending in a like number of holes;
- the centers of the holes disposed along a line parallel to the rear edge,
- the line being displaced forwardly from the rear edge by a first length;
- the lower end comprising
- a straight resilient bottom edge substantially at right angles to, and projecting forwardly from, the rear edge;
- the bottom edge being a second length substantially greater than double the first length, and comprising
- a first hook portion proximate to the intersection of the rear edge and the bottom edge;
- and
- a second hook portion proximate to the forward end of the bottom edge.
9 more elements
A bag holder comprising:
- an elongate
- upper portion shaped to extend horizontally across a vehicle seat back and downwardly over one shoulder of the seat, comprising
- two holes therethrough shaped to engage two vehicle seat head rest posts:
- a first rear edge lying in a substantially vertical plane, the plane being a first distance behind the head rest posts;
- and
- a lower portion depending from the upper portion, comprising
- a substantially vertical second rear edge also lying in the plane;
- and
- a straight resilient bottom edge substantially at right angles to, and projecting forwardly from, the second rear edge:
- the bottom edge being a second length substantially greater than double the first length, and comprising
- a first hook portion proximate to the intersection of the second rear edge and the bottom edge;
- and
- a second hook portion proximate to the forward end of the bottom edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.