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US 8,985,854 B2Granted
Adapter for a free-standing bag
AssigneeTitan IP LLC
InventorSantosh Arcot
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an adapter for use with ordinary lawn and leaf bags and a method for manufacture of such adapter. The adapter has a cavity that has four sides and four corners, and a lower portion consisting of four flaps. The use of a frame, side and/or corner fasteners create an adapter where the flaps lie inside the bag and the cavity remains outside the bag to create a large surface area for filling the bag and also prevents the mouth of the bag from closing due to wind or other forces.
Claims8
An adapter piece for a free-standing bag, the adapter piece comprising:
- a plurality of upper side sections, wherein each upper side section comprises at least one horizontal-restraining strap, wherein the at least one horizontal-restraining strap is configured such that when the at least one horizontal-restraining strap receives a side fastener, the side fastener is removably connected to the at least one horizontal-restraining strap and one of the plurality of upper side sections;
- a plurality of connector sections that connect the upper side sections in an expandable manner so as to define a cavity, wherein the cavity comprises:
- a lower opening of substantially the same size as an opening at an upper end of a bag;
- and
- an upper opening that is larger than the lower opening when the adapter piece is expanded;
- a plurality of insert sections, wherein each insert section is connected to one of the plurality of upper side sections at the lower opening of the cavity;
- and
- wherein the adapter piece is attached to the upper end of the bag, such that the plurality of insert sections are inside the bag and the side fastener engages the bag to the plurality of insert sections from the outside of the bag, such that the upper end of the bag is located between the side fastener and the plurality of insert sections.
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An adapter piece for a free-standing bag, the adapter piece comprising:
- a plurality of upper side sections;
- a plurality of connector sections, wherein each connector section comprises at least one corner-restraining strap, wherein the at least one corner-restraining strap is configured such that when the at least one corner-restraining strap receives a corner fastener, the corner fastener is removably connected to the at least one corner-restraining strap and one of the plurality of connector sections;
- wherein the plurality of connector sections connect the upper side sections in an expandable manner so as to define a cavity, wherein the cavity comprises:
- a lower opening of substantially the same size as an opening at an upper end of a bag;
- and
- an upper opening that is larger than the lower opening when the adapter piece is expanded;
- a plurality of insert sections, wherein each insert section is connected to one of the plurality of upper side sections at the lower opening of the cavity;
- and
- wherein the adapter piece is attached to the upper end of the bag, such that the plurality of insert sections are inside the bag, a portion of the corner fastener is inside the bag, a second portion of the corner fastener is outside the bag and a third portion of the corner fastener rests atop a corner of the bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.