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US 9,517,884 B2Granted
Bag stand
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorJohn Richard Muse
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Abstract
A bag stand includes at least two side panels, each side panel having a top end, a bottom end, and two adjacent side ends, each side panel connected to at least one adjacent side panel, the side panels forming the bag stand having a top end and a bottom end, the bag stand defining a top opening, a bottom opening, and an interior, the top opening sized to accept a refuse bag; and at least one connection mechanism included on each of at least two side panels for connecting to at least one adjacent side panel.
Claims17
A bag stand comprising:
- at least two subpanels, each subpanel being a unitary panel, each subpanel including at least two side panels, each side panel having a top end, a bottom end, and two adjacent side ends, each side panel connected to an adjacent side panel, each of the at least two subpanels connected to each other, the subpanels forming the bag stand when connecting the at least two subpanels together, the bag stand having a top end and a bottom end, the bag stand defining a top opening, a bottom opening, and an interior, the top opening sized to accept a refuse bag;
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- at least one connection mechanism included on each of the at least two subpanels for connecting to at least one adjacent subpanel, each connection mechanism including a connection finger and a connection recess, the connection finger connected proximate to a first end of each subpanel and the connection recess defined proximate to a second end of each subpanel, the connection finger including a clearance portion and a clasp portion and the connection recess including a clearance portion and a lock portion, the clearance portion of the connection recess of a first subpanel of the at least two subpanels sized to receive the clasp portion of the connection finger of a second subpanel of the at least two subpanels, the clasp portion configured to slide downward into the lock portion after the clearance portion of the connection finger passes fully into the clearance portion of the connection recess.
A subpanel for a bag stand, the subpanel comprising:
- at least two side panels, each side panel having a top end, a bottom end, two adjacent side ends, an inner surface, an outer surface, and a thickness defined from the inner surface to the outer surface, a first side panel of the at least two side panels connected to a second side panel of the at least two side panels with a living hinge proximate to the outer surface of each side panel, a clearance void defined between a side end of the first side panel and an adjacent side end of the second side panel, the clearance void distal from the outer surface of each side panel when the subpanel is in a flattened arrangement to allow room for the second side panel to flex at the living hinge with respect to the first side panel;
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- at least one connection mechanism for connecting the subpanel to a second subpanel, the connection mechanism including a connection finger and a connection recess;
- wherein the connection finger is connected to the first side panel and the connection recess is defined in the second side panel, the connection finger including a clearance portion and a clasp portion and the connection recess including a clearance portion and a lock portion, the clearance portion of the connection recess sized to receive a clasp portion of a connection finger of the second subpanel, the clasp portion configured to slide downward into the lock portion after the connection finger passes fully into the clearance portion of the connection recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.