Patent · US Expired

Trash bag support with collapsible legs

US4889300A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
7References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 23, 1989
Grant dateDec 26, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 23, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B67/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support structure for a flimsy plastic bag including: PA0 (a) a lightweight plastic loop, extending in a horizontal plane and defining a looping axis, PA0 (b) sleeves mounted on the loop at at least three spaced apart locations, to pivot, with frictional resistance, about the axis, PA0 (c) elongated legs carried by the sleeves to project away from the sleeves sidewardly therefrom whereby the legs may be pivoted between retracted position adjacent a plane defined by the loop, and downwardly extended position to support the loop spaced above a surface above which the legs extend, PA0 (d) the loop and sleeves sized to allow folding of the top edge portion of the bag thereover, with the main extent of the bag depending from and below the loop, between the legs.

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