Abstract: A new plastic bag holding device for holding open a plastic bag while it is being filled. The inventive device includes a base and a plurality of elongate pegs. The top of the base has a plurality of spaced apart sockets extending into the interior of the base. One of the ends of each peg is insertable into a socket such that the pegs are upwardly extended from the top of the base. The base also has a number of storage compartments in the interior of the base for storing the pegs when not in use.

Abstract: A vehicle for transporting a removable product carrier having a pair of handles, such as a bag. The vehicle has a wheeled frame and a pivotal forward frame member which can be collapsed against the frame or positioned at a predetermined pivotal orientation in relation to the frame. A pair of suspension brackets, one each on the forward frame member and the frame, engage the handles of the product carrier to suspend it in the vehicle.

Abstract: A plastic bag carrier to be used by an individual for lifting and carrying filled plastic grocery bags from the individual's motor vehicle to a desired location inside the individual's home. The plastic bag carrier comprises a support frame having opposite first and second ends, and a handle opening formed therein between the first and second ends for accommodating insertion of a user's hand. The rigid support frame can be a single piece structure formed from molded plastic material. The support frame includes at least one upwardly and inwardly extending hook integrally molded thereto at each of the first and second ends, about which flexible plastic bags can be hung. In an alternative embodiment, the support frame is provided with two handle openings so as to allow the user to grasp the support frame with both hands.

Abstract: A bag dispensing system for suspending and dispensing plastic bags such as T-shirt bags and merchandise bags comprises a bag dispenser constructed to be mounted underneath counters of checkouts. The bag dispensing system comprises relatively short bag engaging hooks which are inserted through apertures formed in T-shirt bags. The apertures are positioned to enable downward removal of the T-shirt bags from the bag dispenser by applying a small downward force. The bag dispensing system further comprises removably detachable bag supporting members to simultaneously support different sized merchandise bags. Merchandise bag engaging hooks provided on the bag dispenser, and slits formed through the merchandise bag panels and gussets, assist in the opening of the bags during dispensing.

Abstract: A foldable sandbag holder for supporting a conventional sandbag in an upright open-mouthed position, comprising a rear frame member having two rear vertical rods which are braced by means of crossbars extending therebetween, and a pair of side members, each side member having a front vertical rod. The side members are pivotally connected to the rear vertical rods and are movable between a flat configuration wherein the side members are folded against the rear frame member and an open rectangular configuration wherein the side members are positioned generally transversely with respect to the rear frame member. The front and rear vertical rods have pointed upper ends for piercing through the peripheral end portion of a sandbag to maintain the bag in an upright position with the mouth thereof spread open, so that it can be easily filled with sand. The vertical rods also have pointed lower ends for penetrating the ground to provide stability during filling operation.

Abstract: A new BEAR BAG SYSTEM for PROTECTING A SUPPLY OF FOOD WHILE CAMPING. The inventive device includes a length of nylon rope having opposing free ends. A bag of rocks is securable to one of the free ends of the length of nylon rope. Two supplemental bags are provided for storing food. Two lengths of curtain cord adjustably couple the supplemental bags with respect to the length of nylon cord.

Abstract: A slidable bagging rack system. The rack has a slanted back portion which slants downwardly from an upper portion to a lower portion, and has a pair spaced apart support arms with risers which extend above the upper portion of the rack. Spaced midway between the support arms is a hook member. A pack of bags, such as T-shirt bags, is loaded on the rack by pushing the risers through apertures formed in the handles and by pushing the hook member through a mouth tab aperture formed in a mouth tab of the bags. Pulling a front wall of the bag tears the handles free of their handle aperture from the risers and tears the mouth tab of the front wall free, thereby readying the bag for loading with merchandise. The slanted back not only supports the bags, but effectively lowers the level of the open mouth of the bag.

Abstract: A cart for a refuse bag has a base panel with left, right and rear upright panels attached to it. The panels have top flaps that fold over into the boxy structure formed by the panels to engage the inside of a refuse bag to hold the refuse bag upright. The cart has wheels and a handle for moving the cart and easily transporting the refuse bag.

Abstract: A recycling apparatus and system for plastic material and electronics parts. The completely assembled unit encompasses a support frame and a plurality of color coded transparent collection bags. The color scheme represents electronic resistors which coincide with the number codes of the Society of Plastic Industry. The recycling apparatus including an octagonal base member that has a base top and a base bottom. Included is a center post. The center post projects from the base top and has a lower end and an upper end. The upper end has a pair of upper diametric openings that extend through the pole. The upper end has a pair of lower diametric openings that extend through the pole. Four elongated dowel members are provided. Each dowel has three threaded recesses. A first dowel of the four dowels is positioned through one of the pair of upper diametric openings. A second dowel of the four dowels is positioned through another of the pair of upper diametric openings.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing individual pre-formed bags from a stack of pre-formed bags has a body part and an anchor part for the stack of bags. The anchor part includes a catch means for engaging the stack, whereby the stack of bags depends from the catch means, and may be grasped for removal. A stack restraining member bears against the stack to restrain the stack of bags, but can be deflected against a gravitational restoring force when one side of the first bag of the stack is drawn past it to open the first bag for loading prior to removal from the stack.

Abstract: A bulk bag support for filling wherein the bulk bag has plural handles spaced around a top perimeter thereof. The support includes a frame and an elevatable mounting platform mounted on the frame. A plurality of spaced, openable and closeable support hooks are provided on the mounting platform and are selectively activatable for movement between opened and closed positions for selectively gripping and releasing the aforesaid handles. The support hooks, when in the closed position, releasably grip the handles thereby causing the bulk bag to be suspended from the support hooks and, when lifted, above a base member of the frame and to facilitate is filling of the bulk bag. When the support hooks are in the opened position, the handles on the bulk bag are thereby released causing the bulk bag to rest on the aforesaid base member. A yieldable biassing spring is provided for continually urging the support hooks toward the closed position.

Abstract: A free-standing, one-piece bag holder made up of a resilient rolled metal. The base of the bag holder consists of two parallel base members of the rolled metal. A crossbar that is perpendicular to the base members is fixedly attached at the ends thereof to the respective base members at points on the base members which are midway between the ends of the base members. Portions of the base members extend upwardly at an angle from the opposite ends of the base members towards the mid-portions of the base members. Four legs respectively extend upwardly at right angles relative to the portions of the base members so that the sides of the bag holder diverge outwardly from one another when the bag holder is in a bag removed condition.

Abstract: A sanitization system for cat litter boxes is presented which is composed of a scoop device for straining cat litter where the scoop device has a handle member from which a scoop region extends axially. At a predetermined distance axially from the scoop region, a containment member extends laterally of the handle where the containment member has a multiplicity of venting orifices extending therethrough. A fluid reservoir is removably attachable to the cat litter box. The fluid reservoir is defined by a housing having an open end and a cavity chamber where the cavity chamber is so dimensioned and constructed to be in fluid communication with the open to permit the passage of fluid through the open end. A deodorizing and disinfectant fluid is carried in the reservoir.

Abstract: A device for holding a flexible bag, such as a plastic trash bag, inside a receptacle, such as a wastebasket or trash can. One or more of the devices may be used to hold a trash bag in a trash receptacle. The first embodiment of the invention has an U-shaped resilient clip with two opposing arms to be placed over the rim of a trash receptacle. The first arm has a flap with an extension that can snap into a cavity in the main body of the arm, between which a trash bag can be retained to secure it in the receptacle. The second arm has an end portion permanently connected by a hinge, and releasably connected by an extension that fits into a cavity in the main body of the arm, so that the end portion can swing out to release the clip from the receptacle, and swing in and be snapped in place to secure the clip to the receptacle. The second embodiment of the invention has a clipping portion by which it may be retained on a trash receptacle, and a snapping portion by which it may retain a trash bag.

Abstract: A compact rack construction is provided for mounting a pack of thermoplastic grocery or retail product bags of the T-shirt type and which includes a frame and a pair of generally horizontally and outwardly extending laterally-spaced support arms for receiving the apertures in the handles of the bags in the pack at an outer end portion and for mounting the bag pack on a horizontal portion for consecutive opening and removal of the bags from the bag pack and from the rack. Each of the support arms include an upper surface and a lower surface extending horizontally from the frame to define the horizontal portion of the support arms therebetween and then extending upwardly from horizontal at predetermined different angles and being joined at outer ends to each other by a loop surface formed with a smooth radius to define the support arm outer end portion therebetween. The upward extension of said lower surface is offset forward with respect to the upward extension of said upper surface.

Abstract: A plastic bag holding device which includes a pair of hooks and a base having a front surface and a rear surface adapted to abut against a flat surface of a cabinet door. The base is made with a top section thicker than a bottom section to provide a 5.degree. cant from the plane of the cabinet door to the front surface of the device when it is in an abutting relationship with the cabinet door.

Abstract: A portable desk and cooperative file folder holder for use in a vehicle seat or house chair. When used in a vehicle, the desk and file holder are placed in the passenger seat next to the driver. The desk includes a horizontally disposed rectangular base member which rests on the seat when in use, and a back member pivotally attached to the base member and which rests vertically disposed adjacent the back rest of the seat when in use. The back member is lockable into the vertical position. The base member serves as a work surface for papers or a note book computer and the like, and to support the back member. The back member serves to removably support and stabilize a file holder. The file holder is structured and positioned to orient held files so that the file identification tabs commonly at the top of each file are facing the driver seat.

Abstract: A storage device for umbrella sacks comprising a device body for storing a number of storage sacks for umbrellas, a movable support member arranged in the device body so as to move vertically in said device body, a foot pedal for lowering the movable support member, and open control levers for opening the storage sacks in connection with the descending motion of the movable support member.

Abstract: A decorating system enables decorative articles to be hung from high places with safety. The decorating system comprises a dual hook and an adapter. The dual hook has a ring, a first hook, and a second hook. The decorative article is held by the second hook. The adapter is attached to the end of a pole. The adapter has a finger that is insertable into the dual hook ring. A person manipulates the pole to locate the dual hook first hook over a selected support member. The dual hook is lowered slightly to rest the first hook thereof on the support member. Then the adapter finger is removed from the dual hook ring. To take down the decorative article, the adapter finger is reinserted into the dual hook ring, and the pole is manipulated to lift the dual hook off the support member and return the dual hook and decorative article to the ground.

Abstract: An insert nestingly receivable within a centrifuge cup to support a pair of fluid containing bags therein is formed from a pair of concave shapes having an upper end and a lower end and which are centrally adhered together in back-to-back relationship. The shapes together with an interior surface of the centrifuge cup together form a pair of elliptically shaped chambers for supporting a pair of the bags within the cup. A pair of pins extend through the concave shapes and extend outwardly therefrom. The bags each are provided with a pair of spaced-apart holes to receive the pins, thereby supporting the bags within the elliptically shaped chambers. Preferably a block is fitted between the adhered together surfaces of the shapes at each lateral edge at the lower ends thereof. These blocks preferably extend laterally outwardly beyond the lateral extremities of the shapes, and the edges of the concave shapes and the blocks are rounded to thereby be nestingly receivable in the interior of the cup.

Abstract: The invention is an educational device for children which is intended to teach children to be neat and orderly as well as color identification and left/right identification. It consists of a container supported in a stand or wall mount. The container is divided into at least two cells identified by color or indicia that lets children imagine that they are feeding a creature when they put an article into the container. The container may be formed from a flexible elastic or stretch material which will cause the creature to give the appearance of becoming fat as it fills up.

Abstract: A commercial laundry collection apparatus having a removable laundry bag maintained on a bag stand. The bag stand includes a bag supporting portion freely expandable to a predetermined extent. A bag body of the laundry bag has a larger bottom portion tapering to a smaller upper portion defining a bag mouth. The smaller upper portion is folded back upon the bag supporting portion of the bag stand such that the bag mouth will be open for receipt of soiled laundry. The upper portion of the bag body is dimensioned such that the bag supporting portion of the bag stand will be unable to completely expand to the predetermined extent. As a result, the bag supporting portion of the bag stand will impart an outward force tending to maintain the laundry bag thereon. The laundry bag further includes a pair of longitudinal tie members attached to the upper portion of the bag body at respective opposite locations across the bag mouth.

Abstract: The portable collection bag carrier has two tubular support posts removably mounted on a base board. A T-shaped bracket is mounted on each post. A vertical slot is formed at each end of the horizontal bar member of the T-shaped bracket. A slider member is slidably mounted on the vertical leg member of the T-shaped bracket, and a loop-shaped cable is mounted on the slider member. A collection bag may be removably mounted on the carrier by folding the top rim of the bag to wrap over the horizontal bar member of the T-shaped brackets, and placing the loop-shaped cable over the folded top rim of the bag to engage with the vertical slots. The cable is then tightened by sliding the slider member downwards to secure the bag in place. The base is also provided with a set of wheels and a tow rope to facilitate the carrier from being moved with ease around the work area for filling the bag.

Abstract: A waste bag holder includes a frame mountable on a support such as a cupboard door. The frame has inwardly projecting hooks from which the bag is suspended. A lid mounted between the frame sides defines a small rear mouth portion and a larger front mouth portion for receiving waste. Integral lips on the frame direct waste into the bag. A detachable skirt suspended from the frame conceals the bag from view.

Abstract: A self-opening pack of plastic bags for use with a bagging rack. The pack of plastic bags is formed of plastic material which has been exposed to corona surface treatment. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a central tab portion between its two upwardly extending handles, which are at the sides of the mouth of the T-shirt bags. A central tab portion is located on the front and rear walls in the mouth region of the plastic bags. The central tab portion has an aperture for receiving a retaining hook of a bagging rack, and a tearing cut which extends across the central tab portion, except for uncut portions near side edges of the central tab. The tearing cuts pass through the stack of bags and follow a non-straight path. Frangible pressure bonding is found along both sides of said tearing cut. Frangible pressure bonds are also formed on inner handle edges or edges of apertures or flaps formed in the stack of handles.

Abstract: A wicket for a bagging machine is useful for placing a plurality of objects in a first bag (11) of a plurality of juxtaposed bags. Each bag has a front (17) and back (16) wall portion and an extended tab (13). The extended tab 13 has at least two wicket apertures (18) and the bottom of the bag 71 has at least one bottom wicket aperture (19). The bags are held in a wicket comprising upper wicket pins (12) and lower wicket pin (14). Lower wicket pin holds the bottom (71) of the bag. Lower wicket pin (14) aids in overcoming difficulties experienced with bags sticking to one another. The bag mouth is opened, e.g. with an air jet, and then clamped and pulled open. The machine is useful for packaging liquid-filled pouches, vegetables and the like in bags which are placed in a case or box.

Abstract: A purse or handbag holder has a rigid body with a flat bottom for resting upon the edge of a horizontal support surface. The body has two opposed long sides. A pair of hook members are pivotally attached to, and extend horizontally from, one long side, one at each end of the long side so that they are spaced apart. In operating mode each hook member extends downward to provide a pair of strap hooks beneath the body. When a purse is hung from the holder with one strap in each hook, the purse is held open beneath the table for easy one hand access. The body may be cushioned for carrying plastic grocery bags. In storage mode the hook members pivot to parallel the body and springably engage each other. An alternative embodiment has springably closed strap engaging hooks which may grip a purse strap at any point along its length to adjust purse elevation below the support.

Abstract: Apparatuses for supporting flexible bags have been developed which apparatuses have, in one aspect, a side wall member, preferably of cylindrical or conical shape, with an interlocking device including an opening in one end of the side wall member for receiving and holding an interlocking tab on the other end of the side wall member, and one or more exterior lateral projections or anchors for holding a portion of the bag. In one aspect a portion of a bag supported within an upright structure formed with the support has a portion looped under the interlocking tab exteriorly of the upright structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for suspending conventional trash bags and other bags above the ground for the storage and/or disposal of a variety of items ranging from lawn refuse to recyclable cans and bottles to camping supplies and food. The apparatus comprises a support frame for securing the rim of the bag thereto and suspension arms coupled to the support frame through the use of engagement hooks for hanging the bag above the ground. The support frame comprises a first aperture for insertion of the rim of the bag therethrough, the rim wrapped around the sides of the support frame such that the bag opens through the first aperture. To protect the items inside the bag from weather and animals, the apparatus further includes a cover frame with a second aperture disposed on top of the support frame and a lid for covering the second aperture.

Abstract: A new and improved plastic bag hanger device is presented for employing plastic bags, especially those plastic bags with handles which are used for bagging groceries, as liners for all sizes of trash receptacles The device comprises a clip member having an upwardly protruding flange and a downwardly protruding flange located on opposite sides of the clip member. The clip member is secured over the rim of a trash receptacle with plastic bag handles hooked onto the upwardly protruding flange if the trash receptacle is tall, or the downwardly protruding flange if the trash receptacle is short. The plastic bag hanger device may also include a second upwardly protruding flange for storing extra plastic handled bags.

Abstract: A vegetable sleever is disclosed suitable for field-wrapping of vegetables such as leaf lettuce at the time of harvesting in order to prevent shipping damage. The sleever contains a steel frame assembly having three hangars for holding plastic sleeves. For each wrapping, a sleeve is individually opened, the product inserted and the sleeve removed from the sleever assembly and placed in a packing container. The sleeves are protected from wind and dirt by a front shroud covering the sides and lower front, and protective flaps on top. The frame assembly may be either used with a harness and attached to the lower leg while working in the field or mounted to a fixed support on a harvester or in a vegetable preparation area.

Abstract: A hang bag for suspension from a rain gutter to receive and contain rain gutter debris. The hang bag has a generally arcuate bow-shaped frame with a straight side portion covered by a pad and a pair of upstanding curved hooks and a pair of handles. A flexible bag having an open top end is received and releasably engaged on the frame. The hooks are received on the open top end of a conventional rain gutter and releasably and slidably engage the open top end of the rain gutter and suspend the frame in a substantially horizontal position, and the pad is engaged on the outer wall of the rain gutter to maintain the bag in a generally vertical position. In a preferred embodiment, the bag has an opening along one side provided with a zipper to facilitate emptying the bag. Optionally, a trash bag can be placed inside the outer bag to serve as a removable liner. A user can place the hang bag on the rain gutter and remove the gutter debris from the gutter and place it in the hang bag.

Abstract: A liner fastener arrangement for retaining a liner including bags with or without handles. The liner fasteners are retained relative to the container for providing removable liners.

Abstract: A refuse compacting system including a plurality of containers, each of the containers being substantially square and when placed in groups of four, forming four compacting stations, adjacent one another for occupying a reduced amount of space. In addition, the four containers would be set upon a manually rotatable platform, that would be rotatable upon a central axis for rotating the containers to a specific point when that particular container would be the point of compaction. The system would further include a single ram movable between a single preferably hydraulically operated ram movable between upper and lower positions, so that when a particular container removed directly beneath the ram, the turn-table would be manually placed in a stop position, and the ram moving to the down position in order to crush and containerize any waste materials in the container.

Abstract: A combined hamper and laundry bag which provides a convenient arrangement for separating and maintaining separation of small laundry items from large items prior to washing and throughout the washing and drying cycle. The bag comprises a mesh bag portion having one open end, a latching strip for hanging the bag, and an adhesive backed mounting strip for engaging the latching strip. The openings comprising the mesh bag are of adequate size to allow sufficient water flow. The latching strip is permanently attached to the open end of the bag and is comprised of two strips of reinforced and durable material sewn together at their ends with an opening therebetween. At the ends of the latching strips, keyholes are formed to provide for engagement with the mounting strip. The mounting strip has adhesive on one side for attachment to the inside surface of the clothes hamper. On its other side, the strip has two knobs extending therefrom for engagement with the keyholes.

Abstract: A mounting clip for trash bags used in automobiles comprises an elongated channel having a continuous rear wall and two upwardly projecting hooks spaced apart by a distance sufficient so that the flexible hook-type handles on a disposable plastic carrying bag commonly available in stores can be held by the corresponding hooks of the clip. A pair of elongated bendable mounting strips are spaced apart and permanently secured to the rear wall of the channel. Each strip is bendable into any desired configuration and capable of being reconfigured if desired. The strips are preferably made from metal to provide self-supporting properties and the ability to be bent and reconfigured. The clip is removably connected to any part of an automobile dashboard, such as the upper edge of a glove compartment door or an ashtray, followed by closing the door or ashtray over the strips to hold the clip in its fixed position for connection to the flexible handles of the disposable plastic carrying bag.

Abstract: A garbage bag holder includes a frame adapted to fit in a garbage container. The frame includes a pair of parallel rods and supports spaced apart on the rods with notches for receiving the handles of several garbage bags which depend into the container. The notches are preferably flared downward so as to retain the handles of garbage bags.

Abstract: A bag holder for holding bags such as trash bags used for gardening. It comprises a rod having two side arms integrally projecting therefrom and extending forwardly. A sleeve with large rounded heads are set at the ends of each arm. The upper edge of the bag is set around the rod and the sleeves in order to be held and kept open. The large heads of the sleeves apply a pressure to tighten the upper edge around the rod without puncturing the bag. The bend angle of the arms could be change in combination with the moving of the sleeves along the arms to accommodate bags of different sizes, shapes or purposes. The rod is vertically supported by a vertical rod or by an handle.

Abstract: A strip is provided for horizontal mounting on a vertical planar surface for holding the straps or handles of a plastic bag in upper edge notches of the strip located respectively near either end. Standoff pads are normally employed on the back of the strip toward the center from the respective notches to permit the bag straps or handles to easily slip into the notches. The notches are sized to wedge the straps so that they can be held near the back edge of the opening of the bag, which causes the bag to tilt forward in an open condition.

Abstract: A bag support device for supporting a plastic bag within a trash container, the device including a pair of elongate clamp arms structured and disposed to apply a clamping force on opposite sides of a wall of the container, and a hook member extending upwardly from a lower end of one of the clamp arms within the container, the hook member being structured and disposed to support a portion of a handle of a plastic bag placed within the container, wherein at least two of the support devices attached to opposite side walls of the container support opposite handles of the bag such that an open end thereof is held open such that items may be deposited therein.

Abstract: A semi-automatic T-shirt bag bagging rack and bags for use therewith. The bagging rack has a stationary rear wall with two spaced apart hooks and a tab receiving member. A support base is attached to the stationary rear wall. A movable front frame member moves between a first position distant from the stationary wall and a second position adjacent thereto. The movable front frame member has an upper planar member which is substantially parallel to the stationary rear wall and has a tacky rubber sheet member affixed thereto facing the stationary rear wall. A stack of T-shirt bags having a central tab with a central tab slit and a tab tearing slit cut therethrough and "C"-shaped cuts located near the inside edges of the handles are first loaded on the bagging rack by slipping the central tab slit of the stack of bags over the tab engaging member and by looping the "C"-shaped cuts on the handles onto the hooks on the rear wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compartmentalizing a container, such as for example, a garbage bin, into a plurality of individual compartments. The device has an elongated bar, to the middle portion of which a pair of transverse arms is hingedly attached. Each outermost end of the elongated bar and of the transverse arms carries a telescopically slidingly engaged extension member to allow adapting the device to different sizes of the containers. Each extension member carries a flexible resilient clip which allows suspension of the device from a rim of the container.

Abstract: A bag holder for use with a bag having at least one hand grip, which comprises an elongated body having a first end, a mid-portion and a second end with a tongue positioned at the mid-portion of the body for securing the bag holder to a nail body or the like, a cabinet door handle, an edge of a door/drawer, a side of a door, a shelf edge or the like, to securely hold a bag while maintaining the bag in an open position in order to permit easy access to the interior of the bag for placement of objects into the bag. A first and a second bag grip receiving means are positioned at the first and the second end, respectively, of the elongated body to securely and supportingly receiving the hand grip of a bag thereby supporting the bag and any objects therein.

Abstract: A receptacle is provided that has a multiplicity of projections that may be positioned at any of many locations along the upper end of the receptacle. Plastic bags for receiving trash are held by the projections. In view of the fact that the projections are movable to any desired location, one large bag or several small plastic bags can be selectively held by the projections in the receptacle. By selecting the locations of the projections the receptacle may be arranged to have one or more bags of different sizes that will fit the needs of the user of the receptacle. The projections may be placed in their desired positions in either of two ways. One way is to have a series of cavities around the top of the receptacle. The projections can be selectively placed in the various cavities to hold the desired number and sizes of bags. Another way is to have a continuous groove around the top of the receptacle to allow the projections to be positioned in any desired arrangement.

Abstract: At a retail store checkout cashier or like station, rotary device which is delineated into circumferentially spaced compartments for successively storing plastic bags with handles, moving the handles of each bag in turn between supporting hooks to open each bag, and then filling the then open bag and removing the bag with its contents, all to the end of facilitating the customer checkout procedure.

Abstract: An article and method for shaping a sheet of material around an object such as a flower pot, the article comprising a ring-shaped collar adapted to be secured around the object. The collar may comprise pinch rings or barbed piercing elements, disposed about the periphery of the collar for attaching the sheet of material to the collar, or the collar may be adapted to be secured around at least a portion of the object so that the sheet of material is held between the object and the collar. The article also may be used alone of shaping a sheet of material.

Abstract: A trash bag holding bracket device which has a frame, which is preferably of a rectangular shape and which, preferably, includes means for the adjustability of the shape of such frame is disclosed. Attachment, in either a removable or fixed manner, is achieved by a plurality of clips, preferably located at points along the frame wherein such clips can adequately support the frame of the invention within the dimensions of the trash basket being used. The plurality of clips are to engage the upper rim of the trash basket in a manner wherein the clips surround the upper rim of the basket. Preferably, the clips are also shaped in a manner in which their shape reinforces the securement of the clips to the top portion of the basket.

Abstract: A suspendable bag adapted for suspending on a structure and opening, filling, and severing away therefrom. A suspension wall extends from the bags and includes suspension holes adapted to receive suspension pegs located on the structure. A score line is provided below the suspension holes and a support hole is provided below the score line and above the bag. The support hole is adapted to receive a support bag located on the structure. During operation, the support hole, in conjunction with the support peg, allows the opening of a reclosable zipper at the mouth of the bag by only pulling on a lip connected to the front wall of the bag. The support hole, in conjunction with the support peg, further supports the back portion of the bag while the bag is being filled with various products.

Abstract: A device for holding an assembly of T-shirt type bags on a mounting surface, each bag having two shoulders, collar and an attachment opening. The device has a shoulder supporting bar having a first subsection over which the first of the shoulders may be draped and a second subsection over which the second of the shoulders may be draped, a bag separating member provided between the first and second subsections and having an upper region over which the attachment openings may be placed to support the bags and a forward facing lower region contacting and forcing forward the collar, and means for mounting the device on the mounting surface.

Abstract: A container for holding, in an upright, four cornered configuration, a folded plastic bag having upwardly extending and pleated handles; with a bag being held undistorted and fully opened by horizontal support members that are inserted into the internal pleats of a bag's handles.