Abstract: A two-wire structure for use in suspending plastic bags on a rack is formed by inwardly bending each of the end portions of a single straight length of wire such that each lies against the middle portion thereof with their terminal ends butt welded together and with an upwardly directed looped protuberance formed on each end of the two-wire structure. Each end portion of the two-wire structure so formed is then bent to provide cantilevered support arms extending at right angles from each end of the middle portion thereof which forms the back of the two-wire structure by which the cantilevered support arms are attached to a rack. Such a construction provides the upwardly directed looped protuberances for use as safety precautions on the ends of the cantilevered support arms and further assures that each of the cantilevered support arms is provided with a continuous surface throughout its length.

Abstract: A two-wire structure for use in suspending plastic bags on a rack is formed by inwardly bending each of the end portions of a single straight length of wire such that each lies against the middle portion thereof with their terminal ends butt welded together and with an upwardly directed looped protuberance formed on each end of the two-wire structure. Each end portion of the two-wire structure so formed is then bent to provide cantilevered support arms extending at right angles from each end of the middle portion thereof which forms the back of the two-wire structure by which the cantilevered support arms are attached to a rack. Such a construction provides the upwardly directed looped protuberances for use as safety precautions on the ends of the cantilevered support arms and further assures that each of the cantilevered support arms is provided with a continuous surface throughout its length.

Abstract: A rack for a plastic bag has its back adjustably mounted by a pair of attachment devices on the undersurface of a hinged panel which normally covers a well provided on the table top of a checkstand in a supermarket. When a checkout clerk at the checkstand starts to work without a bagboy assisting her, she swings the panel into a upright position and lowers it into a guideway provided on the rear of the well, and then moves the rack to an elevated position on the pair of attachment devices. This enables the handles of a plastic bag to be placed over the side support arms of the rack so as to suspend the bag in an open position in the well to facilitate the clerk placing items therein as they are rung up on the register.

Abstract: A collapsible wire rack is disclosed for holding a plastic grocery bag in a suspended position with the mouth of the bag open. The base of the rack is made of two identical halves, each formed of a single length of wire. U-shaped notches for effectively locking the side supports of the rack in an upright position are provided at each corner of the base. Each U-shaped notch comprises two vertically spaced portions respectively forming continuations of the longitudinal portion and the transverse portion of a base half.

Abstract: A display rack for retail merchandise is formed without a back panel by providing a framework which uses upper and lower rear spreader bars having attachment means on the ends thereof for interconnecting the rear upright posts of a pair of spaced sidewalls. Each sidewall is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced transverse wire support members. Such an arrangement permits wire shelves formed with reinforcing rear walls to be readily mounted on the framework by fastener portions on the sides thereof engaging fastener portions on opposing wire support members of the sidewalls.