Abstract: A stand that holds a leaf bag in an upright configuration and maintains it in an open configuration. The stand includes a fixed diameter outer ring member and a variable diameter inner ring member that cooperate with one another to hold the leaf bag in an upright position when being filled with leaves and to hold the mouth of the bag open as well. A bag to be held is positioned so that its upper peripheral rim or mouth is encircled by the outer ring; the upper portion of the bag is then flared or folded radially outwardly so that it overlies the outer ring. The inner ring is then placed inside the mouth of the bag and the diameter of the inner ring is increased until a tight sandwiching relation is achieved between the outer and inner rings, with the upper portion of the bag positioned therebetween.

Abstract: A pipe retainer joint particularly for use in connecting lengths of plastic pipe to each other or for connecting plastic pipe to the branches of valves and pipe fittings.The pipe retainer joint in one form of the invention has a central member in which the abutting ends of pipe are sealed by means of O-rings, and a pair of split end members, joined to the central member by cast lugs, hold the pipe against withdrawal from the central member when clamped about the pipes. In a modified form of the invention, the central member and the split end members are separate from each other with the central member having external annular grooves at each end thereof, and the end members have a split annular collar which are aligned with the annular grooves in the central member and seat in the annular grooves when the split end members are clamped about the pipes.