Abstract: Activator for fluidizing slow-moving material in fluid containers (10). The activator comprises a flat activator hose (15) which is suspended on a support member (16) arranged like a coat-hanger, a conduit (17) projecting into the activator hose between the layers thereof for the supply of pressurized gas pulses to the space between the front and rear layers of the activator hose. At least the front layer of the activator hose is gas-permeable and allows transmission of the pressurized gas pulses to the material in the container, a rhythmical movement simultaneously being imparted to the front layer in relation to the rear layer in pace with the pressurized gas pulses.

Abstract: A support for suspending a body fluid drainage bag from a structure includes a generally planar one-piece body having first and second opposed ends including a hanger at the first end to which a drainage bag can be attached. A support arm depends from the second end and is connected via a living hinge to the body, the body, the living hinge and the support arm being of one piece. The support arm is movable from a first position in the plane of the body to a second position perpendicular thereto. The support arm and body include cooperating locking members to lock the support arm in the second position while at the same time removing the load from the living hinge. The support arm is configured to accomodate two different sizes of standard hospital bed frames and auxiliary string support attachments are provided to allow the drainage bag to be supported a continuously variable distance below the structure from which it is suspended.

Abstract: A support system for supporting a plastic bag in a household trash container wherein each of the plastic bags has at least two handles and an opening formed between each handle and the body of the plastic bag and wherein the support system may be located as desired so that the bottom of the plastic bag is in contact with the bottom of the container and the open end of the plastic bag is held open so that items may be deposited therein.

Abstract: A drainage bag includes front and rear walls of plastics material and is combined with a support. The walls are welded together along their top edges in such a way as to define a plurality of linearly-spaced through holes which do not communicate with the interior of the bag. These holes are capable of accepting hooks or studs on a support (or hanger) separate from the bag. The support has spaced hooks or studs constructed to be respectively received in the holes.The hanger may be molded in one piece of synthetic plastic.

Abstract: A removable garbage bag holder for holding garbage bags open in kitchen sinks, such as the plastic food bags used in bringing food home from grocery stores, for receiving peelings of fruit and vegetables being peeled above it, and for receiving leftover food from dinner plates and the like, comprising a cylindrical ring, a first mounting bracket with a first suction cup, a second mounting bracket with a second suction cup, with the first suction cup facing 90.degree. away from the second cup so as to attach to adjacent walls in a corner of a sink.

Abstract: A liquid drainage system comprising, a receptacle having a chamber for collection of liquid therein. The system has a housing secured to an upper portion of the receptacle and having opposed ends. The housing has a pair of opposed elongated flexible handle members extending from the housing ends, and a device for interlocking the outer ends of the handle members together to serve as a handle for the receptacle.

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 liquid drainage system comprising, a receptacle having a chamber to receive the liquid, and a drainage tube communicating with the chamber. The system has a formed sheet of flexible material, with the sheet being of one-piece construction. The sheet has an elongated bar received in an upper portion of the receptacle, a first connecting portion extending from one side of the bar at a generally central location thereof, a first hinge extending across the sheet at an outer end of the first connecting portion, and a second elongated connecting portion extending from the first hinge on a side of the first hinge opposite the first connecting portion. The second connecting portion is flexed about the first hinge to align the first and second connecting portions in a facing relationship. The sheet has second and third hinges extending along opposed sides of the second connecting portion, and first and second hook members connected to the second and third hinges.

Abstract: A holder for a waste-disposal bag, to be installed in a confined space such as the interior of a passenger automobile, has a mounting bracket secured to an upright wall to which a rectangular frame is articulated for swinging about a horizontal pivotal axis from a depending position into a level position in which it is arrested by a stop. A lid overlying the frame is biased by a torsion spring into a closure position and has an edge portion projecting beyond the frame engageable by a user's finger for swinging the frame from its depending position into its level position and, thereupon, lifting the lid off the frame in the same motion to give access to a bag suspended from a rectangular insert inside the frame. The insert, which like the frame and its lid consists of plastic material, is resiliently indexed in the frame and rests against internal abutments thereof which are integral with a ledge forming an abutment for the torsion spring.

Abstract: A clip for supporting a catheter drainage bag having upper and lower elongated arms joined by a bend and a hook attached to one end of the lower arm is provided. The upper and lower arms have opposing surfaces spaced to grip the seat of a chair inserted therebetween. Fingers extending from the lower arm of the clip are provided to support a coiled portion of a catheter drainage tube. Also provided is a curved extension from the upper arm for maintaining the tube in a straight and parallel relationship with the clip.

Abstract: A package for a cryogenically frozen liquid material which includes an enclosed flat pouch formed by two layers of a cryogenically durable, transparent, thermoplastic polymer film having heat-sealed inner edges with laminated fins extending outwardly along at least about 15% of the pouch periphery, the fins being extensions of the 2 film layers and having a heat-sealed area along their inner edges, and also at least in a marginal area adjacent their outermost peripheral edge. The invention also includes a protective supporting package to enclose and securely hold the pouch and its contents.

Abstract: A pistol holster bracket for supporting a pistol in its holster on the side of a bed is disclosed. The holster bracket has a member which slides between the mattress and a box spring and an upstanding vertical member with an angled element for receiving the belt loop of a holster. The angled element has an angle of sufficient decree to tilt the holster to a position where the pistol is easily accessible by a person lying in bed.

Abstract: A device for collecting body liquids comprising, a receptacle having a chamber to receive and collect the body liquids. The device has a stand having a back member, and legs extending from a lower portion of the back member. An upper portion of the stand is connected to an upper portion of the receptacle. The device has an elongated handle member having inner and outer ends, with the inner end of the handle member being connected to the upper portion of the stand.

Abstract: This bag opener has a ring-shaped portion dimensioned to fit inside the top of a bag. A plurality of substantially straight leg portions extend substantially normal to a plane defined by the ring-shaped portion. The leg portions are dimensioned to extend inside the bag when the ring-shaped portion is in place inside the top of the bag. The bag opener is especially adapted for use in yard work for filling the bag while it lies along the ground. The bag opener is readily removed from the bag without disturbing its contents when the bag is full of leaves, grass or other materials.

Abstract: A wicketed bags packet is provided that comprises a stack of flattened, flexible plastic bags having two wicket holes therethrough; wicket shanks extending through said wicket holes respectively; and elongate, flexible binding members crossed in an under-to-over pattern between said shanks and forming a handgrip for said packet, each said binding member being affixed to a shank, respectively, at the rear of said stack and extending to and being removably and reclosably affixed to the other of said shanks at the front of said stack. An associated method for dispensing wicketed bags is also provided.

Abstract: Bags are dispensed from a stack of bags by locating the stack of bags on a dispensing surface and elastically pinching the stack of bags to the dispensing surface with an elastic compression means. The bags are thus capable of being removed from the stack one at a time without otherwise disrupting the stack.

Abstract: A device for collecting body liquids comprising, a receptacle having a chamber to receive and collect the body liquids. The device has a stand having a back member, and legs extending from a lower portion of the back member. An upper portion of the stand is connected to an upper portion of the receptacle. The device has an elongated handle member having inner and outer ends, with the inner end of the handle member being connected to the upper portion of the stand.

Abstract: An article supporting device adhesively mountable on a surface such as the dashboard of a vehicle is formed from thin flexible plastic material to have integral mounting and strap portions, the strap portion being displaceable into a loop configuration for supporting an article such as a litter bag. The mounting portion is provided with an integral button, and the strap portion has an outer end provided with a slit to receive the button for the latter to retain the strap in the loop configuration. The strap portion is provided with a constraining member of plastic material integral therewith and positioned therealong to constrain the loop to have a generally uniform curvature under the weight of an article supported thereby. A litter bag stay device can be removably associated with the loop to engage against the back wall and between the side walls of a litter bag supported by the loop.

Abstract: Proposed is a burl foil that can be installed as insulation in shed-like buildings, in particular greenhouses, where a Jalousie-like movement of the burl foil from an at-rest position into a use position is said to be possible, without that the required space for stacking the burl foil in the at-rest position be too large. Additionally proposed are attachment means for the burl foil to drawing means or wire ropes that are embodied as simply structured, commercially producible clamping parts that can also be installed by lay persons on any whatever burl foils.

Abstract: A filter bag tensioning device for use in a bag house is disclosed. The tensioning device comprises a straight lever arm adapted to be pivotally mounted in the upper reaches of a bag house and carrying, on the end of the lever arm opposite that of filter bag attachment, a semi-fixed counterweight. The semi-fixed counterweight is prevented from rotating as its end of the lever arm moves in an ascending direction from a horizontal position but is free to rotate as its end of the lever arm moves in a descending direction from horizontal, to thereby continuously maintain a desired design tension on an attached filter bag. In a preferred embodiment, the lever arm can also be rotated to a vertical position and then moved longitudinally of its pivot to substantially lower the filter bag attachment point, thereby greatly facilitating attachment and replacement of filter bags and, in a further preferred aspect, to permit these operations to be performed by a workman having both hands free.

Abstract: A refuse receptacle with refuse bags being supplied from the bottom thereof from a replaceable package of said bags. The container has a general usefulness but is particularly adapted for use in counting and disposing of sponges and other articles during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: The apparatus disclosed includes a punching bag member (2) having a body portion (4) and a neck portion (6). A supporting member (8) engages the neck portion (6) for supporting the punching bag member (2) between a pair of vertical members such as in a door frame (10) or the like. The arrangement is such that supporting member (8) engages brackets (12) on the vertical members and supports the punching bag member (2) so that it offers resistance to the user when body portion (4) is struck and automatically returns to its normal position.

Abstract: A system for routing correspondence from a first location including a plurality of slot entries to a predetermined conveyor path to a second, discharge location. A collection assembly is disposed at the discharge location for collection of routed correspondence along two adjacent conveyor paths.

Abstract: A bag holder support system comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be mounted on a wall or door. Each bracket has a horizontal portion with a central upwardly extending portion for receiving the handle opening in one side of a bag, the bag having spaced oppositely extending walls with a handle portion formed by an opening in the walls. The portions of the bracket which extend horizontally away from the upwardly extending portion of each bracket thereby suspend one wall of the bag. Members are mounted on each bracket and are movable into position after a bag is suspended on the bracket to hold the wall of the bag in position and maintain the wall so that the bag is held open.

Abstract: A drainage receptacle comprising, a container having a chamber for receiving body fluids and a pair of spaced apertures adjacent an upper portion of the container. The receptacle has a support member having a pair of spaced openings and a hook. The receptacle also has an elongated cord passing through the apertures with an end portion extending from each of the apertures and a central portion extending between the apertures. The end portions of the cord are received in the openings of the support member and the cord central portion is received on the hook.

Abstract: The specification discloses an especially designed and built bag frame that comprises a closed loop of tubing having a shaped form about which the open end of a refuse bag of plastic or other flexible material may be stretched and wrapped so as to hold the mouth of the bag open while the user rakes or gathers in grass, leaves, or other refuse. In one embodiment the frame is D-shaped so that the flat side may rest squarely on the ground. In another embodiment the frame includes spikes adjacent the flat side so that the frame may forceably be engaged with the earth so that it will stand alone when the user releases hold thereof; this permits the user to have both hands free for the raking or gathering activity.

Abstract: An apparatus for suspending a drainage bag from a patient's bed or other structure, so fluid can be drained from the patient into the bag. The apparatus includes a hanger to which the bag can be attached and a hook for securing the hanger with the attached bag to the bed rail. The hanger has a bag support spar, L-shaped arms depending therefrom, a clip on the free end of one of the arms, and a connector on the free end of the other arm, so that insertion of one of the arms into a slotted portion of the bag and then insertion of the connector into the clip secures the bag onto the hanger. The hook has an arm attachable to a tab on the hanger and other arms for securing the hook to the bed rail. The arms are constructed so that the hanger and hook can cooperate to suspend the bag in a vertical plane with respect to the ground. In one embodiment of the apparatus, the arm of the hook attachable to the hanger is semicircular.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus for mechanically separating cellular elements suspended in whole blood solutions. After subjecting sealed packets of whole blood to centrifugal forces which will cause isolation of red and white blood cells, the packet is inserted within the present invention apparatus at the interface of the isolated red and white cells. A pair of parallel, spaced clamping surfaces are brought into juxtaposition with the sides of the blood packet along the cell interface causing the interior surface of the blood packet to mechanically isolate the cells along the edges of the opposed surfaces. A pair of securing arms are urged against a resilient force secured across the clamping surfaces to maintain a substantially constant force along the entire portion of the blood packet in contact with the clamping surfaces.

Abstract: A low non-skidding rack holds a breathing bag against the operating room floor in position to be conveniently squeezed rhythmically by the anesthetist using the ball of his foot, thus reinforcing or even taking over the depressed respiration of his patient, while leaving both his hands free for doing venipunctures and performing other functions. The rack includes at one end a rigid tube, removable for sterilization, which couples a breathing hose coming off the gas machine to the mouth of the gas bag, and at the other end an arm with means for gripping and holding the tail of the gas bag.

Abstract: An improved spreader for leaf bags which not only is collapsible for compact packaging and storage but is provided with ground engaging skid elements to permit the same to be dragged along the ground while maintaining the mouth of the bag above the ground to prevent the bag from being pulled from the frame during the dragging operation.

Abstract: A solution container hanger for use in infusion or drain of a solution from a patient, foldable for storage or transportation. The hanger comprises two basic parts: a first member and a second member rotationally affixed to the first member to enable the hanger to be placed in an infusion, drain, or storage position. Hanger means are attached to the second member to enable the solution container hanger to be hung from a door or other elevated structure for infusion of a solution. Support means are attached to the first and second members from which a solution container is hung for infusion or drain. The first and second members are positioned substantially perpendicular in a drain position and substantially parallel in an infusion or storage position.

Abstract: The support frame of the invention is comprised of wire mesh bent to cylindrical form with hook-shaped wire stubs projecting from its confronting edges which are hooked and clinched in a fillet with channeled edges providing a side closure; the resultant cage being fitted with base end caps.

Abstract: A waste container for hanging on a bed side rail of a hospital patient; including a rigid plastic box that is open on top and a disposable paper bag fitted therein, a pair of straps snap-fastened to the box for being suspended around the bed side rail.

Abstract: A hanger for securing a urinary drainage container to various sizes and shapes of bed rails. The hanger includes a hook with an inner lug which engages such rails and positions a container support that is connected to the hook.

Abstract: First and second generally U-shaped frame sections each including a pair of generally parallel arms interconnected at one pair of corresponding base ends by means of a connecting structure extending and connected therebetween are provided. The first frame section includes structure for support from a vertical support surface with at least the opposite ends of the connecting structure spaced outwardly from the support surface and the other pair of free ends of the arms projecting horizontally outwardly away from the support surface. The arms of the second section are resiliently urged toward slightly outwardly divergent positions and yieldable inwardly toward each other into substantially parallel positions aligned with the free ends of the arms of the first section.

Abstract: Photographic processing apparatus is disclosed which consists of a plurality of removable partitions mounted in a frame to form compartments. Lining bags of flexible or semi-rigid plastics sheet material are disposed in the compartments to form watertight tanks for the processing liquids into which the photographic materials to be developed are dipped. There is also disclosed a flexible or semi-rigid plastics bag for use in the apparatus which includes an integral compartment in the region of its bottom provided with perforations wherethrough agitating gas passed into the compartment can pass into the processing liquid.

Abstract: A collapsible receptacle for handling flowable materials in semi-bulk quantities comprises a generally cylindrical container supported by a sling. The container features top loading and bottom discharge. The container can be constructed of a strong weave material. Preferably, the container is constructed of a unique laminate material formed of an inner liner of polybutylene film noncontinuously adhered to an outer layer of woven polypropylene. The sling is constructed of straps of polyester webbing, which are sewn to the container so that support stresses are distributed between the sling and the container. In one embodiment, the sling includes a ring for supporting the bottom of the container and lift straps attached to the ring. The ring surrounds a unique discharge spout in the container bottom. In another embodiment, the lower ends of the lift straps include guide loops for a draw rope. The draw rope surrounds a wire tie which functions to gather and close the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A connector comprising an elongate resilient strip having one end connectable to an object, such as a litter bag unit, and another end attached to a retainer. The retainer is thicker than the strip near an end attached to the strip thus forming a laterally extending ridge. The retainer tapers towards another end distal the ridge. The retainer is insertable in a crevis, such as that between a side window and a door of an automobile, and the ridge prevents dislocation of the connector from the crevis.

Abstract: A collapsible receptacle for handling flowable materials in semi-bulk quantities comprises a generally cylindrical container supported by a sling. The container features top loading and bottom discharge. The container can be constructed of a strong weave material. Preferably, the container is constructed of a unique laminate material formed of an inner liner of polybutylene film noncontinously adhered to an outer layer of woven polypropylene. The sling is constructed of straps of polyester webbing, which are sewn to the container so that support stresses are distributed between the sling and the container. In one embodiment, the sling includes a ring for supporting the bottom of the container and lift straps attached to the ring. The ring surrounds a unique discharge spout in the container bottom. In another embodiment, the lower ends of the lift straps include guide loops for a draw rope. The draw rope surrounds a wire tie which functions to gather and close the bottom of the container.

Abstract: Structural front and rear frames, and a rear bulkhead mounted on the rear frame, mount and securely retain a flexible bag as a liner within a freight container, truck trailer or the like, to adapt the container for bulk cargo transport. The front frame retains the front end of the liner bag in generally rectangular configuration and transmits stresses on the bag to structural members of the container, thus supporting the front end of the bag against displacement and possible damage or rupture. The rear frame and a curved bulkhead mounted thereon support the rear end of the bag and similarly prevent its rupture or collapse during loading and tilt-unloading. The laterally curved rear bulkhead also acts as a funnel to completely evacuate the bag contents during tilt-unloading through an opening therethrough. The arrangement is inexpensive and easy to install and, although all of its components may be disposed of after a single use, at least the frame components can be reused.

Abstract: A rail is tiltably mounted on a crank arm at one end of the rail or the rail is hung at both ends on pivotal link hangers. In the case of the crank arm, the rail extends from the attached end over center to the opposite side of the crank arm so that when the crank rises or lowers with the attached end of the rail, the other cantilevered end of the rail lowers or rises in the opposite direction to tilt the rail. In the case of the pivotal link hangers, the distance between the pivot points at the hangers is greater than the distance between their connection to the rail so that when one link extends downwardly to lower that end of the rail, the other link extends outwardly to raise the other end of the rail to cause the rail to tilt. A trolley rolls on the rail and supports a container, such as a wastebasket. The apparatus may be mounted on a desk and a wastebasket may be carried by the trolley. By tilting the rail the trolley rolls to the lower end of the rail and carries the wastebasket with it.

Abstract: A knob which may be readily fastened to a flat surface for retention of a detachable litter bag. A shaft of circular cross-section is joined at one end to a first circular disc, concentric with the shaft, and at the other end to a second and smaller concentric circular disc. The external flat surface of the first disc is coated with a self-adhering material, with the edges of the second disc being rounded to permit the second disc to slide through a slotted hole in a tab of a litter bag.

Abstract: A bag accessory for attachment to a bag, which accessory includes a ramp or scoop for guiding refuse or other material from a work surface into an attached bag, gripping means carried by the ramp or scoop for releasably gripping the bag, arms for distending or holding the bag open, and suspension means for hanging the bag as for a trash receptacle, or the like.

Abstract: A flexible plastic hanger member for drainage bags and the like is provided comprising a body disposed in a plane; a hook for suspending the bag from one end of the body, means for engaging a hanger support extending from the body, and a holding part for supporting a portion of a length of tubing in transverse relation to the hanger support engaging means, the holding part including a flange member which is wider than said body for grasping the tubing, thus reducing the amount of kinking of the tubing, when compared with prior art structures. The hanger support engaging means is in acute angle relation to the hanger body for improved, resilient gripping of a hanger support.

Abstract: A device is described for attaching fluid collection bags on frame type members such as used in hospital beds. The device, supported on the top of the frame member, hangs down so as to present a convenient attachment point for fluid collection bags, and is releasably secured to the frame member. Use of a unique two-stage locking mechanism and a semi-rigid, resilient wing permits attachment to variously sized frame members.

Abstract: An automatic clothes sorter adapted for use with a standard clothes hamper, whereby the interior of the hamper is divided into four equal-sized, removable, bag compartments of a durable material for receiving soiled clothing, the clothing being sorted and disposed -- as desired -- according to color, type, etc., within the designated compartments. The clothes sorter comprises a plurality of bags, forming the compartments, said bags having eyelets secured therein to receive eye hooks which are mounted to the top peripheral opening of the clothes hamper and to a central support stand, wherein the stand includes a telescoping center post, adjustable for various heights, and an adjustable base member which is centrally positioned within the clothes hamper.

Abstract: A plastic film bag for the aseptic packaging of food products in puree form for storage prior to use in a canning process. The bag is formed from a section cut from a roll of plastic film in the form of a continuous cylinder. The cylindrical section is flattened to form a generally rectangular envelope having two faces bounded by two closed edges and two open edges. One of the open edges is sealed to form a bottom seam and the other is folded over and sealed to one face of the envelope in such a way as to form two side entry pockets of triangular shape extending along the upper edge of the bag toward the vertical centerline. A filling aperture is cut in the upper edge midway between the pockets. During the packaging operation a hanger dowel is inserted into each pocket from the side to suspendably support the bag during automatic handling steps including filling, sealing, heat sterilization and cooling. The bag is filled with hot puree through the opening and then hermetically sealed.

Abstract: A laundry bag with a stay open spring top adapted to accommodate fitting the bag into any size hamper.

Abstract: Apparatus for both supporting a plurality of plastic bags and for facilitating the automatic opening of the bags one at a time to permit the filling of each bag. Each of the bags is provided with generally aligned apertures in its front and back bag walls. Preferably the apertures are circular and with one of larger diameter than the other. A plurality of the bags is supported on an inclined rod having a diameter only slightly less than the aperture of smaller diameter in the opposed bag walls. At the dispensing end of the support rod a flange is provided which is of such size that the aperture of larger diameter in the opposed bag walls can quite readily pass over such flange, but the opposing bag wall is held by the flange and can be removed therefrom only by distorting and distending the smaller aperture. The plurality of bags on the rod is urged toward the flange by reason of the downward sloping inclination of the support rod.

Abstract: A garbage container for use with disposable bags employing a locking device for securing the top of a disposable bag in open position interior of the container and an opening in the top of the container for access to the interior. The bottom of the container opens to permit release of the enclosed bag or bags and the intermediate portion is provided with a decreasing cross-section from bottom to top to prevent binding between the disposable bag to be released and the container walls.