Supports – Bag holders – Stands
Patent
1988-11-21
1994-03-08
Chotkowski, Karen J.
Supports
Bag holders
Stands
248152, B65D 500
Patent
active
052920933
ABSTRACT:
A foldable holder for flexible trash bags, the holder having planar sections which are connected to one another along adjacent edges so as to form a closed or tubular body. The preferred material for the planar sections or panels is corrugated paperboard (i.e., "cardboard"). The preferred configuration includes four connected panels which are sized to create a square-shaped holder when the panels are moved to their fully expanded condition. Two opposite panels are scored vertically along their mid-regions so that they may be folded internally until they touch--or nearly touch, thereby allowing the other two sides to be brought together in a parallel fashion. The collapsed mode for the holder (wherein the holder constitutes only about 5% of its expanded mode) constitutes a handy storage condition for the holder, so that it might be tucked behind an appliance such as a stove or hung in a closet when it is not in use. The sizes of the respective panels are designed so that the circumference of the expanded holder will be as large as the nominal circumference of the bag that is to be supported, but not more than about 2% greater than the nominal circumference of the bag, whereby a very slight stretching action may be required in order to install the holder inside a bag. A slightly stretched plastic bag will tend to hold the expanded holder in its full-open condition, such that no auxiliary clips, braces or frames are needed in order to maintain a holder open. The holder is self-supporting, so that it may be loaded in either its vertical or horizontal mode. When the bag is full, the top of the holder is grabbed and manually lifted out of the bag.
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