Supports – Bag holders – Mouth holding frames
Patent
1994-07-21
1996-01-02
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Bag holders
Mouth holding frames
B65B 6704
Patent
active
054801133
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a waste bag holder.
(2) Prior Art
There is an on-going need for an efficient method of disposing of domestic kitchen or bathroom waste. While waste bins are readily available, they are untidy and messy to use, especially if they are not lined with a disposable liner.
Most supermarkets provide plastic bags for shoppers to transport their purchases from the shop to home. Some people use these bags for e.g. kitchen waste disposal, by hanging them from the knobs on kitchen- or bathroom-cupboard doors. The bags are untidy to look at and liable to attract flies or other insects to the waste therein.
AU-B-61611/86 (556230) (Bautex Bantechnik Fur Projektierung und Baudurchfuhrung AG and Bernd Hermann) does disclose a waste bag support assembly where the waste bag can be covered by a spring biassed lid. This frame assembly requires the use of a waste bag support frame to be inserted in the waste bag and be engaged on a ledge of a support frame, and the bag is not concealed from view.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object to provide a holder for such bags which is simple to use and which is aesthetically pleasing.
It is a preferred object to provide a holder when the bag is concealed.
It is a further preferred object to provide a holder which has a lid which may be hinged to allow the bag to receive waste from a bench top or a utensil, bowl or plate.
It is a still further preferred object to provide a holder which is easily cleaned, can be easily moved and maybe a "fashion accessory" for a kitchen or bathroom.
Other preferred objects will become apparent from the following description.
In a broad aspect the present invention resides in a waste bag holder, to hold supermarket or department store bags or the like, including: substantially surrounded by the skirt and the support.
The frame preferably has at least a rear wall and a pair of forwardly directed side arms.
Preferably the frame is a peripheral frame with a front wall interconnecting the forward ends of the side arms.
The frame may be formed of stainless steel, painted or powder-coated steel, aluminium (which may be painted, powder-coated or anodized), plastics, wood and/or a combination of same. The frame is preferably square, rectangular, circular, elliptical or D-shaped in top plan view. A downwardly, inwardly directed tongue may be provided on the rear wall of the frame to enter the mouth of a container suspended from the frame.
A lid is preferably provided on the frame and is preferably hinged intermediate the sides of the frame so that when open, the lid divides the frame into a small, rear mouth portion and a larger, front mouth portion.
The mounting means for the frame may include hooks, adhesive strips, screw fasteners or the like to secure the rear wall of the frame, preferably detachably, to the support e.g. a kitchen cupboard- or bathroom vanity-door. (The screw fasteners may be releasably engageable in slots or holes in the rear wall.) Alternatively, a sub-frame may be mounted on the support and the frame be releasably detachable therefrom. The frame may be releasably mountable by the methods hereinbefore described or by e.g. hooks or wedges engageable in complementary sockets.
The bag may be suspended from hooks or pins inwardly directed from the frame.
The hooks or pins may be formed integrally with the frame.
The skirt may be fixed to, or releasably detachable from the frame (e.g. by "VELCRO" (Registered Trade Mark)) and may be rigid, semi-rigid or flexible. The skirt may be manufactured of waterproof and/or washable material and printed or woven in a wide range of colours, patterns, designs. (The fabric of the skirt may match kitchen towels, pot holders, oven gloves and holders for the empty bags.)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
To enable the invention to be fully understood, preferred embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a holder for use in a do
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