US1018671A - Bag-holder. - Google Patents

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0. H. LIGHT & o. H. HUTGHINSON.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1911;

' Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

- tinrrnn s'rarn CLAUS H. LIGHT AND CHARLES H. HUTCHINQON, OF DES MOINE IOWA.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1%12.

Application filed November 9, 1911. Serial No. 659,389.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAUS H. Lloi-rr and lHARLES H. HUTGHINSON, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa,have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for bag holders adapted'to support a bag and hold the mouth thereof in open position convenient for filling.

()ur invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of holder. Fig. 2 is an elevation of holder at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the bag holder. Fig. l is a side elevation showing the lower portion of the the bag the bag holder and the upper portion of a has, sus' pended thereon.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates a ring and 11 a bailor hanger. The bail 11 preferably is formed or" a single 'lengthof wire doubled at its center and shaped as a hook 11, the stem "li off the hook being twisted to add stillness to the same.v Anne of the bail 11 are coiled as at 12, 13 around diametrically opposite portions of the ring 10, and extensions l-l, 15 thereof extend upwardly outside of and in diverging planes relative to the sides of the bail. Offsets 16, 17 are formed on and bowed outward from the extremities of the extensions ll, 15 respectively to form loops spaced materially from the sidesot' the bail 11. Extreme upper end )ortions of the extensions or terminals of the offsets 16, ii are coiled around the sides of the bail 11 as at 18, ll). lVings 20, 21, each made of a single length of wire, and bent on an arc oi a smaller circle than the ring 10, are mounted at diametrically opposite points of said ring and midway between the sides of the bail 11 tions of said wings are coiled on the ring 10 as at 22, 23, 24-, Ordinarily'the intermediate bowed portions of the wings 20, 21 diverge outwardly from the circumference of the ring l0 but they may be sprung inwardly and stand upright from said ring when desired.

In the practical use of this invention the and end porbail is suspended by its hook 11 on any suitable support and a bag 26, usually of textile material, is placed with its mouth surrounding and inc-losing;- the ring 10 and diametrically opposite portions of its upper margin are caught between the extensions 14, 15 and the sides of the bail (Fig. 4:). The portions of the bag to be caught be tween the bail and extensions areintroduced through the enlarged spaces between the oilsets 16, 17 and the sides of the bail and drawn downwardly into the converging,-

space until they are gripped suliiciently by the resilient parts, Portions of the margin of the bag bet-Ween the sides of the bail are caught over the bowed wings 20, 21 and are supported thereby. The mouth of the bag may be contractedsufiiciently to cause pors tions thereof to strain against the wings 20, 21 and draw them into upright positions relative to the ring 10, thus increasing the engagement of said wings with the bag.

Vi e claim as our invention 1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a ring, a hail fixed thereon, and gripping members adjacent to the sides of said hail, each of said gripping members comprising an upwardly extending portion of resilient metal outside of, and in a plane divergent to the side of the bail, scoured at its lower end to the ring, adjacent to one end of said bail, and at its upper end to the side of said hail, the upper portion of said gripping member being spaced apart from the adjacent side of the bail to thereby permit a tucked portion of a bag to be freely placed between said gripping member and ball so that said tucked portion may be drawn dowmvardlly a sulticieut distance, to be firmly gripped between the side of the bail, and the adjacent gripping member.

, 2. A bag holder, comprising a ring, a bail formed with a hook at its center. and portions of the bail coiled on said ring at dia- I metrically opposite points. said bail having integral extensions arranged in planes d1- vergent to the sides of the. bail, each of said extensions having an offset portion at its carrying said ring, the central portion of the bail being twisted and formed into a hook, said bail having integral extensions on its ends arranged in converging planes relative to the sides of the bail and fixed thereto at their extremities at points above the ring, and Wings mounted on said ring intermediate of the sides of the bail.

4. A hag holder comprising a ring, a bail carrying said ring, the central portion of the bail being twisted and formed into a hook, said bail having integral extensions on its ends arranged in converging planes rela tive to the sides of the bail and fixed thereto at their extremities at points above the ring, and Wings mounted on said ring intermediate of the sides of the hail, the Wings normally standing obliquely to and extending beyond the circumference of the ring and adapted to engage marginal portions of a bag. o Signed by us at Des Moines, Iowa, this ninth day of March, 1911.

CLAUS H. LIGHT.

CHARLES H. HUTCHINSON.

Witnessesz S. C. SWEET,

EARL M. SINCLAIR.

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