US1638203A - Laundry-bag holder - Google Patents

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Aug. 9 1927.

O. JETEL.

LAUNDRY BAG HOLDER Filed March 24, l926 Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

UNITED STATES I one m, or cnicaeo, rnnmoisi LAUNDRY-nae HOLDER.

Application filed March 24, 1926'. Serial No. 97,029..

This invention relates to bag holders. It is an object of this inventionto provide an improved form of bag holder adapted to hold the mouth of the bag open and to read- 1 ily permit removal of a full bag and replacement thereof with another.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a bag holding frame with a cover, the frame being split to open out and permit removal of the without the necessity of attempting to pull a bulging bag up through the holding device necessary to maintain the mouth of the bag open below the cover.

It is another object of this invention to provide a simple, inexpensive and attractive bag holding frame suitable for use as a mail bag holder or as a laundry and wash receptacle in bathrooms, hospitals and the like.

The invention comprises the novel struc ture and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate certain preferred embodiments of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the dif-' ferent views,

Figure 1 is a top view of a device embodying one form of this invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line IIIIII of Figure 2, showing in dotted lines the framework opened out for removal of the bag.

Figure 4 is a View of the bag holder and bag partly broken away. I

Figure 5 is a section on the line V.V of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the cover hinge.

As shown on the drawings:

A laundry bag is shown at 10 which may be of plain cylindrical form without a special form of top other than means such as hemming to prevent unraveling of the trimmed edge thereof. The top of this bag is turned over a ring 12 split in two parts and hinged midway between two of the sup-' porting posts 14. A split clamping ring 15 is split at 16 and is hinged at 17, opposite the split, to provide vertical movement and the edges at the split are resiliently held together by a spring 18 forming a handle and bridging the split thus forming a snap ring top when turned overthe edge of the rectly to the snap ring.

which 'can'be forced down over the bag first ring 12. I

The posts 14, usually either three or four, but preferably four, are secured to the ring '12, thetops of the posts coming sufficiently below thetop edge of thering 12 to provide suflicient space for the snap ring 15. The lower ends ofthese posts are formed in any suitable manner .to receive castors 19, and .near the bottom'asecond'ring 20, like-the ring 12, is split in two parts and hinged at 21 Unlike the ring 12, the ring 20 is secured together at the split opposite the hinge by a spring latch 22, secured to one end'of the ring and snapping over a pin 23 on the other end of the ring when closed. This spring is released from the. pin by lifting the projecting end 24.

A cover 25 is provided and is hing-ed in fixed relationship to the snap ring 15 so that when the ring is lifted to remove a bag the cover will be lifted likewise. Preferably the cover hinge 26 is on the same pin 27 as the ring hinge 17 for the sake of simplicity.

However, while not so convenient, it is possible to hinge the cover separately di- The hinge structure is clearly shown in Figure 6, the cover hinge section 26 being in the center with the ring hinge sections 17 on either side and the stationary loops 28 of the hinge on the outside, these loops extending down to a plate 29 secured to one of the posts 14.

In operation the snap ring 15 is pulled or swung up out of the way by grasping the spring handle 18 and the latch 22 on the lower ring 21, released to permit the framework to be swung open, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, thuspermitting easy removal of a full bag which when stuffed is apt to bulge out between the posts and therefore be difiicult to draw up through the top ring if the framework was not split. The frame may then be closed and an empty bag inserted, the top of the bag being turned down over the outside of the ring 12 and the snap ring forced down thereover. It is, of course, to be understood that the term ring used herein is meant to include other than simply circular forms.

I am aware that many changes may be made andnumerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention: I

1. A bag holder comprising a skeleton framework in two parts, a hinge connecting one side a latch on the other side, a clamping member adapted to be forced down over the top of said framework when closed, a

' clamp and the cover.

3. A bag holder framework adapted to hold an open mouthed bag, a clamp for holdihgsaid bag, a cover for the mouth of said bag and a single hinge for both said clamp and said cover.

' 4. A bag holder frame-work adapted for side opening, a clamping band for holding an open-mouthed bag therein, a cover for the mouth of the'bag, a common hinge for both the clamp and the cover, the said band being split opposite to the hinge, and a spring member bridging the ends of the band and also serving as a handle therefor.

5. A bag holder frame-work adapted to. hold an open-mouthed bag, a-clamp for holding said bag, a cover for the mouth of the bag, and a single hinge'for both the clamp and said cover, the cover and clamp being movable on said hinge together and independently of one another.

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