US2117689A - Temporary trash bag holder - Google Patents

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May 17, 1938. Q, m5, 2,117,689

TEMPORARY TRASH BAG HOLDER Filed Aug. 14, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aiiq neus y 1938- o. A, TATSCH TEMPORARY TRASH BAG HOLDER File d Aug. 14, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Patented May 17, 1938 TEMPORARY TRASH BAG HOLDER Otto A. Tatsch, San Antonio, Tex.

Application August 14, 1936, Serial No. 96,097

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel special utility device in the nature of a paper bag or sackholding stand expressly designed as a kitchen or household accessory, and usable. in particular as a temporary trash bag holder.

In carrying the invention into effect, I have perfected what I believe to be a simple, inexpensive garbage and trash bag holder for kitchen use such as may be effectively and satisfactorily used as a holder and prop for ordinary paper bags or sacks, whereby to permit a paper bag to be temporarily erected thereon to function as a convenient, readily disposable receptacle for garbage, trash, and other waste materials usually handled in the kitchen.

The preferred embodiment of the invention relates, in its specific form, to a simple all-wire structure characterized by a stand including a bag resting base horizontally disposed and a vertical upright rising therefrom, there being an adjustable fixture on said upright having self-adapting retention fingers or elements projectible into the mouth of the bag to hold the mouth open and to at the same time retain the body of the bag substantially erect to function properly as a receptacle for miscellaneous trash.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate corresponding elements and parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View showing the preferred adaptation or embodiment of the invention and illustrating the paper sack or temporary trash bag in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a side elevation observing Figure 1 in a direction from left to right.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the specific wire formation of the slidable bag distending and sustaining unit.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing the base or lower portion of the rack forming stand.

Figure 5 is an exaggerated sectional view taken approximately on the plane of the line 5-5 of Figure l to show the configuration of certain of the features.

In the drawings the rack-forming and bagpropping stand is designated, as a unit, by the numeral 5. The slidable adapter fixture is indi cated at l. The temporarily usable and disposable paper sack or bag is indicated in dotted lines and denoted by the numeral 8. In practice different sized paper bags will of course be used such as may be handy at the time in the kitchen. Under the circumstances, the whole structure will be proportioned to take care of paper sacks ranging from say 5 to pounds, as the case may be.

Reviewing now the details contributing to the production of the unit called the stand or rack 6, it will be observed that this is preferably an all-wire structure. It includes an outstanding portion which may be referred to conveniently as the base 9, this being adapted to support a paper sack or bag. The base embodies spaced parallel longitudinal members l0 and Il joined together by transverse end members l2. At the juncture of the corner portions of the frame the wire is bent to provide depending supporting legs or feet I 3 sufficiently high from the floor to facilitate the circulation of air beneath the bag to avoid rapid deterioration. On the inner or back frame member I0 is an upstanding horseshoe-shaped guard 14 adapted to prevent transverse slippage of the bag off of the base. This avoids allowing the bag to swing into contact with the wall or washboard, as the case may be. The bag, however, sits on the transverse cross-members l5. These in conjunction with the frame form a sort of an open grid to properly support the bottom of the bag. The outer ends of these members are bent laterally as indicated at it, so that the outer frame member I I forms a guard rail in conjunction with the guard clip [4. Consequently, the bag is well supported on the base. The upright may be said to be in the nature of a bail. The lower ends are properly shaped and curved as indicated at I! to coordinate with the base. The arm portions l8 are substantially in spaced parallelism and converge toward the top, the bight portion I9 being designed to hang on a nail or hook or the like if desired. Incidentally, the stand or rack can be placed on the floor with the upright against the wall, or the upright forming the hanger bail can be suspended from a nail or the like.

The slidable bag holding unit I is also constructed from wire. It is preferably made from a single length of wire bent into the peculiar shape shown. It is bodily adjustable up and down to suit the height of the sack or bag. Incidentally, the bail or upright is somewhat V-shaped so as to allow the unit I to he slipped down thereover and to be easily adjusted up and down.

Referring to the unit I in detail, it will be noted that the intermediate portion functions as a sliding frame and includes a central rod portion having looped grips 2| at its ends partially embracing the upright l8. These elements 2! are essentially guides. The guides 2| are attached to complemental extensions curved as indicated at 22 and then disposed in diverging relationship as at 23 where they are formed with return bends 24 providing the upper guides. As shown in Figure 5, the last-named guides 24 are in effect V- shaped gripping jaws. The terminals of the wires are formed into resilient coils, that is, coiled springs 25, whose free ends are bent to provide retaining and bag distending fingers 26. These fingers are of the flowing curvature shown in Figure 1, and the extremities thereof are bent at right angles as at 28 to fit into the ordinary bag, the terminals being shaped as at 28 to serve as guards so as to avoid puncturing the light paper bag.

Broadly, the unit '1 comprises a frame made up of the parts and the upper and lower guiding friction retaining grips 2| and 24. This gripequipped frame is in turn provided with spring coils made of spring metal the coils being attached to the spring fingers 26 and having the special adapter features 2'! and 28 to accommodate a conventional paper sack or bag. The entire slide 1 can be adjusted to the required height to accommodate the bag. Then the fingers 26 can be pressed in toward each other and the adapter members 21 and 28 inserted in the bag so as to hold the mouth of the bag open and at the same time support the bag in an erect position for receiving miscellaneous garbage, trash, and the like.

The sack or bag 8 is placed on the stand by resting the closed bottom thereof on the baseforming rack and placing the same in the position shown in dotted lines in the drawings. The base in itself is not variable or adjustable, but will accommodate the average bag and avoid unnecessary shifting or accidental displacement. As before indicated, the stand can be placed on the floor or it can be hung by the feature I9 on a nail or the like (not shown). Then the device or clamp 1 is adjusted to meet the requirements, the spring fingers being inserted into the bag to hold it open or distended, as is obvious.

It is thought that the description taken in connection with the drawings will enable a clear understanding of the invention to be had. Therefore, a more lengthy description is thought unnecessary.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that minor changes coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

By way of introduction to the succeeding claims, it is to be pointed out that so far as the novelty is concerned, it is not absolutely essential that the structure be made from so-called wire. In other Words, it may be made from sheet metal or any equivalent material possessing requisite yieldable properties and tensile strength. Moreover, it is not essential that the base of the structure be as wide open in design as is illustrated in the drawings. It can be satisfactorily formed from punctured sheet metal and still be within the purview of the claims.

I claim:

1. A bag holder comprising a Wire stand having a base to accommodate a paper bag, an upright attached to and rising from the base, said upright being of general U-shaped form to permit it to be suspended from a nail or the like, and a manually-regulated and adjustable bag-grip slidable on said upright, the legs of said upright being in pressure contacting engagement with the bag grip for securing the bag grip in predetermined positions thereon.

2. In a device of the class described. the combination with a pair of vertically disposed rod like uprights, of a bag holder and spreader comprising a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a pair of upper and lower loops around each upright slidable thereon, each upper loop terminating in a coil, and each coil terminating in a downwardly and outwardly extending spreader finger of arcuate form, said loops and uprights frictionally engaging to retain the loops in difierent positions.

OTTO A. TATSCH.

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