Patent ID: 7624881
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A dispensing apparatus for a packet of plastic bags, the packet having a mouth portion at which open ends of the bags are located, the mouth portion defining severable support means for the packet, the dispensing apparatus comprising: a bag mount structured and arranged to engage the severable support means of the packet of bags so as to secure the packet to the bag mount; and a housing connected to the bag mount, the housing defining an opening in a side of the housing proximate the bag mount such that the packet secured by the bag mount has the mouth portion of the packet aligned with the opening in the housing and a lower portion of the packet is contained in the housing, whereby the mouth portion of the packet is accessible through the opening in the housing to allow bags to be removed one at a time from the packet while the housing substantially prevents access to the lower portion of the packet, wherein the housing comprises a rear portion and a front cover connected to the rear portion, the front cover being pivotally attached to the rear portion so as to be movable between an open position providing access to an interior of the housing so that a lower portion of a packet of bags hanging from the bag mount can be received in the interior of the housing, and a closed position in which the housing substantially encloses the lower portion of the packet of bags.