Patent ID: 6698927
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A45C,B65D

Abstract:
A bag stuffer for an expandable bag, the bag stuffer comprising:an insert movable from a collapsed orientation for enabling compact storage of an expandable bag containing said insert, to an expanded orientation for providing a commercial display of an expandable bag containing said insert, said insert comprising at least one substantially rigid and substantially planar side panel and a bottom panel, said side panel being connected to one end of said bottom panel at a hinge containing a fold between the side panel and the bottom panel said insert having a pair of slits at the hinge; and a Z shaped torsion spring for biasing said insert toward said expanded orientation, said spring having a torso disposed only at said hinge for directly acting on said fold to bias said side panel away from the bottom panel and toward the expanded orientation, and a pair of arms extending at angles from opposite ends of the torso, each arm lying flat against an inside surface of the respective bottom panel and side panel the torso extending through the slits for holding the spring at the hinge.