Patent ID: 6488242
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
A bag mouth holder apparatus, comprising a hoop mounted on a sloping support for attaching to a vertical wall plate, the hoop having a wide upper portion and a narrow lower portion with an intermediate step, the sloping support having a vertically extending lug, a mouth of a bag being inserted upward through the hoop and turned outward and downward, forming a bag end around the outside of the hoop, a stretchable band inserted over the bag end and under the step on the hoop and over the lug or notch on the support, the step preventing the band from sliding upward on the hoop, and the lug holding the band upward so that the band does not slide downward off the hoop, the lug providing two generally triangular areas in which the band is spaced outward from the support and hoop so that fingers may be inserted in the triangular areas to lift the band off the lug and hoop to remove and replace a bag.