Patent ID: 8109476
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A baggie holder comprising: a first support member having a first leg, a second leg, and a first center portion with a center point and a top; a second support member having a first leg, a second leg, and a second center portion with a center point and a ceiling; a shaft that extends from the top of the first center portion through the second center portion; and a spring that is situated inside of the second center portion around the shaft and that imposes an upward bias on the second center portion; wherein the center portions of the first and second support members are pivotally connected to each other; wherein each leg of the first and second support members comprises a roughly vertical member, a foot, and a connecting portion between the foot and the center portion of the support member; wherein the horizontal distance between the center point of the center portion of the first support member and the foot of the first leg of the first support member is equal to the horizontal distance between the center point of the center portion of the first support member and the foot of the second leg of the first support member; wherein the horizontal distance between the center point of the center portion of the second support member and the foot of the first leg of the second support member is equal to the horizontal distance between the center point of the center portion of the second support member and the foot of the second leg of the second support member; wherein the horizontal distance between the center portion of the first support member and the foot of each leg of the first support member is equal to the horizontal distance between the center portion of the second support member and the foot of each leg of the second support member; wherein the spring causes the center portions to lock in place relative to one another when the first and second legs of the first support member are at ninety-degree angles to the first and second legs of the second support member and the baggie holder is in a fully extended position; and wherein the spring causes the center portions to lock in place relative to one another when the first leg of the first support member is parallel to the first leg of the second support member and the second leg of the first support member is parallel to the second leg of the second support member and the baggie holder is in a fully collapsed position.