Patent ID: 8047240
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: B65B,E02F

Abstract:
1. A method for mechanically filling sandbags using a loader bucket of loader-type equipment comprising: attaching a sandbag-filling implement to the loader bucket of the loader-type equipment so that it can be maneuvered to scoop filler material onto an upper surface of the implement, providing filler apertures having respective openings through the upper surface of the implement, providing each of the filler apertures with a tensioner ring encircling most of its opening except for one side portion thereof, and a drawstring trigger mechanism positioned at the one side portion thereof, providing a sandbag to be suspended under each filler aperture, said sandbag having a contained volume formed by the sandbag having a closed lower end and an upper open end communicating into the contained volume for filling filler material therein, a peripheral sleeve formed around the open end of the sandbag for holding a loop of drawstring of a given circumferential length therein except for an unsleeved portion exposing a portion of the drawstring loop at one side portion apart from the peripheral sleeve, thereby enabling the sandbag to be suspended under each said filler aperture by the peripheral sleeve holding the loop of drawstring being placed around the tensioner ring for the filler aperture and being held in place by the exposed portion of the drawstring being hooked on the drawstring trigger mechanism at the one side portion of the opening and securely held thereon by applying a tension by locking the trigger mechanism to draw the drawstring taut, such that the sandbag can be filled by filler material being scooped onto the upper surface of the implement and falling through the opening of the filler aperture into the contained volume of the sandbag securely held by the tensioner ring of the filler aperture, and the filled sandbag can then be released from the implement by unlocking the trigger mechanism.