Patent ID: 8201780
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: B65B,B65D,B65F

Abstract:
1. A garbage bag holder arranged for holding a garbage bag, the holder comprising: a base frame arranged to support a bottom end of the garbage bag thereabove; a pair of side frames extending upwardly at spaced apart positions from opposing ends of the base frame from a bottom end mounted on the base frame to a top end spaced upwardly from the base frame; a depending frame arranged to be mounted on each side frame adjacent the top end thereof in which the depending frame depends downwardly from a top end mounted on the respective side frame to a bottom end which is suspended in a working position below the top end of the respective side frame so as to be arranged to be received downwardly into an open top end of the garbage bag; each depending frame being supported on the top end of the respective side frame for pivotal movement upwardly and inwardly towards the other depending frame from the working position to a released position above the side frames; a biasing mechanism arranged to bias the side frames and the depending frames supported thereon in the working position laterally outwardly and away from one another; and a retainer portion formed on each depending frame which is arranged to selectively prevent pivotal movement of the depending frames inwardly towards one another from the respective working positions towards the respective released positions thereof.