Patent ID: 7128251
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A47F,B65D,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. The method of dispensing bags, comprising the steps of: a. providing a rack system for dispensing a roll of bags having a width and a diameter, said roll formed of bags having first and second ends, the bags folded along their length and affixed to one another in series at their respective ends via a lateral tear line, the tear line having formed therein a slit, the rack system comprising: first and second racks, each comprising: first and second vertical support members situated in generally parallel fashion, and having lower and upper ends, a length, and a space formed therebetween, said lower end of said first and second vertical support members having first and second mounting flanges formed thereon, respectively; a cradle formed between said first and second vertical support members, said cradle formed to support the roll of bags; a dispenser portion forward said cradle for dispensing a bag from said roll of bags; a stop bar situated above said dispenser portion for retaining the roll of bags on said cradle; b. applying bias to said first and second mounting flanges of said lower end of said first and second vertical support members of said first rack, so as to facilitate their position adjacent to first and second slots on a mounting base, respectively; c. releasing said bias to said first and second mounting flanges of said lower end of said first and second vertical support members of said first rack, so as to allow said first and second mounting flanges to engage said first and second slots on said mounting base, providing a mounted first rack; d. applying bias to said first and second mounting flanges of said lower end of said first and second vertical support members of said second rack, so as to facilitate their position adjacent to first and second mounting slots formed at said upper end of each of said vertical support members of said first rack; e. releasing said bias to said first and second mounting flanges of said lower end of said first and second vertical support members of said second rack, so as to allow said first and second mounting flanges to engage said first and second mounting slots of said first rack, so as to provide a stacked second rack.