Patent ID: 6302583
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B65B,B65D,B65F

Abstract:
A trash bag assembly for doing yard work for opening and holding open the open end of the trash bag while it is being filled with fallen leaves, lawn clippings, and other trash, comprisinga bag for doing yard work having a body portion, a closed end bottom, and an open end top portion with a top perimeter portion,and means for opening the trash bag by expanding the top perimeter portion to a circular hoop-like position and for holding the top perimeter in circular hoop-like position so that the bag is fully open to receive fallen leaves, lawn clippings, and other trash without requiring someone to hold the bag open,said means for opening the trash bag and holding it open being insertable into the bag after manufacture of the trash bag,said means being a flexible resilient rod insertable into and removable from the trash bag, andsaid means being reusable on other trash bags indefinitely,said rod having two ends which are free and unattached and not attached to each other so that either end of the rod can be inserted into the trash bag and the rod can be removed from the trash bag by pulling on either end,said rod having a cross section with a barbell configuration with two bulbs being joined together by a web which is thinner than the bulbs with a result in savings in material by comparison with a rod which is round in cross section.