Patent ID: 6135518
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A bag support comprising:(a) a tapered funnel having a top funnel inlet and a bottom funnel outlet,(b) an elongated nozzle having a top nozzle inlet and a bottom nozzle outlet, said nozzle adapted to just slip inside a paper or plastic trash bag such as are commonly used to gather lawn and yard debris, said trash bag having a bag mouth, a side wall and a bag bottom situated generally opposite the bag mouth, said top nozzle inlet flowably connected to the bottom funnel outlet and said nozzle outlet adapted to be seated on the bag bottom,(c) said funnel and said nozzle being integral and generally rectangular in cross-section and each having four sidewalls, said sidewalls of the funnel and the nozzle arranged in two opposing pairs,(d) said nozzle having a longitudinal slot in each of at least one of the opposing pairs of sidewalls, said slots opening from the bottom nozzle outlet and extending substantially the length of the nozzle to a collar formed as an integral part of the opposing pairs of sidewalls at the nozzle inlet, and(e) said funnel and said nozzle being formed in two identical sections with complementary male and female coupling means releasably joining said sections.