Patent ID: 8181919
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus to hold open and upright a plastic film storage bag, the apparatus comprising: the storage bag having an inner surface, an outer surface, and an open top; two rigid spreader arms to hold open the top for depositing material into the bag, the spreader arms adapted to engage the inner surface in opposed, spaced-apart relationship; two elongate leg members adapted to engage the outer surface in opposed spaced-apart relationship and having a length dimensioned to hold the open bag upright for loading; and magnet means affixed to either one of each arm or of each leg member for removably attaching, by magnetic force, each arm to a leg member with bag film sandwiched therebetween to thereby hold the arms and leg members in spaced apart relationship and to hold the bag with top open and upright for loading; the leg members and spreader arms having a flat storage configuration with a flat storage configuration that does not exceed that of a container of said bag; and in which the bag has a securement strip on the inner surface adjacent the open mouth, and the spreader arms are adapted to engage the inner surface below the securement strip to prevent the held bag from sliding downward.