Patent ID: 7302978
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: B65B,B65F

Abstract:
1. A yard waste funnel comprising: first and second planar supports each having a neck edge and a support edge, wherein the first planar support is substantially parallel to the second planar support; first and second funnel walls each having a trapezoidal shape including a neck edge and a funnel edge, wherein the neck edge of the first funnel wall is hingedly connected to the neck edge of the first support and the neck edge of the second funnel wall is hingedly connected to the neck edge of the second support; and first and second connecting walls each having a trapezoidal shape including a terminal neck edge and a funnel edge, wherein the first connecting wall is hingedly and integrally connected to the first funnel wall by a first hinge and the second funnel wall by a second hinge and wherein the second connecting wall is hingedly and integrally connected to the first funnel wall by a third hinge and to the second funnel wall by a fourth hinge and further wherein said yard waste funnel may be adjusted between an expanded position for collecting yard waste in a refuse bag and a collapsed position for storage.