Patent ID: 6340037
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A bag supporting device positionable in a collapsible bag, said device comprising:an elongate panel comprising a resiliently flexible material, said panel having a front surface, a back surface, an top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of lateral side edges, a plurality of slots being formed through said panel adjacent only the top edge, said plurality of slots being elongate for receiving a hand of a user for gripping said panel, each of the slots of said plurality of slots having a common longitudinal axis extending through each of said slots, said common longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of said panel such that at least one of said plurality of slots is positionable in substantial registration with another one of said plurality of slots when said panel is coiled about an axis extending transversely with respect to a longitudinal extent of said panel.