Patent ID: 9067700
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A trash bag opener comprising: a circular upper ring; an extrusion extended from an approximate center of a bottom of the upper ring; a pair of diametrically opposed lock extensions extended perpendicularly downward from an exterior edge of the upper ring; a tab extended laterally inward from a bottom of each lock extension; an upwardly disposed rounded edge on each tab; a circular lower ring; a groove disposed in a top of the lower ring; wherein the groove is configured to removably accept the extrusion; a skirt disposed perpendicularly downward from an outer perimeter of the lower ring; a concavity disposed within the skirt; wherein the concavity is configured to removably retain the tabs; a handle having a pair of identical spaced apart upwardly angled upper arms, each upper arm connected to the upper ring, each upper arm spaced apart from a horizontally disposed lower arm, the handle disposed centrally between the lock extensions; a verticality connecting each upper arm to each lower arm, respectively; a rounded corner connecting each verticality to each horizontal arm; a grip connecting the verticalities at an approximate top of the verticalities; and a pair of identical spaced apart ears disposed on the lower ring, each ear in pivotal receipt of one of the lower arms; and wherein the upper ring is configured to pivotally engage and disengage the lower ring, thereby entrapping and releasing, respectively an existing trash bag.