Patent ID: 8251270
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A plastic bag dispenser with side panels and guide bar, which compromises: a) a base frame including a back sections and a bottom section, together adapted to receive and nest a plastic bag roll, said bottom section having an open front; b) a plastic bag roll holding means moveably attached to said base frame, said holding means including a swing arm and a core rod, said core rod adapted to receive a plastic bag roll for rotation therein and adapted to move downwardly via gravity as a plastic bag roll is depleted thereon; c) a first set of opposing side panels, located on said back section of said base frame for stabilizing the movement of a nested plastic bag roll; d) a second set of opposing side panels, located on said bottom section of said base frame for stabilizing the movement of a nested plastic bag roll; e) an elongated open guide bar for movement of bags from a nested roll of plastic bags, said guide bar having at least a top and sides and located toward said open front of said bottom section of said base frame; and, f) a rip tongue located on said open front of said bottom section of said base frame and having an upward taper and adapted to catch and separate a passing bag from a nested plastic bag roll when pulled forward through said guide bar and over said rip tongue.