Patent ID: 8540106
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B65D,B65F

Abstract:
1. A system for suspending a plastic shopping bag as a liner within a trash receptacle, the system comprising: a trash receptacle having an interior that is bounded in a downward vertical direction by a horizontal base, the interior being bounded in all horizontal directions by a substantially vertical side wall, the side wall being attached along a bottom edge thereof to a periphery of the horizontal base, the vertical side wall being substantially perpendicular to the horizontal base, the interior being accessible through its top, the top of the interior being bounded by a top edge of the side wall; at least two receptacle handles at least attachable to the trash receptacle and extending from the trash receptacle at two opposing locations around a rim of the trash receptacle, the receptacle handles being usable for lifting and carrying the trash receptacle, the receptacle handles being of a size and shape which allows bag handles of the plastic shopping bag to be placed over the receptacle handles and suspended thereby, so that the plastic shopping bag is positioned within the interior of the trash receptacle; and bag handle separating features that are at least cooperative with the receptacle handles, the bag handle separating features being configured, when the plastic shopping bag is full and the bag handles are under tension, to separate a central portion of each of the suspended plastic shopping bag handles from the rim of the trash receptacle, from the sides and all other structures included in the trash receptacle, from the receptacle handles and the bag handle separating features, and from all other regions of the plastic shopping bag, thereby enabling all four fingers of a user's hands to completely surround the central portions of the suspended shopping bag handles without disturbing the positions of the shopping bag handles and without making contact with any portion of the trash receptacle, the receptacle handles, the bag handle separating features, or any other region of the plastic shopping bag.