Patent ID: 7404499
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
1. A trashcan assembly, comprising: (a) a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a rim of said peripheral wall defining an opening extending into said container; and (b) a bag engaging member located on said peripheral wall, said bag engaging member including a housing having a lower wall, an upper wall, and a perimeter wall attached to and extending between said lower wall and said upper wall, said perimeter wall including a front wall having an aperture and a plurality of slots extending away from said aperture and defining a plurality of resiliently flexible sections such that a portion of a trash bag may be extended through said aperture and frictionally secured therein by said resiliently flexible sections, whereby a trash bag may be extended over said rim and secured to said peripheral wall with said bag engaging member.