Patent ID: 6450460
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A63B,B65B

Abstract:
A bag support apparatus comprising:a height adjustable elongate support member being adapted to penetrate a ground; a ring support assembly securely attached to said height adjustable elongate support member; a bag support member being pivotally attached to said height adjustable elongate support member and being supported by said ring support assembly; and bag fastening members being attached to said bag support member; wherein said ring support assembly includes a pivot member being pivotally mounted on said height adjustable elongate support member, said ring support assembly including a pair of ring support members, each of said ring support members including a first linkage member having a first end and a second end with said second end being mounted to said pivot member, said ring support members including a second linkage member having a first end pivotally connected to said bag support member and a second end pivotally connected to said first end of said first linkage member; wherein said height adjustable elongate support member includes a tubular base member having a tapered bottom end for penetration into the ground and also having an open top end and a bore extending therein, and also includes a shaft being movably disposed in and extendable from said tubular base member through said open top end of said tubular base member, and further includes a foot step member attached to said tubular base member near said bottom end thereof for a user to step upon to drive said tubular base member into the ground; and wherein said shaft includes holes disposed through side walls thereof, a first of said holes being disposed near a top end of said shaft and a second of said holes being disposed near a bottom end of said shaft, said pivot member being disposed through said second hole of said shaft.