Patent ID: 8887941

Claim:
A trash can liner system comprising: a trash can having an inside surface and an upper opening to receive trash; a plurality of connectors fixedly mounted and evenly distributed completely around the inner surface of the trash can opening, each of the connectors being, rigid, rod shaped, located adjacent the opening and directed inwardly with the inward end of each connector being bent in a direction towards the trash can opening; a liner packet having a plurality of nested liners, a plurality of supports and an upside down U shaped in cross section liner holder; each liner of the plurality of nested liners is successively and wholly contained within the preceding liner until the plurality of nested liners includes an innermost liner and an outermost liner, the plurality of nested liners having an open end; the plurality of supports, each support having a shaft with an inner blunt end and an outer blunt end, the shaft passing through the plurality of nested liners and the plurality of supports being evenly distributed completely around and adjacent the open end of the nested liners, the inner blunt end inside the inner liner and the outer blunt end outside the outer liner; the upside down U-shaped liner holder being annular with an inside downwardly extending arm and an outside downwardly extending arm, the liner holder mounted completely around and over the open end of the nested liners, the plurality of shafts of the supports passing through the inside arm and the outside arm with the inside blunt end being inside the inside arm and the outside blunt end being outside the outside arm; each of the plurality of nested liners includes a tear line completely around the open end below the supports so that each of the liners may be removed in succession; a tie surrounding the open end of each of the liners below the tear line, each tie includes a slip through lock with a finger catch whereby to facilitate removal of each of the liners in succession; the liner holder having a plurality of mounting sites distributed completely around the upper closed end of the toroidal upside down U-shaped holder, the mounting sites corresponding to the locations of the connectors, the mounting sites being a tight fit opening to removably receive and secure the respective connectors whereby the nested liner packet is retained within the trash can.