Patent ID: 8117971

Claim:
A table cloth and trash bag combination adapted for receipt on a table and receiving trash items therein after a meal, picnic or party is finished, the combination comprising: a table cloth upper portion, a length and a width of the table cloth upper portion adapted for covering the table; first pull strings, a first portion of the first pull strings extending outwardly from corners of the table cloth upper portion, a second portion of the first pull strings received inside seams, the seams disposed along sides of the length and the width of the table cloth upper portion; a folded trash bag lower portion, the trash bag lower portion having an elongated bag opening in a top thereof, the bag opening centered on the table cloth upper portion, sides next to the bag opening attached to the table cloth upper portion; whereby when corners of the table cloth upper portion are lifted upwardly, the elongated bag opening provides access into an unfolded trash bag lower portion for receiving trash items, whereby when the first pull strings are pulled tight, the trash items are held therein; and second pull strings, a first portion of the second pull strings extending outwardly from opposite ends of the trash bag lower portion and next to the bag opening, a second portion of the second pull strings received inside seams next to the bag opening, the seams disposed along sides of the bag opening; whereby when the table cloth upper portion with trash items thereon is lifted and received inside the trash bag lower portion, the second pull strings are pulled tight, thereby closing the top of the trash bag lower portion for disposal of the table cloth and trash bag combination.