Patent ID: 7029463

Claim:
An expandable vomit container assembly comprising: a bag support assembly including an expandable bag support member having a base section and a plurality of ring sections, and also including a handle for expanding said expandable bag support member, said base section being a cup having bottom and side walls and also having an open top and a lip being disposed about said side wall at said open top of said cup, said ring sections including a plurality of intermediate ring sections each having a side wall and also having an inwardly-disposed flange being disposed at a bottom end of said side wall and further having an outwardly-disposed flange being disposed at a top end of said side wall, said inwardly-disposed flange of one of said intermediate ring sections being engageable to said lip of said base section, and also including an uppermost ring section having a side wall and an inwardly-disposed flange being disposed at a bottom end of said side wall thereof, adjacent said intermediate ring sections being connectable one to another with said inwardly-disposed flange of one of said intermediate ring sections being engageable to said outwardly-disposed flange of the other of said intermediate ring sections, said inwardly-disposed flange of said uppermost ring section being engageable to said outwardly-disposed flange of one of said intermediate ring sections, said intermediate ring sections increasing in circumference when moving from said base section to said uppermost ring section upon said expandable bag support member being expanded with said uppermost ring section having a largest circumference and with said base section having a smallest circumference, said base section being retractable in an adjacent said intermediate ring section and each of said intermediate ring sections being retractable in an adjacent said intermediate ring section when moving from said base section to said uppermost ring section with said base section and said intermediate ring sections being retractable within said uppermost ring section, said handle being a grommet being attached to an outer side of said bottom wall of said base section for a user to grasp to expand said expandable bag support members; a bag being removably disposed in said expandable bag support member; and a bag retainer member for holding said bag to said expandable bag support member.