Patent ID: 7533854

Claim:
A bag support for supporting a bag, said bag support being mountable to a post, the bag having a pouch and a hook extending from the pouch, said bag support comprising: a support body; a mounting clip for mounting said bag support to the post, said mounting clip including a pair of clip jaws extending substantially outwardly from said support body in a spaced apart relationship relatively to each other, said clip jaws defining a clip plane extending therebetween, said clip plane being substantially parallel to both of said clip jaws, said clip plane defining a longitudinal direction extending substantially perpendicularly to said clip plane; a hook receiving element extending from said support body, said hook receiving element defining a hook receiving aperture, said hook receiving aperture being substantially parallel to said clip plane; whereby inserting said post substantially longitudinally between said clip jaws allows the insertion of the hook into said hook receiving aperture so that the hook is substantially parallel to the post; said hook receiving element defining a hook abutment surface substantially longitudinally spaced apart from said hook receiving aperture, said hook abutment surface being provided for abutting against said hook when said hook is inserted through said hook receiving aperture; said hook receiving element also defining a pair of hook receiving apertures, said hook receiving apertures being each substantially parallel to said clip plane, said hook receiving apertures being substantially in register with each other and substantially longitudinally spaced apart from each other; wherein said receiving element base includes a base first lateral segment, a base second lateral segment substantially opposed to said base first lateral segment and a base central segment extending therebetween, said base first and second lateral segments being angled towards said clip relatively to said base central segment.