Patent ID: 7156350

Claim:
A carrier for supporting a trash bag, the trash bag having an upper lip, the carrier comprising: (a) a frame having a forward end and a rearward end, the rearward end of the frame having a plate spanning across and attached to the rearward end; the plate having an aperture extending therethrough, wherein an opening is defined between the frame and the plate for receiving the trash bag; (b) a handle fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the rearward end of the frame, the handle being positioned for, upon extension of the trash bag's upper lip through the aperture, single handed grasping of the handle and the trash bag's upper lip; and (c) a leg fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the forward end of the frame, the leg extending downwardly from the frame, the handle being positioned oppositely from the forward end of the frame.