Patent ID: 6971611

Claim:
A portable stand for attachment of a bag in supported relation thereon, said stand having two identical, first and second, half portions assembled together in secured, adjoining relation to form a shaped upper rim and a shaped lower rim, with supporting rib means extending therebetween, said lower rim portion serving to support said stand from a surface in stable, standing relation; each of said first and second half portions including a first rib forming a part of said rib means; wherein said first rib of said first half portion has at least one protrusion projecting radially from the rib located a predetermined distance from a reference datum, and wherein said first rib of said second half portion has at least one radially disposed recess sized to receive and hold said protrusion located said predetermined distance from said datum, said protrusion when received in said recess serving to maintain said first rib of said first half portion in secured, engaged relation with said first rib of said second half portion to retain said portions in their assembled adjoining relation.