Patent ID: 8851542

Claim:
A portable bag holder that maintains a bag mouth of a disposable bag in an open position, the bag holder comprising a handle having an elongate body depending therefrom and terminating in a bag mouth engaging portion for maintaining the bag mouth in the open position, with the bag mouth engaging portion including a frame that assists in maintaining the bag mouth in the open position for receiving contents therein, and with the bag mouth being removable from the bag mouth engaging portion to permit bag disposal after the contents are placed in the bag and to allow re-use of the bag mouth engaging portion on another bag, wherein, in use, the handle allows manipulation and placement of the holder and bag in any one of a plurality of positions to facilitate placing contents into the bag; wherein the frame of the bag mouth engaging portion comprises: a handle engaging portion proximate the elongate body of the handle and an opposed collection portion with opposed side portions intermediate the handle engaging portion and the collection portion, with the handle engaging portion, the collection portion and side portions releasably joined together by engagement means to delineate a rectangular ingress for receipt of the contents into a disposable bag; and a structure solely associated with the frame for releasable engagement with at least a portion of the bag mouth, wherein the structure comprises at least one latch in releasable engagement with each frame side portion, with each latch being configured and dimensioned to retain at least a portion of the bag mouth; wherein the at least one latch is closable to retain at least the opposing sides of the bag mouth in the open position to receive contents in the bag, and openable to allow disposal of the bag after contents are placed therein, and to allow re-use of the at least one latch on another bag; wherein each latch: is further configured to releasably engage a corresponding aperture in a receptacle having an open end configured to correspond to the ingress of the frame when disposed adjacent thereto for receiving contents when the bag mouth is aligned with a periphery of the frame and is engaged by each latch to retain the opposing sides of the receptacle and at least a portion of the bag mouth together; and in use, each latch is configured to releasably engage the corresponding aperture in the receptacle so that closing each latch secures the opposing sides of the receptacle with the bag mouth being in the open position.