Patent ID: 6918505

Claim:
A fastener device for temporarily fastening a plastic bag in position on a trash receptacle, formed from a length of wire of uniform diameter, comprising: a one-piece manually-twistable clip having a curved loop portion and a pair of straight bendable spaced-apart coextensive leg portions; the leg portions projecting equidistantly and in substantially parallel relationship to each other and in the same plane from the curved loop portion while in an unbent position; wherein the trash receptacle is of a type having a body portion with an opening defined by a rim and an exterior surface, a substantial portion of the bag disposed within the body portion and having a flap portion extending outside the rim and wrapped against the rim and the exterior surface of the receptacle; the clip being manually placed outwardly on the flap with the pair of leg portions positioned transversely to the exterior surface of the receptacle, projecting through the flap and piercing a through hole in the plastic bag and the leg portions are positioned against the exterior surface of the receptacle; and an area of the flap circumjacent the clip leg portions encircling the leg portions after a manual twisting action having been applied to the clip whereby the flap is drawn tightly against the exterior surface of the receptacle.