Leaf collection device

Claim 1

A MATERIAL COLLECTION DEVICE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE FORMED OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPENING FOR RECEIVING MATERIAL THEREWITHIN, A PAIR OF SEPARATE RIGID MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID RECEPTACLE, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS INCLUDING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF REDUCED CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION, EACH OF SAID REDUCED END PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID RIGID MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH THE MATERIAL OF SPACED PORTIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE, ONE REDUCED END PORTION OF EACH OF SAID RIGID MEMBERS BEING RECEIVED IN THE GROUND FOR DETACHABLY SECURING THE RECEPTACLE MEANS TO THE GROUND AT TWO SPACED POINTS, THE RIGID MEMBERS EACH HAVING A SUPPORT SHOULDER ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE REDUCED END PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID SUPPORT PORTIONS ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING SPACED PORTIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE ADJACENT THE OPENING IN THE RECEPTACLE FOR HOLDING THE RECEPTACLE IN OPERATIVE POSITION FOR RECEIVING MATERIAL, SAID RIGID MEMBERS BEING READILY DETACHABLE FROM THE RECEPTACLE BY SLIDING THE REDUCED END PORTIONS OF THE RIGID MEMBERS OUT OF THE MATERIAL OF THE RECEPTACLE WHEREBY THE RECEPTACLE IS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED OF ALONG WITH THE CONTENTS THEREWITHIN, AND THE RIGID MEMBERS ARE ADAPTED TO BE EMPLOYED WITH ANOTHER SIMILAR FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLE MEANS.