US3589595A
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Litter bag
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1969-04-03
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Granted: 1971-06-29
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Expires: 1989-04-03
Abstract
Abstract A normally flat litter bag for use in the home, office, hospital, automobile or similar conveyance made of throwaway paper. A pressure sensitive adhesive strip is affixed across the rear wall and is covered with a peelable nonsticky tape which when stripped off, permits the openable mouth of the bag to be accessibly suspended. A sleeved bendably malleable wire bridges and is attached to the interior of the front wall and has extensible and retractable free end portions which can be suitably angled and bent to span the customary folding creases of the bag''s sidewalls in a manner to spread and retain the mouth of the bag in an open condition.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert F White
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 23:40
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D33/00; B65D33/14; B65F; B65F1/00; B65F1/14; B65F1/141; B65F1/1415; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/806; Y10S383/00; Y10S383/905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A self-supporting, self-contained expansible and contractable litter bag comprising front, back, bottom, and side bag-forming walls, the respective sidewalls being centrally longitudinally creased and normally collapsed to provide a compactly flat but spreadable bag, a strip of pressure sensitive material applied to and extending across an exterior upper edge portion of the backwall of the bag and normally covered by a manually peelable bodily detachable tape, and a length of mouth-opening and bag holding wire, said wire being bendably malleable, the major median portion of said wire completely bridging the interior of said front wall and having free bendable end portions which are adapted to spread and retain the mouth of the bag in an unobstructedly open condition, said length of wire being retentively encased in a sheet material hemlike sleeve, said sleeve being commensurate in length with said length of wire, that portion of the sleeve which spans the interior of said front wall being permanently attached to the interior surface of said front wall and enclosing and operatively mounting the median portion of said wire on said interior surface, the respective end portions of said wire and said sleeve being free of positive connection with the interior surfaces of said sidewalls and being manually bendable toward and from said sidewalls, the freely bendable end portions of said wire and encasing free end portions of said sleeve being commensurate in length with each other and of a length greater than the width of said sidewalls and being adapted to bridge the aforementioned longitudinal creases in a manner to prevent closing of the bag until desired.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
A self-supporting, self-contained expansible and contractable litter bag comprising front, back, bottom, and side bag-forming walls, the respective sidewalls being centrally longitudinally creased and normally collapsed to provide a compactly flat but spreadable bag, a strip of pressure sensitive material applied to and extending across an exterior upper edge portion of the backwall of the bag and normally covered by a manually peelable bodily detachable tape, and a length of mouth-opening and bag holding wire, said wire being bendably malleable, the major median portion of said wire completely bridging the interior of said front wall and having free bendable end portions which are adapted to spread and retain the mouth of the bag in an unobstructedly open condition, said length of wire being retentively encased in a sheet material hemlike sleeve, said sleeve being commensurate in length with said length of wire, that portion of the sleeve which spans the interior of said front wall being permanently attached to the interior surface of said front wall and enclosing and operatively mounting the median portion of said wire on said interior surface, the respective end portions of said wire and said sleeve being free of positive connection with the interior surfaces of said sidewalls and being manually bendable toward and from said sidewalls, the freely bendable end portions of said wire and encasing free end portions of said sleeve being commensurate in length with each other and of a length greater than the width of said sidewalls and being adapted to bridge the aforementioned longitudinal creases in a manner to prevent closing of the bag until desired.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
246 words
A self-supporting, self-contained expansible and contractable litter bag comprising front, back, bottom and sidewalls, the respective sidewalls each being centrally and longitudinally creased from end to end to permit said bag to be spread from a normally flat state to a fully open ready-to-use state, a sheet material hemlike sleeve of a length equal to the width of the front wall and equal to slightly more than half the width of the respective sidewalls, the median portion of said sleeve spanning the interior surface of said front wall and being permanently attached to said interior surface, the end portions of said sleeve being free of positive connection with said sidewalls, a length of bag-mouth-opening and retaining wire, said wire being bendably malleable, being of a length commensurate with the length of said sleeve and being encased in said sleeve, said wire having free bendable end portions, said end portions and the coacting free end portions of said sleeve being capable of assuming folded positions against the median portion of said sleeve when the bag is flat and adapted to assume sidewall contacting and bridging positions when positioned by hand in a manner to extend across the sidewalls and points beyond the central longitudinally creased portions in a manner to spread and maintain the mouth of the bag in an unobstructedly open condition, and means carried by an upper exterior surface portion of the backwall for mounting the open ready-to-use bag on a relatively stationary support surfacE.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
246 words
A self-supporting, self-contained expansible and contractable litter bag comprising front, back, bottom and sidewalls, the respective sidewalls each being centrally and longitudinally creased from end to end to permit said bag to be spread from a normally flat state to a fully open ready-to-use state, a sheet material hemlike sleeve of a length equal to the width of the front wall and equal to slightly more than half the width of the respective sidewalls, the median portion of said sleeve spanning the interior surface of said front wall and being permanently attached to said interior surface, the end portions of said sleeve being free of positive connection with said sidewalls, a length of bag-mouth-opening and retaining wire, said wire being bendably malleable, being of a length commensurate with the length of said sleeve and being encased in said sleeve, said wire having free bendable end portions, said end portions and the coacting free end portions of said sleeve being capable of assuming folded positions against the median portion of said sleeve when the bag is flat and adapted to assume sidewall contacting and bridging positions when positioned by hand in a manner to extend across the sidewalls and points beyond the central longitudinally creased portions in a manner to spread and maintain the mouth of the bag in an unobstructedly open condition, and means carried by an upper exterior surface portion of the backwall for mounting the open ready-to-use bag on a relatively stationary support surfacE.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The litter bag defined in and according to claim 2 and wherein said means comprises a strip of pressure sensitive material which is applied to and extends across an exterior upper edge portion of said backwall and which is normally covered by a manually peelable and bodily removable protective tape.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-06-28 | 1974-12-28 | 1975-06-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-06-28 | 1978-12-28 | 1979-06-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-06-28 | 1982-12-28 | 1983-06-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |