Bag dispenser

Claim 1

A bag holder from which to dispense paper bags comprising an elongated generally rectangular back plate for mounting the bag holder on a suitable upright support, an elongated upright generally rectangular open back case in which the back plate is adapted to be received for support of the case on said support, the case having a front wall, opposed side walls, and opposed end walls and having a generally rectangular opening in one end portion of the front wall through which the folded closed ends of paper bags stacked inside the case in abutment with the front wall may be exposed for removal of the bags one at a time, the width of the opening being approximately equal to the width of the bags to avoid crumpling or otherwise damaging the bags when pulled one at a time through said opening, the opposed end walls being flexible and resilient and being arched inwardly toward each other, one of these end walls having a slot provided therein transversely thereof at the middle to receive detachably a lug provided on one end of the back plate, the other end wall of the case having a wedge shaped catch projection provided thereon transversely thereof at the middle detachably slidably engageable over the other end of said back plate remote from said lug for detachable connection with that end of the back plate, said arched end walls bearing against the opposite ends of said back plate with light spring pressure when said case is assembled thereon, whereby to provide balanced spring pressure maintaining the ends of said back plate securely connected with said end walls, and spring means in said case for urging a stack of paper bags toward said front wall for withdrawal of bags one at a time through the opening therein in the dispensing of the bags from said case.