Holding and closing means for garbage bags

Claim 2

A garbage bag holding and closing means comprising: a bag supporting frame, said frame including a pair of frame members, attachment means depending from the frame members for attaching A garbage bag thereto, rigid support means comprising a pair of support members, each support member providing an attachment portion for attachment to a respective wall member, an upstanding portion defining a vertical slot, and an intermediate portion, first and second pairs of rigid links, each link being hingedly connected at its ends to the intermediate portion of a respective support member and to a respective one of said frame members, and first and second spaced apart hinge members defining a horizontal hinge axis, said hinge members being located by said vertical slots, and said frame members being hingedly interconnected by said hinge members for collapsing about said horizontal axis.

Claim 3

A garbage bag holding and closing means according to claim 1, wherein each frame member comprises a first arm extending parallel to said axis and second and third arms of equal length extending from the ends of the first arm transversely thereto, the second and third arms of one frame member being hingedly connected to the second and third arms of the other frame member by said hinge members.

Claim 4

A garbage bag holding and closing means comprising, in combination: an open-topped container providing a pair of opposite side walls, each of said side walls providing an attachment support means, a bag supporting frame, said frame including a pair of frame members, each frame member comprising a first arm, and a pair of end arms of equal length extending from the ends of the first arm transversely thereto, attachment means depending from the frame members for attaching a garbage bag thereto, first and second support brackets, each bracket providing an attachment portion engageable with a respective one of said attachment support means, a spacer portion extending transversely from the attachment portion, an an upstanding portion extending from the spacer portion, the upstanding portion being laterally spaced from the attachment portion and defining a vertical slot and an intermediate portion, first and second pairs of rigid links, each link being hingedly connected at its ends to the intermediate portion of a respective support bracket and to a respective one of said end arms, and first and second spaced apart hinge members defining a horizontal axis, said hinge members being located by said vertical slots, and said frame members being hingedly interconnected by said hinge members for collapsing about said horizontal axis.

Claim 5

A garbage bag holding and closing means comprising, in combination: an open-topped container providing a pair of opposite side walls, each of said side walls providing an attachment support means, a bag supporting frame, said frame including a pair of frame members, each frame member comprising a first arm, and a pair of end arms of equal length extending from the ends of the first arm transversely thereto, attachment means depending from the frame members for attaching a garbage bag thereto, first and second support brackets, each bracket providing an attachment portion engageable with a respective one of said attachment support means, a spacer portion extending transversely from the attachment portion, an an upstanding portion extending from the spacer portion, the upstanding portion being laterally spaced from the attachment portion and defining a vertical slot and an intermediate portion, first and second pairs of rigid links, each link being hingedly connected at its ends to the intermediate portion of a respective support bracket and to a respective one of said end arms, and first and second spaced apart hinge members defining a horizontal axis, said hinge members being located by said vertical slots, and said frame members being hingedly interconnected by said hinge members for collapsing about said horizontal axis.

Claim 6

A garbage bag holding and closing means according to claim 3, wherein said frame members, support bracket, and links are of sheet metal.

Claim 7

A garbage bag holding and closing means according to claim 4, wherein the container provides a pair of opposite end walls extending transversely to the side walls, one end wall providing a pair of spaced apart attachment support means, said garbage bag holding and closing means including a pair of arms hingedly connected to the intermediate portions of the brackets, respectively, each arm having an end portion which is engageable with a respective one of said end wall attachment support means.