Trash bag retainer

Claim 1

An apparatus for holding a flexible and collapsible plastic trash bag comprising: a rigid trash receptacle having a main body with a closed bottom and an open top with a rim, said main body includes a plurality of apertures for allowing trapped air between said body and said bag to escape as said bag expands during the filling thereof; a collar removably mounted to said rim for securing a portion of said bag between said collar and said rim, said collar being separate and not connected to said bag; and wherein: said collar is rigid and extends above said receptacle to hold trash stacked above said rim which will be subsequently compressed below said rim; said collar includes an annular member and a tubular extension integrally joined and axially aligned, said annular member is frictionally fittable on said rim to secure a top portion of said bag when inserted in said receptacle and folded over said rim, said tubular extension is impervious to air preventing movement of trash and air outwardly through said tubular extension and directing said trash downwardly to fill said bag, said collar being removable when said bag is filled to allow contact only between said bag and said main body with air passing through said aperture into said receptacle during bag removal; said main body, said annular member and said tubular extension are each cylindrical and axially aligned; said main body has an outside diameter not greater than the inside diameter of said annular member, said main body has an inside diameter not less than the inside diameter of said extension.

Claim 2

An apparatus for holding a flexible and collapsible plastic trash bag comprising: a rigid trash receptacle having a main body with a closed bottom and an open top with a rim, said main body includes a plurality of apertures for allowing trapped air between said body and said bag to escape as said bag expands during the filling thereof; a collar removably mounted to said rim for securing a portion of said bag between said collar and said rim, said collar being separate and not connected to said bag; and wherein: said collar is rigid and extends above said receptacle to hold trash stacked above said rim which will be subsequently compressed below said rim; said collar includes an annular member and a tubular extension integrally joined and axially aligned, said annular member is frictionally fittable on said rim to secure a top portion of said bag when inserted in said receptacle and folded over said rim, said tubular extension is impervious to air preventing movement of trash and air outwardly through said tubular extension and directing said trash downwardly to fill said bag, said collar being removable when said bag is filled to allow contact only between said bag and said main body with air passing through said aperture into said receptacle during bag removal; said main body, said annular member and said tubular extension are each cylindrical and axially aligned; said main body has an outside diameter not greater than the inside diameter of said annular member, said main body has an inside diameter not less than the inside diameter of said extension.