Bag holder

Claim 2

A bag support including an elongated mounting bar for mounting in generally horizontal position, a pair of support fixtures supported from said bar at points spaced longitudinally therealong and adapted to have the upper corners of a bag supportingly engaged therewith, elastic loop means for disposition about the upper end portion of said bag and over which the upper end marginal portions of the bag may be folded, a stiff but somewhat flexible elongated sleeve disposed about one side portion of said loop means, a horizontally elongated handle removably laterally engageable with said sleeve for support of the latter from said handle, said handle being of a length appreciably less than the length of said sleeve whereby the opposite ends of the sleeve project endwise outwardly of the opposite ends of said handle when the latter is engaged with said sleeve, said handle including means for laterally releasably engaging said bar intermediate said support fixtures for support of said handle, and thus said sleeve, from said bar.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1 wherein said bar includes relatively extendable opposite end portions, each of said opposite end portions including mounting means for securement to an upstanding support surface.

Claim 4

The combination of claim 1 wherein said fixtures are supported from said bar for adjustable positioning therealong, said fixtures and bar including coacting means operative to adjustably limit shifting movement of each of said fixtures relative to said bar toward the other fixture.

Claim 5

The combination of claim 1 wherein said support fixtures include knob portions supported in outstanding relation relative to one side of said bar over which said corners are engageable.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 4 wherein said fixtures are supported from said bar for adjustable positioning therealong, said fixtures and bar including coacting means operative to adjustably limit shifting movement of each of said fixtures relative to said bar toward the other fixture.

Claim 7

A bag support including an elongated mounting bar for mounting in generally horizontal position, a pair of support fixtures supported from said bar at points spaced longitudinally therealong and adapted to have the upper corners of a bag supportingly engaged therewith, an elongated handle member including means for supporting engagement with the mid-portion of one of the upper marginal portions of one of the sides of said bag extending between said corners, said handle and said bar including coacting portions releasably engageable with each other for releasable support of said handle from a portion of said bar spaced generally centrally intermediate said support fixtures, elastic loop means for disposition about the upper end portion of said bag and over which the upper end marginal portions of the bag may be folded, said means for supporting engagement with said bag including means for engaging said bag on opposite sides of the adjacent portion of said loop, a stiff but somewhat flexible elongated sleeve disposed about the portion of said loop adjacent said handle and over which said handle is removably engaged with both ends of said sleeve projecting endwise outwardly from opposite ends of the handle for stiffening the marginal portions of said bag engaged by and adjacent said handle, said means on said handle for supporting engagement with said bag comprises a pair of side-by-side depending portions of said handle defining an area therebetween in which the supported portion of said bag is removably receivable, the upper portion of the area defined between said depending portions being in the form of a substantially cylindrical passage through which the portion of said bag folded over said sleeve is receivable.

Claim 8

A bag support including an elongated mounting bar for mounting in generally horizontal position, a pair of support fixtures supported from said bar at points spaced longitudinally therealong and adapted to have the upper corners of a bag supportingly engaged therewith, an elongated handle member including means for supporting engagement with the mid-portion of one of the upper marginal portions of one of the sides of said bag extending between said corners, said handle and said bar including coacting portions releasably engageable with each other for releasable support of said handle from a portion of said bar spaced generally centrally intermediate said support fixtures, elastic loop means for disposition about the upper end portion of said bag and over which the upper end marginal portions of the bag may be folded, said means for supporting engagement with said bag including means for engaging said bag on opposite sides of the adjacent portion of said loop, a stiff but somewhat flexible elongated sleeve disposed about the portion of said loop adjacent said handle and over which said handle is removably engaged with both ends of said sleeve projecting endwise outwardly from opposite ends of the handle for stiffening the marginal portions of said bag engaged by and adjacent said handle, said means on said handle for supporting engagement with said bag comprises a pair of side-by-side depending portions of said handle defining an area therebetween in which the supported portion of said bag is removably receivable, the upper portion of the area defined between said depending portions being in the form of a substantially cylindrical passage through which the portion of said bag folded over said sleeve is receivable.

Claim 9

The combination of claim 6 wherein said fixtures are supported from said bar for adjustable positioning therealong, said fixtures and bar including coacting means operative to adjustably limit shifting movement of each of said fixtures relative to said bar toward the other fixture.

Claim 10

The combination of claim 7 wherein said bar includes relatively extendable opposite end portions, each of said opposite end portions iNcluding mounting means for securement to an upstanding support surface.