Garbage can for use with disposable bags

Claim 1

A container for encasing and releasably supporting a disposable garbage bag in position to be filled through a reduced size open top that is easily tied closed and accommodating expansion of the bag along a gradually increasing intermediate portion to a full size bottom portion which comprises a rigid body having an upstanding open top peripheral wall with an inturned grooved ledge spaced below the open top, an intermediate section depending from said wall along a diverging path and a separate bottom section depending below the bottom end of the intermediate section, a cover for the open top of the peripheral wall, a hinge swingably mounting said cover on said wall, a handle on the cover to swing the cover from opened to closed positions, an annular locking member fitting in the open top of the bag and in the groove of said ledge depressing the top end of the bag into the groove and suspending the bag from the ledge, said locking member being removeable from the ledge through the open top of the bag when the bag is filled to permit the bag to be tied closed, a second hinge connecting the separate bottom to the bottom of the intermediate section, a locking means opposite said second hinge securing the bottom section in closed position to cover the bottom of the intermediate section, and said locking means being releasable to permit the intermediate section and peripheral wall to swing free of a filled bag in the container when said annular locking member is removed to thereby expose the bag for easy removal.