Bag supporting means

Claim 2

Bag supporting means comprising bag holding means, including bag gripping means for gripping a marginal portion of the mouth of the bag, said bag supporting means including a plurality of pegs having threaded fastener means for securing said pegs to a support, said support including a frame having a plurality of apertures, said plurality of pegs being engageable with selected ones of said apertures for locating said pegs in accordance with the size of the bag, a plurality of resilient locking rings having inside diameters less than the diameter of said pegs and adapted to be moved over said peg with a portion of the bag spread over said pegs to hold the portion of the bag upon said pegs, and anchor means affixing said locking rings to one of said bag holding means or said support.

Claim 3

Bag supporting means comprising bag holding means, including bag gripping means for gripping a marginal portion of the mouth of the bag, said bag supporting means including a peg fixed to a support, a resilient locking ring having an inside diameter less than the diameter of said peg and adapted to be moved over said peg with a portion of the bag spread over said peg to hold the portion of the bag upon said peg, said peg including a first area of reduced effective cross-section for receiving said resilient locking ring, and anchor means including a second area of reduced effective cross-section in said peg for affixing said locking ring to said peg.

Claim 4

Bag supporting means comprising bag holding means, including bag gripping means for gripping a marginal portion of the mouth of the bag, said bag supporting means including a peg fixed to a support, a resilient locking ring having an inside diameter less than the diameter of said peg and adapted to be moved over said peg with a portion of the bag spread over said peg to hold the portion of the bag upon said peg, said peg including a first area of reduced effective cross-section for receiving said resilient locking ring, and anchor means including a second area of reduced effective cross-section in said peg for affixing said locking ring to said peg.

Claim 5

Bag supporting means as set forth in claim 1, each of said pegs has a dome-shaped top to facilitate application of said locking ring thereto during moving the locking ring of said peg.

Claim 6

Bag supporting means as set forth in claim, 1 wherein each of said pegs includes an area of reduced effective cross-section for receiving said resilient locking ring.

Claim 7

Bag supporting means as set forth in claim 4, including a second area of reduced effective cross section in said peg for receiving said anchor means.

Claim 8

Bag supporting means as set forth in claims 1, wherein said support includes an open frame receiving said pegs, and a plurality of vertical uprights for supporting said frame in a substantially horizontal plane with the bag disposed within the open interior area of said open frame between said plurality of vertical uprights.

Claim 9

Bag supporting means as set forth in claims 1, wherein said support includes a mounting bracket for mounting said substantially vertical upright pegs relative to a substantially vertical surface.

Claim 10

Trash bag supporting means comprising plural bag holding means supported in approximately horizontally aligned, spaced relationship, said bag holding means including bag gripping means for gripping spaced marginal portions of the mouth of a trash bag; said bag supporting means further including a relatively rigid open frame, substantially vertical uprights fixed at their upper ends to spaced points on said frame and including means at their lower ends for holding said uprights in upright positions with said frame in an approximately horizontal position; said bag holding means and said bag gripping means being carried in spaced positions on and about said frame to hold a related trash bag or the like depending from an open interior area of said frame into an area between said uprights; said bag holding and gripping means comprising plural generally cylindrical pegs, fixed at their lower ends at spaced locations on said frame, said pegs each being formed with a circumferential locking groove therein distal from the peg's top, and a resilient locking ring having an inside diameter less than the general diameter of the peg and adapted to be moved downwardly over said peg with a trash bag portion spread over said peg and to snap into said locking groove to hold said bag portion upon the peg; said locking ring having one end of a flexible anchor line fixed thereto, and said anchor line's other end being fixed to an anchoring ring seated within a second circumferential groove of the peg, located below said locking groove of the peg.

Claim 11

Trash bag supporting means comprising plural bag holding means supported in approximately horizontally aligned, spaced relationship, said bag holding means including bag gripping means for gripping spaced marginal portions of the mouth of a trash bag; said bag supporting means further including a relatively rigid open frame, substantially vertical uprights fixed at their upper ends to spaced points on said frame and including means at their lower ends for holding said uprights in upright positions with said frame in an approximately horizontal position; said bag holding means and said bag gripping means being carried in spaced positions on and about said frame to hold a related trash bag or the like depending from an open interior area of said frame into an area between said uprights; said bag holding and gripping means comprising plural generally cylindrical pegs, fixed at their lower ends at spaced locations on said frame, said pegs each being formed with a circumferential locking groove therein distal from the peg's top, and a resilient locking ring having an inside diameter less than the general diameter of the peg and adapted to be moved downwardly over said peg with a trash bag portion spread over said peg and to snap into said locking groove to hold said bag portion upon the peg; said locking ring having one end of a flexible anchor line fixed thereto, and said anchor line's other end being fixed to an anchoring ring seated within a second circumferential groove of the peg, located below said locking groove of the peg.