Refuse bag holder assembly

Claim 1

A holder assembly for refuse bags having open and closed ends, comprising: a generally dish-shaped base member for supporting the closed end of a refuse bag, said base member having an upwardly extending flange on its periphery and a solid bottom portion; frusto-conically shaped refuse bag support means removably supported by said base member with the larger end in engagement with said base member, said larger end being sized to snugly engage the inside of said flange, said bag support means being sized and shaped such that a refuse bag is removably received therein with the closed end of the bag engaging said solid portion of said base member and the open end portion of the bag extending outwardly of the upper end of the support means enough to fold over to engage and be secured by an upper portion of the support means, the support means being further sized and shaped such that the lower section of the support means would be out of engagement with a filled refuse bag; ground engaging transport means operatively supported by said base member; and locking means for selectively locking said bag support means to said base member, said locking means comprising said flange defining a generally L-shaped slot open at the upper lip section of the flange, and a pin member secured to the lower section of said bag support means and receivable within said slot whereby when said pin is initially inserted in said slot and the bag support means rotated the pin will follow the slot to its end and said bag support means and base member will be locked with respect to each other.