Wire rack for plastic bag

Claim 1

A wire rack for mounting to the inner surface of a door of a cabinet so as to be able to open and close the door with a plastic bag suspended open-mouthed by its handle loops removably secured on the rack, said rack comprising, a generally trapezoidal device including in combination, (a) a main wire member for supporting said plastic bag in the open-mouthed position for receiving material, and (b) a wire bail upon which a package of plastic bags is removably secured, the bail forming the base of a trapezoid, said main member comprising, (i) a pair of side members angulated in the horizontal plane to include an obtuse angle so that the side members converge symmetrically into (ii) a front longitudinal member stepped down from the horizontal plane of the side members by downwardly extending portions inclined inwardly from the vertical, said side members being provided near their ends with (iii) U-shaped portions, each of which has one vertical arm which terminates in a mounting ear integrally formed by deforming an end of said main member to provide parallel faces, said mounting ear having a through-aperture for mounting said main member to said door's inner surface, whereby said side members form tab-shaped protrusions upon which said handle loops are secured; and, said wire bail comprising, (i) a longitudinal member terminating in oppositely disposed vertical side members having integral end-loops through each of which one said mounting ear is inserted so the bail is swingably disposed in the trough of each said U-shaped portion, and, (iii) an inverted-U-shaped portion formed integrally in said bail, at the center thereof, to provide a vertical protrusion upon which a package of plastic bags may be stored.