Handle Helper L.p.

Other

Innogrip, L.p.

Peter D Dieterich, Jr

Jonathan F Kerr

Roy K Fischer

A bag rack (10) including a base (12), side walls (18, 20), a back wall (22) and a pair of L-shaped bag support arms (32). Side walls (18, 20) are releasably joined and secured to back wall (22) by the upright legs (30) of bag support arms (32) by means of a series of interlocking, aligned slots (26, 28). A rear slot (42) is provided between back wall (22) and base (12) to allow the bottom edges of a multiplicity of bags carried by a hook (37) to extend back of base (12).

Plastic bag rack

T-shirt bag rack dispenser

A bag rack (10, 110, 210) including a base (12, 112), side walls (18, 20, 114, 116), a back wall (22, 118) and a pair of L-shaped bag support arms (32, 160, 162). Side walls (18, 20, 114, 116) are releasably joined and secured to back wall (22, 118) by the upright legs (30, 146) of bag support arms (32, 160, 162) by means of a series of interlocking, aligned slots (26, 28, 142, 144). A rear slot (42, 172) is provided between back wall (22, 118) and base (12, 112) to allow the bottom edges of a multiplicity of bags carried by a hook (37, 156) to extend back of base (12, 112). An embodiment of the back rack (110) is shown in which the bag supporting arms (160, 162) are coupled together by a transversely extending rear extension (164), which cooperatively engages a structure, preferably pairs of channels (168, 170), on the back wall (118) of the bag rack (110) to secure the bag supporting arms (160, 162) in a desired vertical height and to transfer cantilever loading of the bag supporting arms (160, 162) to the back wall (118).

T-shirt bag rack with cantilevered bag support arms and method

Dispensing member (200) having a guide rail (202) for dispensing an individual bag holder from a nested stack. Dispensing member (200) having a plurality of curves (208, 210, and 207) which cause a spreading or fanning out enabling bag holders (40) to be removed one by one at outfeed station (206). Bag holders (40) are loaded in clips (230) which are bound together by breakable retaining strip (232) and fed onto guide rail (202). The action of said clip (230) being pushed around curve (208) of dispensing member (200) breaks retaining strip (232), thus facilitating loading. A nib (209) prevents individual bag holders (40) from inadvertently becoming detached from dispensing member (200). In the preferred embodiment, dispensing member (200) having curves (208, 210, and 207) which cause the nested stack of bag holders (40) to fan out at their unsupported ends. Bag holders each having an elongated body terminating in opposed ends (50 and 52), said opposed ends each having a pair of opposed tabs (59) defining a loop receiving opening therebetween, wherein one of said loop receiving openings is interlocking with, and suspended by guide rail (202). In other embodiments, a straight vertical dispenser (400) and a horizontally biased dispenser (500) are disclosed.

Dispenser for dispensing bag holders

An attachable bag holder for use with a bag having at least one carrying loop. The holder includes an elongated body terminating in opposed ends and formed with a loop receiving channel on an upwardly facing side and a manually engageable gripping surface on a downwardly facing side of the holder body. A retention structure formed for easy insertion and yet difficult removal or trapping of the bag loops in the holder upon attachment of the same is provided. The holder body is preferably formed with the U-shaped cross section which permits nesting of holders in a stacked relation. The manually engageable gripping surface is downwardly convexed and formed with finger indentations to transfer loading forces to each of the fingers on the user's hand, and provide a firm positive grip which combine to reduce fatigue. The gripping surface configuration also provides transverse, as well as longitudinal, rigidity to the holder. A holder dispenser and method are also disclosed.

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Mill Valley, CA, United States of America

Peter D Dieterich, Jr