Device for holding a collection bag

Abstract

A device for suspending a collection bag in a wheeled garbage bin. The device includes a continuous loop means, a pair of retainer brackets projecting from the continuous loop means, positioned and configured to engage opposed interior corner regions of the wheeled garbage bin at or adjacent the lip of the bin, and suspension means to rest on one or more upwardly facing edges of the wheeled garbage bin. The device may be located for suspending an open collection bag in the bin.

1 . A device for suspending a collection bag in a wheeled garbage bin, the device including: 
 a continuous loop means;    a pair of retainer brackets projecting from the continuous loop means, positioned and configured to engage opposed interior corner regions of the wheeled garbage bin at or adjacent the lip of the bin; and    suspension means to rest on one or more upwardly facing edges of the wheeled garbage bin;    whereby the device may be located for suspending an open collection bag in the bin.    
   
   
       2 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the device is dimensioned for suspending a collection bag in a wheeled garbage bin of the kind that includes a handle which may be grasped by a person for tilting and/or moving the bin about on its ground wheels.  
   
   
       3 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the suspension means are on the retainer brackets.  
   
   
       4 . A device according to  claim 3 , wherein the suspension means are integral tabs which rest on upwardly facing edges at the interior corner regions of the bin with which the retainer brackets are engaged.  
   
   
       5 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the upwardly facing edges are segments of the lip of the main upper opening of the wheeled garbage bin.  
   
   
       6 . A device according to  claim 2 , wherein the upwardly facing edges are segments of the lip of the main upper opening of the wheeled garbage bin.  
   
   
       7 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the retainer brackets substantially conform to the shape of the interior corner regions of the wheeled garbage bin and thereby locate the device against lateral movement.  
   
   
       8 . A device according to  claim 2 , wherein the retainer brackets substantially conform to the shape of the interior corner regions of the wheeled garbage bin and thereby locate the device against lateral movement.  
   
   
       9 . A device according to  claim 3 , wherein the retainer brackets substantially conform to the shape of the interior corner regions of the wheeled garbage bin and thereby locate the device against lateral movement.  
   
   
       10 . A device according to  claim 9 , wherein the suspension means are integral tabs which rest on upwardly facing edges at the interior corner regions of the bin with which the retainer brackets are engaged.  
   
   
       11 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the retainer brackets include a connecting portion from the loop means, the connecting portions being shaped so as to define a space directly underlying the loop means, while not restricting the wrapping of a rim of the collection bag under the loop means.  
   
   
       12 . The device according to  claim 3 , wherein the retainer brackets include a connecting portion from the loop means, the connecting portions being shaped so as to define a space directly underlying the loop means, while not restricting the wrapping of a rim of the collection bag under the loop means.  
   
   
       13 . A device according to  claim 12 , wherein the suspension means are integral tabs which rest on upwardly facing edges at the interior corner regions of the bin with which the retainer brackets are engaged.  
   
   
       14 . The device according to  claim 7 , wherein the retainer brackets include a connecting portion from the loop means, the connecting portions being shaped so as to define a space directly underlying the loop means, while not restricting the wrapping of a rim of the collection bag under the loop means.  
   
   
       15 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the continuous loop means is a ring.  
   
   
       16 . A device according to  claim 3 , wherein the continuous loop means is a ring.  
   
   
       17 . A device according to  claim 16 , wherein the suspension means are integral tabs which rest on upwardly facing edges at the interior corner regions of the bin with which the retainer brackets are engaged.  
   
   
       18 . A device according to  claim 11 , wherein the continuous loop means is a ring.  
   
   
       19 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the device includes a locking means to prevent removal from the wheeled garbage bin.  
   
   
       20 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the device is made from metal.