Holder for used plastic bags

Abstract

A bag holder for plastic bags comprising a container having a pair of spaced apart side walls and a front wall joining the side walls. The side walls diverge slightly moving away from the front wall. The ends of the container are open and the back is also open. The ends of the container are angled toward each other from the back toward the front of the container. There is a panel at each end attached to the side walls and extending forwardly from the back of the container for between about one quarter and one half of the distance between the front and back of the container. The panels partially close each end leaving an opening at the front of each end, one opening forming an inlet for the container and the other opening forming an outlet for the container. The container is nestable in an identical container.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the container, when upright, has the inlet opening at the top, the one open end, including the end panel, angled downwardly and forwardly at an angle ranging from between 15° and 45°. 
     
     
         4 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the other open end of the container has an end panel closing a rear portion of the other open end to provide a restricted bag outlet opening at the other open end; each open end, including its end panel, angled forwardly and toward the other open end at an angle ranging from between 15° and 45°. 
     
     
         5 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the end panel is recessed a short distance from the one end within the container. 
     
     
         6 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 4  wherein each end panel is recessed a short distance within the container from its associated container end. 
     
     
         7 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the container is a partly enclosed container having a pair of spaced apart side walls extending between the ends of the container and joined at the front by a front wall, the end panel extending from the back of the container toward the front wall and joined to the side walls and terminating in a front edge extending between the side walls. 
     
     
         8 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the container, when upright, has the inlet opening at the top, the one open end, including the end panel, angled downwardly and forwardly at an angle ranging from between 15° and 45°. 
     
     
         9 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the other open end of the container has an end panel closing a rear portion of the other open end to provide a restricted bag outlet opening at the other open end; each open end, including its end panel, angled forwardly and toward the other open end at an angle ranging from between 15° and 45°. 
     
     
         10 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the end panel is recessed a short distance from the one end within the container. 
     
     
         11 . A plastic bag holder as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the back of the container is open and the two side walls are angled slightly toward each other to be closer together at the front of the container than at the back of the container, the container nestable in an identical container. 
     
     
         12 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the back of the container is open and each of the spaced apart side walls have at least a major front portion that is angled toward the major front portion of the other side wall toward the front of the holder; each side wail having a minor rear portion that is parallel to the minor rear portion on the other side wall, the container partially nestable in an identical container. 
     
     
         13 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 12  wherein there is a male connector strip on the outside of the minor rear portion of one of the side walls and a female connector strip on the outside of the minor rear portion of the other side wall. 
     
     
         14 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 9  wherein the panel at each end is recessed a short distance from the end within the side walls. 
     
     
         15 . A bag holder comprising a partly enclosed container, the container having: a pair of spaced apart side walls and a front wall joining the front ends of the side walls; the ends of the container angled toward each other from the back toward the front of the container; a panel at each end attached to the side walls and extending forwardly from the back of the container for between about one quarter-and one-half of the distance between the front and bade of the container to partially close each end leaving an opening at the front of each end, one opening forming an inlet for the container and the other opening forming an outlet for the container; each panel having a front edge extending between the side walls. 
     
     
         16 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 15  wherein each of the spaced apart side walls are angled toward the other side wall toward the front of the container whereby the container is nestable in an identical container. 
     
     
         17 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 15  wherein each of the spaced apart side walls have at least a major front portion that is angled toward the major front portion of the other side wall toward the front of the container; each side wall having a minor rear portion that is parallel to the minor rear portion on the other side wall, the container partially nestable in an identical container. 
     
     
         18 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 17  wherein there is a male connector strip on the outside of the minor rear portion of one of the side walls and a female connector strip on the outside of the minor rear portion of the other side wall. 
     
     
         19 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the panel at each end is recessed a short distance from the end within the side walls. 
     
     
         20 . A bag holder as claimed in  claim 18  wherein the female connecting strip has a stylized capital C shaped cross-section and the male connecting strip has a stylized capital H shaped cross-section, one leg of the H male strip on one container insertable into the C female strip on another container to interconnect the strips and join the two containers together. 
     
     
         21 . A plastic bag holder comprising an elongate, container with opposed ends, both ends being open; the container having a pair of spaced apart side walls extending between the ends, the sidewalls joined to a front wall and extending to the rear of the container; an end panel at one open end, the end panel closing a rear portion of the one open end to provide a bag inlet opening at the front of the one end, the end panel extending from the rear of the side walls toward the front wall and terminating in a front edge extending between the side walls, the front edge spaced rearwardly from the front wall; the other open end providing a bag outlet opening.