Mounting structure for retaining a mesh laundry bag open

Abstract

An angle bracket whose longer leg is secured to a sidewall of a drawer and whose shorter leg extends outward away from a drawer surface. An elastic liner or a mesh laundry bag is placed against the longer leg. When a pair of such angle brackets are secured to the sidewall and another pair to an opposite sidewall, the liner may press against the longer leg of each of the longer legs such as adjacent the respective bend, or a distal portion of a mesh liner's many apertures which, once protruded by a tab, may exert a force on the underside of the tab. Such s force is translated to an inward-facing force by the tab, in effect locking or preventing the method liner from collapsing. In that manner, the liner or laundry bag is retained and can be filled with soiled laundry within the drawer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device suited to retain a mesh bag in an open condition, comprising retaining means for retaining open a mouth of a laundry bag having a mesh material, the retaining means including a mounting structure that includes angle brackets each having two legs of different lengths and a bend between;
 wherein the angle brackets are secured to respective ones of opposite sidewalls spaced apart from each other, the angle brackets each having two legs of different lengths and a bend between, one of the two legs being secured to an associated one of the opposite sidewalls and a remaining one of the two legs protruding beyond an edge of the associated one of the opposite sidewalls,   wherein placement of the mouth of the laundry bag around the remaining one of the two legs of each of the angle brackets results in the mouth of the laundry bag being in an open condition, and   wherein a weight force of laundry within confines of the laundry bag causes the laundry bag to exert a commensurate in magnitude pulling force on the mouth, which in turn causes the mouth to press against the angle brackets, resulting in the mouth being retained in the open condition.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the two legs include a longer leg and a shorter leg, the longer leg has at least one aperture. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the longer leg includes a formation that has a contour of a stem of a fastener that is inserted into the one of the sidewalls. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a front wall and a rear wall each spaced apart from each other and extending between the opposite sidewalls, wherein the angle brackets include two pairs of angle brackets, one pair of the angle brackets being closer to the front wall than is a remaining pair of the angle brackets to the rear wall.   
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the angle brackets include two pairs of angle brackets, the angle brackets of one of the two pairs being in alignment with each other across the container from the two opposite sidewalls, a remaining one of the two pairs of angle brackets also being in alignment with each other across the container from the two opposite sidewalls. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the opposite sidewalls are part of a drawer in a piece of furniture. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the opposite sidewalls are part of an open container fitted into a stand. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls are part of a wire container, the angle brackets and associated ones of the opposite sidewalls being welded to each other. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the angle brackets have plugs for plugging same into the opposite sidewalls. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein fasteners are in position fastening the angle brackets to the opposite sidewalls. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the bend defines a right angle. 
     
     
         12 . A device suited to retain a mesh bag in an open condition, comprising
 a laundry bag having a mouth and a mesh material;   a mounting structure that includes angle brackets each having two legs of different lengths and a bend between, wherein the angle brackets are secured to respective ones of opposite sidewalls spaced apart from each other, one of the two legs being secured to an associated one of the opposite sidewalls and a remaining one of the two legs protruding beyond an edge of the associated one of the opposite sidewalls,   wherein placement of a mouth of the laundry bag around the remaining one of the two legs of each of the angle brackets results in the mouth of the laundry bag being in an open condition, and   wherein a weight force of laundry within confines of the laundry bag causes the laundry bag to exert a commensurate in magnitude pulling force on the mouth, which in turn causes the mouth to press against the angle brackets, resulting in the mouth being retained in the open condition.   
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the two legs include a longer leg and a shorter leg, the longer leg has at least one aperture. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein the longer leg includes a formation that has a contour of a stem of a fastener that is inserted into the one of the sidewalls. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a front wall and a rear wall each spaced apart from each other and extending between the opposite sidewalls, wherein the angle brackets include two pairs of angle brackets, one pair of the angle brackets being closer to the front wall than is a remaining pair of the angle brackets to the rear wall.   
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the angle brackets include two pairs of angle brackets, the angle brackets of one of the two pairs being in alignment with each other across the container from the two opposite sidewalls, a remaining one of the two pairs of angle brackets also being in alignment with each other across the container from the two opposite sidewalls. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the opposite sidewalls are part of a drawer in a piece of furniture. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the opposite sidewalls are part of an open container fitted into a stand. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the sidewalls are part of a wire container, the angle brackets and associated ones of the opposite sidewalls being welded to each other. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the angle brackets are plugged into the opposite sidewalls, the opposite sidewalls having complementary configurations into which the angle brackets are plugged. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein hardware screws the angle brackets into the opposite sidewalls. 
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the bend defines a right angle. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the mouth presses against the bend.