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Adjustable multiple recycling receptacle retaining apparatus

  • US 5,238,139 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1991
  • Issued: 08/24/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for supporting a plurality of trash bags at the rim of a trash receptacle in order that the bags may be suspended at the receiving end of each bag and each bag may be removed independently of the other bags and may have a variety of cross sectional areas, and resulting volumes devoted to each bag, said apparatus comprising:

  • a rectangular hoop, shaped and sized to test within, and be frictionally secured, at the top opening of the receptacle, said hoop having two pairs of parallel sides, one pair forming the latitudinal sides and one pair forming the longitudinal sides, said hoop having a groove on the inward and upward facing surface of the latitudinal sides and a channel on the inward facing surface of the longitudinal sides;

    a plurality of cross members each having smaller sized ends protruding to fit slideably within the channels of the longitudinal sides of the said hoop, and be secured to said hoop, and said cross members having a hexagonal cross section and having grooves along both inner and upward facing planar surfaces;

    and a plurality of compressible splines made of compressible material, sized to be frictionally held within said grooves when in said compressed state, said splines having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured in said grooves upon compression by frictional contact, one at each of the two latitudinal sides of the hoop and one to each side of each cross member, said splines securing the plurality of bags to the hoop and cross members by frictional contact when compressed and inserted into said grooves, the second end being formed and shaped into an enlarged tab.

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