Disposable bag and the method of using the same

• US 9,969,550 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 1316, LLC
• Original Assignee: 1316, LLC
• Inventors: McConnell, Thomas E., Lu, Yafei
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): VOLZ, ELIZABETH J
• Application Number:
  US14/838,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20160060029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 22049508, 220908, 2209081, 383 611, 383 62, 383104, 383 33, 383 34, 383 341, 383 35, 383 71, 383906, 53483, 53370
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/0006 Flexible refuse receptables, e.g. bags, sacks
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/0013 with means for fixing and mounting of the receptacle to walls, doors
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/002 with means for opening or closing of the receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/06 with flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks B65F1/0073 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1426 Housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles B65F1/006, B65F1/1452 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2210/1675 by twisting, e.g. of a flexible tube
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2240/132 Diapers

Abstract

A bag for holding trash, diaper, and any item that needs to be contained. The bag can have an enclosure body and a mouth opening where the opening is lined with a foldable frame. The foldable frame can fold out to keep the mouth opening in an open configuration, and can collapse upon itself to keep the mouth opening in a closed configuration. The foldable frame can optionally have a locking notch, a finger, or both, all of which can be used to attach to some part of the enclosure body thereby keeping the neck of the bag twisted closed. The bag can optionally have attachment points such as apertures, sleeves, strips, and loops for securing to the locking notch. In some embodiments, the collar need not be foldable.

Claims

1. A disposable bag for a waste container, the bag comprising:

a body portion having an internal space;

a neck portion coupled to the body portion;

a mouth opening defined by an upper rim of the disposable bag, and the upper rim is coupled to the neck portion; and

a collar fixed on or near the upper rim and along an entire circumference of the upper rim;

wherein the collar has a finger and a locking notch;

wherein the collar is planar circular disc and has a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said body portion;

wherein the collar is configured to be foldable and is comprised of at least four collar bodies consecutively connected; and

wherein the collar bodies are flat panels pivotably connected to another via folding lines, and the collar bodies are configured to pivotably fold out into a co-planar configuration, thereby keeping the mouth opening of the bag in an open configuration, and the collar bodies are also configured to pivotably fold into a collapsed configuration such that the collar bodies are parallel to each other, thereby keeping the mouth opening of the bag in a closed configuration; and

wherein the body portion has at least one catch member disposed on an upper half of the bag above a midline of the bag, wherein the midline is equidistant to both a top end and a bottom end of the bag, the at least one catch member is configured to receive the finger, and the catch member is selected from the group consisting of an aperture, a reinforced aperture, a sleeve, a strip, and a loop.

2. The bag as recited in claim 1, wherein when the collar bodies are in the collapsed configuration, four of the collar bodies are sandwiched between two of the collar bodies.

3. The bag as recited in claim 1, wherein the collar has a receiving structure configured to make detachable engagement with a top of the waste container.

4. The bag as recited in claim 3, wherein the receiving structure includes at least one through-hole on the collar.

5. The bag as recited in claim 1, wherein the locking notch is at least one of

(a) a T-shaped cut out,

(b) an L-shaped cut out, and

(c) a cove-shaped structure with an entrance narrower than an inside void of the cove-shaped structure.

6. The bag as recited in claim 5, wherein the collar has pre-scored folding lines and the collar bodies are foldable relative to one another.

7. A disposable bag for a waste container, the bag comprising:

a body portion having an internal space;

a neck portion coupled to the body portion;

an opening defined by an upper rim of the disposable bag, and the upper rim is coupled to the neck portion; and

a circular disc collar without any folding lines, wherein the collar is coupled to or near the upper rim and along an entire circumference of the upper rim; and

wherein the body portion has at least one catch member selected from the group consisting of an aperture, a reinforced aperture, a sleeve, a strip, and a loop; and

wherein the catch member is to hook around a twisted neck of the bag or around another part of the bag.

8. The bag as recited in claim 7, wherein the collar is planar and the collar has at least one through-hole.

9. The bag as recited in claim 8, wherein one of collar bodies has a locking notch.

10. The bag as recited in claim 8, wherein the locking notch has a finger and a receiving channel.

11. The bag as recited in claim 7, wherein the collar is circular and planar, and is made of a pliable material.