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A receptacle support system to allow receptacles such as bags to be loaded with articles. The system, in one preferred form, may be incorporated in a supermarket trolley (1) and essentially comprises an upper frame (7) carrying opposing pairs of hooks (13, 14). The hooks (14) are fixed to the frame

A receptacle support system to allow receptacles such as bags to be loaded with articles. The system, in one preferred form, may be incorporated in a supermarket trolley (1) and essentially comprises an upper frame (7) carrying opposing pairs of hooks (13, 14). The hooks (14) are fixed to the frame while the hooks (13) are movable relative to the frame, so that when a bag is hooked over the respective pairs of opposing hooks, movement of the hooks (13) away from hooks (14) by handle (12) causes the bag mouth to be opened. To close the bag, hooks (13) are moved in the opposite direction by handle (15). The system may be incorporated in supermarket checkouts or any other application where it is necessary for bags to be held open while being loaded.

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A supermarket trolley of the type including a handle, wheels, an article support shelf and an upper frame, the trolley being characterised by a plurality of loop hooks adapted to engage with and support handles of a non-rigid handled container having an open top, said handles being located near the

A supermarket trolley of the type including a handle, wheels, an article support shelf and an upper frame, the trolley being characterised by a plurality of loop hooks adapted to engage with and support handles of a non-rigid handled container having an open top, said handles being located near the open top of the container for opening and closing the same, the hooks being arranged on the upper frame in pairs on opposite sides of and situated above the shelf, a first one of each of the pairs of hooks being movable from a first position to a second position relative to a second one of each of the pairs of hooks such that a container engaged by the hooks is opened when said first hooks are in said second position and is closed when said first hooks are in said first position, resilient means for biasing and moving said first hooks from said second position to said first position, actuating means for moving said first hooks to said second position and means for releasably retaining the first hooks in said second position whereby empty containers can be put in the trolley and engaged with said hooks with the container handles in an unstretched condition when said hooks are in said first position and then held open for loading by moving said first hooks to said second position, and loaded containers are closed by releasing said retaining means and for permitting loaded containers to be easily taken out of the trolley.