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A device for holding a bag generally of the thin flexible plastic material type used for garbage bags so the mouth of the bag is held open and is held fixed to the holding device comprises a hoop or tubular member which is an upper edge which is flared on a lower edge of reduced circumferential dime

A device for holding a bag generally of the thin flexible plastic material type used for garbage bags so the mouth of the bag is held open and is held fixed to the holding device comprises a hoop or tubular member which is an upper edge which is flared on a lower edge of reduced circumferential dimension. The bag is thus passed upwardly through the hollow interior and wrapped around the upper edge so the edge of the mouth of the bag lies in the outer side of the device. Latching arrangements provided centrally of an arch portion and centrally of a blade portion of the device comprise a finger hold and a slot with the slot breaking out on the lower edge. In operation the edge of the bag is pressed through the finger hold to provide a tail on the inside of the device and then the tail is pulled against the lower edge of the device so that it enters into the slot to be clumped thereby. This allows the edge of the bag to be tightened around the device at the reduced diameter portion so as to prevent the bag being pulled over the upper edge which is curbed to provide a smooth engagement.

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A device for holding a mouth of a bag in an opened condition for receiving material to be placed in the bag, the device comprising a generally tubular body having an upper end and a lower end each defined by an edge of the body and a hollow interior extending through the body from the upper end to t

A device for holding a mouth of a bag in an opened condition for receiving material to be placed in the bag, the device comprising a generally tubular body having an upper end and a lower end each defined by an edge of the body and a hollow interior extending through the body from the upper end to the lower end, the body having a substantially flat side portion and an arch side portion, an edge of the flat side portion at the upper end defining a blade, an edge and arch side portion at the upper end defining an outwardly curved flange, a plurality of finger holes in the body arranged at spaced positions around the circumference of the body and each extending through the body at a position between the upper and lower ends and sized to receive a single finger, the circumference of the edge of the upper end of the body being arranged such that an edge of the bag at the mouth of the bag can be wrapped therearound and being greater than the circumference of the body at said finger holes and at said lower end, and means defining a plurality of slots formed in the body with the slots being spaced around the circumference of the body and each slot breaking out on said edge of the body at the lower end and being arranged adjacent a respective one of the finger holes so that a portion of the bag can be pressed through a respective one of the holes to form a tail and the tail can be pressed against said edge at the slot so as to enter the slot, the slot being shaped to clamp and retain said portion of bag material therein.