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A collapsible frame supports a leaf bag in such a position that a portion of the bag rests horizontally on the ground and the remainder of the bag is so attached to the frame so as to present a large arch-shaped opening to facilitate the collection of leaves, grass trimmings and other garden and law

A collapsible frame supports a leaf bag in such a position that a portion of the bag rests horizontally on the ground and the remainder of the bag is so attached to the frame so as to present a large arch-shaped opening to facilitate the collection of leaves, grass trimmings and other garden and lawn debris. The arch is formed by an overhead, resilient rod member inserted through an overhead receiving hem or fabric tunnel in or adjacent the perimeter of entrance to the bag. A pair of elongated rigid stabilizing feet are placed along the ground within the entrance to the bag. The ends of the overhead rod member are then inserted in an upwardly facing support cavity on each stabilizing foot. The overhead member forms an arcuate hoop or arch which supports the opening of the bag in a generally upright plane, with the remainder of the bag extending horizontally and parallel to the stabilizing feet. In a preferred embodiment, a second horizontal loop is secured at each end to a rearwardly facing cavity or passageway in each stabilizing foot. An intermediate portion of the horizontal hoop is attached to the floor of the bag to help retain the bag in a stretched out condition and maintains the arch member in close proximity to the floor.

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A trash and leaf collection container comprising: (a) a flexible bag-like container having an open end and a closed end, said open end having a minor portion and a major arcuate portion, a rod receiving means extending around said major arcuate portion; (b) a self-supporting frame for receiving said

A trash and leaf collection container comprising: (a) a flexible bag-like container having an open end and a closed end, said open end having a minor portion and a major arcuate portion, a rod receiving means extending around said major arcuate portion; (b) a self-supporting frame for receiving said open end of said flexible container and comprising: (i) an arch lying in a substantially upright plane formed by a rod means extending through said rod receiving means with the central portion thereof flexed and the opposite ends of said rods means protruding downwardly and outwardly of each end of said rod receiving means; (ii) a pair of spaced elongated stabilizing feet, each of said stabilizing feet being placed at one end of said minor portion and extending into said bag in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, means associated with each of said feet for connecting one end of said rod means thereto and maintaining said arch in said vertical plane; (c) whereby said flexible bag-like container with its rod receiving means cooperates with said stabilizing feet to establish and maintain the trash and leaf collection container in an open upright position without any supplemental struts extending from said arch into said container which interfere with the filling and emptying of said container.