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A bag holder and support apparatus and method which provides a simple, inexpensive device to support sandbags and accelerate the filling of the bag with material while in the supported position. The bag holder is designed to move between a collapsible, generally flat, non-use position where it may b

A bag holder and support apparatus and method which provides a simple, inexpensive device to support sandbags and accelerate the filling of the bag with material while in the supported position. The bag holder is designed to move between a collapsible, generally flat, non-use position where it may be stored or shipped quite easily, and an upright, easily assembled use position for use in supporting and filling purposes. The invention includes a method of preparing the bag holder apparatus and filling an open-ended bag with material by providing a bag holder apparatus and placing the apparatus in a upright assembled use position by snapping in one end of the single wire element to the top or bottom peripheral wire element, and then placing an open-ended bag to be filled within the wire elements, and bending the material of the bag against and about the top peripheral wire element to place the open end of the bag in an open supported position to permit filling of the bag material, and then filling the bag with material in such open-ended support position, and optionally then sealing the bag after filling and placing the bag in a desired position. The bag support apparatus may then be placed in the compact, generally flat non-use position by unsnapping the wire element and collapsing the other elements into the generally flat position.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A bag holder apparatus to facilitate the filling of a bag having an open end with material, which bag holder apparatus moves between a collapsible, generally flat non-use position and an upright, assembled use position for supporting and filling purposes and which bag hol

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A bag holder apparatus to facilitate the filling of a bag having an open end with material, which bag holder apparatus moves between a collapsible, generally flat non-use position and an upright, assembled use position for supporting and filling purposes and which bag holder comprises:a) a peripheral bottom wire element to form a bottom base stand for the apparatus;b) a peripheral top wire element spaced apart from and generally directly above the bottom wire element and having about the same dimensions of the open end of the bag to be filled and smaller in dimensions than the bottom wire element;c) a spaced apart top cross wire support element having spaced apart top ends and spaced apart bottom ends, the top ends and bottom ends hingedly secured respectively to said top wire element and said bottom wire element;d) a single wire support element spaced apart generally opposite the cross wire support element and having a top end and a bottom end, each end hingedly secured respectively to said top and bottom peripheral wire elements, and at least one of which said single wire top or bottom ends are removably snap fastened; ande) retaining means to retain the crossed wire support element and to support the apparatus in the upright use position.