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A device is disclosed for holding open the mouth of a bag. The device comprises a strip of light weight, generally stiff material having a predetermined length generally corresponding to the circumference of the mouth of the bag. The strip of material has a predetermined height and a predetermined t

A device is disclosed for holding open the mouth of a bag. The device comprises a strip of light weight, generally stiff material having a predetermined length generally corresponding to the circumference of the mouth of the bag. The strip of material has a predetermined height and a predetermined thickness which is sufficient to provide vertical support. The strip of material is secured around a surface of the bag proximate to the mouth of the bag, such that when the bag is placed on a supporting surface, the strip of material supports and maintains the mouth of the bag in an open condition.

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1. In combination, a disposable polymeric lawn bag having a permanently closed end, an open end and a mouth formed at the terminal edge of the open end for receiving lawn and garden debris and a tubular shaped device for holding open the mouth of the lawn bag when the bag is placed on the ground, th

1. In combination, a disposable polymeric lawn bag having a permanently closed end, an open end and a mouth formed at the terminal edge of the open end for receiving lawn and garden debris and a tubular shaped device for holding open the mouth of the lawn bag when the bag is placed on the ground, the device consisting only of an elongated single strip of paper thin, semi-stiff flexible flat material having an upper edge, a lower edge, a predetermined length generally corresponding to the circumference of the mouth of the lawn bag with two ends secured together to form a ring-shaped collar and a predetermined height in the range of five to ten inches to provide vertical support for the lawn bag when the lawn bag is placed on the ground, the strip of material being permanently secured to the lawn bag by one of an adhesive, heat seal and being enclosed within a sleeve with the upper edge at or adjacent to the mouth of the lawn bag so as to become an integral part of the lawn bag such that when the lawn bag is placed on the ground, the lower edge of the strip of material is supported by the ground and the strip of material extends vertically and supports and maintains the mouth of the lawn bag in an open condition to facilitate the loading of lawn and garden debris into the lawn bag.