IP Library Granted Patent US 12,172,829
Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,829 · App. 18/600,227 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Lawn refuse bag insert

Inventors: Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA); Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,172,829
App. No.
18/600,227
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lawn refuse bag insert includes a bag stand having a top stand end and a bottom stand end, the bag stand includes an end wall and a first side wall, the first side wall is hingedly coupled to the end wall, the first side wall defining a slot, the slot defining a retainer tab, a finger opening; a first rake detachably coupled to the bag stand; wherein the lawn refuse bag is configurable in a blank configuration and an erect configuration, and wherein each of the walls are disposed in a vertical orientation in the erected configuration.

Claims (17)

1. A lawn refuse bag insert comprising:

a bag stand defining a top stand end and a bottom stand end, the bag stand comprising an end wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, each of the first side wall and the second side wall hingedly coupled to the end wall, the first side wall defining a slot, the slot defining a retainer tab, a finger opening defined between the retainer tab and the top stand end; and

a first rake detachably coupled to the end wall and arranged between the first side wall and the second side wall;

wherein the lawn refuse bag is configurable in a blank configuration and an erected configuration, and wherein each of the end wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall are disposed in a vertical orientation in the erected configuration.

2. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein each of the first side wall and the second side wall define a tapered section at the bottom stand end.

3. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein:

the first rake defines a teeth side and a grip side;

a plurality of teeth extend from the teeth side; and

a hand indentation is formed at the grip side.

4. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 3 , further comprising a second rake detachably coupled to the bag stand and detachably coupled to the first rake.

5. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein the lawn refuse bag insert is folded from a single, planar blank.

6. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein the lawn refuse bag insert comprises a corrugated material.

7. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 6 , wherein the corrugated material is a corrugated paperboard material.

8. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein the lawn refuse bag insert further comprises a bend line formed between the end wall and the first side wall.

9. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 8 , wherein the bend line further comprises a series of perforations.

10. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein the lawn insert bag insert further comprises indicia printed thereon.

11. The lawn refuse bag insert of claim 1 , wherein the finger opening is configured to be engaged by a user's hands to facilitate lifting the lawn refuse bag insert out of a lawn refuse bag.

Continuity (4)
Division 18051746 · Nov 1, 2022
Continuation 16703184 · Dec 4, 2019
Provisional Application 62896935 · Sep 6, 2019
Related Publication 20240208723A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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