Russell Lyle Brooks

US Patent:

51832267, Feb 2, 1993

Filed:

Sep 23, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/764243

Inventors:

Russell G. Brooks - Titusville FL

International Classification:

A63B 5504

US Classification:

248 97

Abstract:

A foldable, easily stored stand for supporting a leaf bag or the like, the stand comprising upper and lower bag retainer rings made up of tubular components. These tubular components are formed in such a manner that the bag retainer rings take on an essentially circular configuration. The bag retainer rings are interconnected at spaced apart locations by a pair of straight tubular components forming column members of equal length, with the opposite ends of one of the column members being hingedly connected to a first location on each of the bag retainer rings. The opposite ends of the other of the column members are hingedly connected to a second location on both of the bag retainer rings, with the second location on the bag retainer rings being at a substantially opposite position on the bag retainer rings with respect to the first location. The bag retainer rings are thus held in a substantially parallel, spaced apart relationship by the column members, with the hinge connection of the column members to the bag retainer rings permitting the bag retainer rings to be moved from a spaced apart, parallel relationship, to a compacted condition in which the bag retainer rings move toward and approach a coplanar relationship.