A container opening support system, including an annular member and a securement assembly, positionable inside of an open end of a flexible membrane.

A garbage bag opener device includes a pair of arms hingedly coupled together for inserting into a band opening in a neck of a garbage bag. The pair of arms is positionable in a deployed position to hold the garbage bag open for receiving garbage. A pair of pins is each attached to a respective one of the pair of arms and a latch is rotatably attached to a respective one of the pair of pins. The latch is positionable in a locked position to engage the other of the pair of pins when the arms are in the deployed position for retaining the pair of arms in the deployed position. The latch is positionable in an unlocked position to disengage the other of the pins to facilitate the pair of arms to be positioned in the stored position.

A garbage bag opener device includes a pair of arms hingedly coupled together for inserting into a band opening in a neck of a garbage bag. The pair of arms is positionable in a deployed position to hold the garbage bag open for receiving garbage. A pair of pins is each attached to a respective one of the pair of arms and a latch is rotatably attached to a respective one of the pair of pins. The latch is positionable in a locked position to engage the other of the pair of pins when the arms are in the deployed position for retaining the pair of arms in the deployed position. The latch is positionable in an unlocked position to disengage the other of the pins to facilitate the pair of arms to be positioned in the stored position.

A bag supporting device is provided. The bag supporting device includes a bag coupling portion that presses an inner surface of a mouth of a bag to the outside by shape deformation and brings the mouth of the bag into close contact with an outer surface thereof while keeping the mouth of the bag opened. The bag coupling portion includes a through-hole that communicates with the mouth of the bag.

An apparatus for maintaining a bag in an open configuration has a base with a forward end and a rearward end, a first arm pivotally mounted to the adjacent to the rearward end of the base, and a second arm pivotally mounted adjacent to the rearward end of the base in spaced relation to the first arm. The first arm is movable between a generally horizontal first position and a second position extending at an obtuse angle with respect to said base. The second arm is movable between a generally horizontal first position and a second position extending at an obtuse angle with respect to the base. The first and second arms are adapted to receive an open end of the bag thereon. The base has a top surface that is inclined upwardly from the forward end toward the rearward end.

A device for selectively retaining a package opening in a gaping configuration and a package including the device applied to a package body. The device includes a circumferential strip with side seams formed as vertical or longitudinal hinges. One or more tabs extend in a first axial direction from an upper edge of the circumferential strip at the side seams. Each tab is coupled to the circumferential strip with a horizontal or transverse hinge. The tabs are pivotable about the horizontal or transverse hinges in opposite directions away from the opening axis to respective folded-out positions, which inhibits the device from folding at the side seams and retains a gaping open configuration of the device and package. The vertical hinges include thru cuts or line of perforations that go through the entire material thickness of the circumferential strip and the one or more tabs and extend for a majority of the full axial length of the device. The horizontal hinges may be in the form of a living hinge or alternatively thru cuts or a line of perforations.

A bag holder is capable of holding a bag in an upright position with the use of expanding arms and a unique two stage hinge and clamp mechanism, which allows the expanding arm apparatus to enter and clamp a refuse bag quickly and efficiently. The operation utilizes a hook mechanism and a clamp, which allows the operator to use one hand to manipulate the expanding arm apparatus and the other hand to position the refuse bag. In addition, the bag holder functions as transport cart for refuse bags. Also, the unique cart structure, allows storing of two garden tools and multiple refuse bags. The bag holder is able to fold onto itself and be stored on a hook, by the unique handle. The bag expander and clamp mechanism is detachable which can be adapted to existing dolly's or hand truck.

A bagger device is provided. The bagger device can include a bag handler configured to handle packaging material configured to define a bag that has first and second walls enclosing an interior cavity configured to contain an object therein for shipping, the first wall including an expansion material that has an expandable configuration and that is expandable to an expanded configuration for providing padding to the first wall to protect the object contained within the interior cavity. The bagger device can further include an expansion device configured to apply expanding conditions to the packaging material, the expanding conditions configured to cause the expandable material to expand from the expandable configuration to the expanded configuration.

A bagger device is provided. The bagger device can include a bag handler configured to handle packaging material configured to define a bag that has first and second walls enclosing an interior cavity configured to contain an object therein for shipping, the first wall including an expansion material that has an expandable configuration and that is expandable to an expanded configuration for providing padding to the first wall to protect the object contained within the interior cavity. The bagger device can further include an expansion device configured to apply expanding conditions to the packaging material, the expanding conditions configured to cause the expandable material to expand from the expandable configuration to the expanded configuration.