A rotatable bag rack to support a plurality of bag types. The bag rack includes a stand and a rack. The rack is pivotally mounted to the stand so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis relative to the stand between a first position to hold a first bag type and a second position to hold a second bag type. The rack includes a pair of spaced apart arms to hold the first bag type that, in the first position, extends forward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends downward relative to the pivot axis. The rack also includes a hanger fixed relative to the arms to hold a second bag type that, in the first position, extends backward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends upward relative to the pivot axis.

Described is a shopping cart bagging station that is used in retail stores to dispense shopping bags while a customer of the retail store shops. The shopping cart bagging station holds and dispenses shopping bags. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart so that the customer can load items they purchase into the shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station includes a support channel and three hooks coupled to the support channel. The support channel couples to the shopping cart. The three hooks hold shopping bags. By using the shopping cart bagging station, a customer does not have to visit a checkout station to bag their purchased items.

A bagging station with a bag holder is shown and described. The bag holder includes a box that encloses a bag dispenser. The bag holder is mounted at a bagging station in a retail store so the bag dispenser can hold and dispense shopping bags at the bagging station. The bag holder includes a rectangular box with a sliding door front that encases the bag dispenser and the shopping bags. The sliding door slides between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the bag dispenser is accessible at the bagging station, and is used to dispense shopping bags. In the closed position, the bag dispenser and the shopping bags are enclosed in the bag holder. In the closed position, the shopping bags will not fall off the bag dispenser, or be stolen from the bag dispenser.

A bag holder is described for holding and dispensing shopping bags in a retail store. A front plate secures the shopping bags on the bag holder when the bag holder is not being used. The bag holder has a back plate assembly that is coupled to a center section of a bagging station in the retail store. The back plate assembly includes a bag holder hook and two handle holder hooks that hold and dispense shopping bags at the bagging station. When the bag holder is not being used to dispense shopping bags, the front plate is coupled to the back plate assembly. With the front plate coupled to the back plate assembly, the shopping bags are securely held between the front plate and the back plate assembly, and are safe from falling off or being taken off of the bag holder and the bagging station.

Disclosed is a shopping cart bagging station that couples to a shopping cart, and can be used by customers to bag their purchases as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station can be made from recyclable materials and is lightweight and portable. The shopping cart bagging station can be supplied as a kit, where the kit includes a sheet of rigid material, with each of the shopping cart elements outlined with perforated lines in the sheet of rigid material. The shopping cart bagging station is constructed by separating elements along the perforated lines, and then fitting the shopping cart bagging station elements together to form the shopping cart bagging station. The shopping cart bagging station elements fit together with slot joints formed by connecting slots in the elements. The customer can separate the shopping cart bagging station elements and construct the shopping cart bagging station themselves.

A bag dispenser system for use with reusable bags of the self-opening or non self-opening conventional variety in which a bag dispenser includes a base constructed to mount the bag dispenser system to a support surface and an enlarged profile retainer constructed to retain a plurality of stacked bags with the bags having aligned handle apertures for inserting over the retainer to rest upon the base, and further constructed to release an outwardly facing handle of a single bag while retaining an rearmost handle of the same bag with the bag assuming an open loading configuration wherein items may be loaded into the bag and the bag removed from the bag dispenser by grasping the outermost handle and withdrawing the bag from the bag dispenser in a forward motion without any lifting to completely withdraw a single bag from the stack of bags.

Described is a shopping cart bagging station that is used in retail stores to dispense shopping bags while a customer of the retail store shops. The shopping cart bagging station holds and dispenses shopping bags. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart so that the customer can load items they purchase into the shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station includes a support channel and three hooks coupled to the support channel. The support channel couples to the shopping cart. The three hooks hold shopping bags. By using the shopping cart bagging station, a customer does not have to visit a checkout station to bag their purchased items.

A bagging station, comprises a base; a carousel that rotates relative to the base, the carousel including a plurality of bag holding elements; an indicator at each bag holding element that provides a status regarding a bag hanging from the bag holding element; and a bag selection system that controls the indicators to identify bags for allocating items according to a predetermined criteria about at least one of the bag or the items.

A trash receptacle capable of receiving and dispensing garbage bags. The receptacle may include a compartment enclosed by walls of the trash receptacle, the compartment being the enclosure for receiving trash, two parallel and planar horizontal bars or rods within the compartment, with the bars or rods being structurally configured to receive and dispense garbage bags. The receptacle may also have a lid over the compartment, the lid providing access into the compartment.

The subject plastic bag holder is adapted for holding a large plastic bag next to a side of a two wheel cart and on top of a base of the cart. The bag holder includes a U shaped ring having threaded ends for attachment to a horizontal support bar. The support bar is attached to an upper portion of a frame of the cart. The support bar and the ring included a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly extending, pins. The pins are used for attaching the plastic bag to the top of the support bar and the top of the ring for holding the bag in an open top position for receiving the yard and garden waste material therein.