Bag dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10058197-B2
Application number	US-201715653768-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2017
Priority date	Jul 26, 2016
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A bag dispenser for use in a retail store is described. The bag dispenser holds and dispenses bags from a roll of plastic bags such as grocery bags, meat bags, or produce bags. The bag dispenser includes a bag holder rod that holds the roll of bags and allows the roll of bags to rotate on the bag holder rod in order to dispense bags. The bag dispenser also includes a bag separator that facilitates separation of a bag from the roll. The bag dispenser also includes a rod coupler that couples the bag dispenser to a rod, such as a rod of a shopping cart, a rod of a shopping cart basket or a rod of a pick-up basket, for example. The bag dispenser quickly and easily dispenses bags so that an employee of the retail store does not waste time and effort obtaining a bag.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bag dispenser comprising:
a bag holder rod, wherein the bag holder rod holds a roll of bags, and wherein the bag holder rod comprises a first elongate member formed of a rigid material having a bag holder rod first end and a bag holder rod second end opposing the bag holder rod first end;
a bag separator coupled to the bag holder rod, wherein the bag separator comprises:
a separator bar, wherein the separator bar comprises a second elongate member having a separator bar first end and a separator bar second end opposing the separator bar first end, and wherein the bag holder rod is parallel to the separator bar:
a bag separator stem coupling the bag holder rod to the separator bar, wherein the bag separator stem comprises a third elongate member having a bag separator stem first end coupled to the bag holder rod at a bag holder junction, and a bag separator stem second end coupled to the separator bar, and wherein the bag separator stem is perpendicular to the bag holder rod and to the separator bar; and
a separator hook coupled to the separator bar second end; and

a rod coupler coupled to the bag holder rod at the bag holder junction, wherein the rod coupler is configured to couple the bag dispenser to a basket, and wherein the rod coupler comprises:
a rod coupler clip bar, wherein the rod coupler clip bar comprises a fourth elongate member having a rod coupler clip bar first end and a rod coupler clip bar second end opposing the rod coupler clip bar first end, and wherein the rod coupler clip bar is parallel to the bag holder rod;
a rod coupler stem coupling the rod coupler clip bar to the bag holder rod, wherein the rod coupler stem comprises a fifth elongate member having a rod coupler stem first end coupled to the bag holder rod at the bag holder junction and a rod coupler stem second end coupled to the rod coupler clip bar, and wherein the rod coupler stem is coupled to the rod coupler clip bar centered between the rod coupler clip bar first end and the rod coupler clip bar second end; and

a rod clip coupled to the rod coupler clip bar, wherein the rod clip is configured to couple the bag dispenser to the basket.

2. The bag dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the bag holder junction is centered between the bag holder rod first end and the bag holder rod second end.

3. The bag dispenser of claim 2 , wherein the bag separator stem is coupled to the separator bar centered between the separator bar first end and the separator bar second end.

4. The bag dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the rod coupler stem is perpendicular to the rod coupler clip bar and to the bag holder rod.

5. The bag dispenser of claim 4 , wherein the rod coupler stem is perpendicular to the bag separator stem.

6. A bag dispenser comprising:
a bag holder rod, wherein the bag holder rod holds a roll of bags, and wherein the bag holder rod comprises a first elongate member formed of a rigid material having a bag holder rod first end and a bag holder rod second end opposing the bag holder rod first end;
a separator bar, wherein the separator bar comprises a second elongate member having a separator bar first end and a separator bar second end opposing the separator bar first end, and wherein the separator bar is parallel to the bag holder rod;
a first separator hook coupled to the separator bar first end, and a second separator hook coupled to the separator bar second end;
a bag separator stem coupling the bag holder rod to the separator bar, wherein the bag separator stem comprises a third elongate member having a bag separator stem first end coupled to the bag holder rod at a bag holder junction, and a bag separator stem second end coupled to the separator bar, and wherein the bag separator stem is perpendicular to both the separator bar and the bag holder rod;
a rod coupler clip bar, wherein the rod coupler clip bar comprises a fourth elongate member having a rod coupler clip bar first end and a rod coupler clip bar second end, and wherein the rod coupler clip bar is parallel to the separator bar and the bag holder rod;
a rod coupler stem coupling the rod coupler clip bar to the bag holder rod, wherein the rod coupler stem comprises a fifth elongate member having a rod coupler stem first end coupled to the bag holder rod at the bag holder junction and a rod coupler stem second end coupled to the rod coupler clip bar centered between the rod coupler clip bar first end and the rod coupler clip bar second end; and
at least one rod clip coupled to the rod coupler clip bar, wherein the at least one rod clip is configured to couple the bag dispenser to a rod of a basket.

7. The bag dispenser of claim 6 , wherein the bag separator stem is perpendicular to the rod coupler stem.

Assignees

• Wal Mart Stores Inc
• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Bacallao Yurgis Mauro
• Beere Ii Dennis Charles
• Abohammdan Tawfeek

Classifications

• B62B3/1472

  Supports for specific articles (B62B3/1468 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62B3/1464

  Bags or containers specially adapted to the baskets · CPC title

• B62B3/106

  the objects being bags · CPC title

• A47F9/042 Primary

  Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor · CPC title

• A47F2009/044

  dispensing from a roll · CPC title