This invention relates to fixtures for retail stores, and specifically to a bag dispenser for dispensing plastic bags from a roll. The bag dispenser clips to a rod of a basket such as a basket of a shopping cart or a shopping cart basket that affixes to a shopping cart.
Retail store employees often use plastic bags as they attend to tasks in the retail store. If a retail store employee cannot easily and quickly access a plastic bag for performing a task, time and effort is wasted in finding a plastic bag dispenser and removing a bag for use. Accordingly, it is desirable to have a bag dispenser that can be coupled to baskets often carried by employees, and that easily and quickly dispenses bags from a roll for use by the employee.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to fixtures for retail stores, and specifically to a bag dispenser for dispensing a roll of bags, such as plastic produce bags or grocery bags. The bag dispenser clips to a rod of a basket. The bag dispenser can couple to many different types of baskets, such as a shopping cart basket or a basket that affixes to a shopping cart. The disclosed bag dispenser holds and dispenses a roll of plastic bags such as grocery bags, meat bags, or produce bags, for example. 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 the bags. The bag dispenser also includes a bag separator coupled to the bag holder rod. The bag separator is used to facilitate separation of a bag from the roll. The bag dispenser also includes a rod coupler coupled to the bag holder rod. The rod coupler couples the bag dispenser to a basket 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 does not waste time and effort finding a roll of bags and separating a bag from the roll.
Employees of retail stores often perform tasks where they use bags such as plastic grocery bags, meat bags, or produce bags, for example. The employee may be gathering items for an order placed by a customer, for example, and may need to put items in the bag. The employee may be collecting items in a store for transport, to another location, and needs a bag to put the items into. There are numerous tasks employees perform where they need ready access to plastic bags. If a retail store employee cannot easily and quickly access a plastic bag for performing a task, time and effort is wasted in finding a plastic bag dispenser and removing a bag for use. The disclosed bag dispenser is carried by the employee and easily and quickly dispenses bags from a roll for use by the employee. The bag dispenser couples to a rod of a basket because employees often carry a basket while performing tasks. The basket may be a shopping cart, a shopping cart basket, or other type of pick-up basket, for example. The bag dispenser includes clips that allow the bag dispenser to be coupled to many different locations on any number of basket types. The disclosed bag dispenser is lightweight and easy to use. Embodiments of the disclosed bag dispenser can be formed of rigid material such as plastic or metal (or plastic-coated metal) that does not break easily, and yet is flexible to allow the bag dispenser to be interlaced into the basket if desired. Once the bag dispenser is coupled to a basket, one or more rolls of plastic bags are installed on the bag dispenser. Individual bags can then be quickly and easily accessed and removed from the roll by the employee.
The disclosed bag dispenser includes a means to hold a roll of bags, and a means to couple the means to hold the roll of bags to a basket. In some embodiments, the means to couple the means to hold the roll of bags to a basket is a means to couple the means to hold the roll of bags to a rod. In some embodiments, the bag dispenser also includes a means to separate—or facilitate separation of—a bag from the roll of bags. In some embodiments, the means to hold a roll of bags is a means to hold more than one roll of bags. In some embodiments, the means to separate a bag from the roll of bags is coupled to the means to hold the bag.
Bag dispenser 110 includes a bag holder rod 112, a bag separator 114, and a rod coupler 116. Bag holder rod 112 extends through roll of bags 150 so that roll of bags 150 can rotate to dispense bags. In this embodiment, bag holder rod 112 is the means to hold roll of bags 150. Roll of bags 150 is often a roll of plastic bags such as meat bags, grocery bags, or produce bags, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, the means to hold roll of bags 150—bag holder rod 112—holds more than one roll of bags, so that bag dispenser 110 can dispense different type of bags, for example. In the embodiment shown in
Bag separator 114 facilitates separation of a bag from roll of bags 150. A first separator hook 128 and a second separator hook 129 are part of bag separator 114, and can be used to separate a bag from roll of bags 150, for example, Or, one of the bags can be pulled down or up against bag separator 114 to facilitate separation of the bag from roll of bags 150 instead of using hooks 128 or 129. Bag holder rod 112 holds roll of bags 150 in close proximity to where an employee is performing tasks, and bag separator 114 makes it easy and efficient for the employee to separate and use one bag at a time from roll of bags 150. In this embodiment, bag separator 114 is a means to separate—or facilitate separation of—a bag from roll of bags 150.
Rod coupler 116 is a means to couple bag holder rod 112 to basket 130. In this embodiment, rod coupler 116 is a means to couple bag holder rod 112 to a basket rod 132 of basket 130. Rod coupler 116 is coupled to bag holder rod 112, and couples bag holder rod 112 to rod 132 of basket 130. It is to be understood that rod coupler 116 can be used to couple bag holder rod 112 of bag dispenser 110 to many different types, sizes, and locations of rods. Rod coupler 116 can couple bag dispenser 110 to many other rods of basket 130, or to rods of other baskets, carts, or other fixtures or devices.
Bag holder rod 112, in the embodiment shown in the figures, is an elongate member formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material. An elongate member, as used herein, is an element that has a length much longer than its width. An elongate member, as used herein, can include a rod, a bar, or a wire, for example, but not by way of limitation, formed of metal, wood or plastic, for example. In the embodiments shown, the elongate members used are plastic-coated rigid metal wire or rod, but this is not meant to be limiting. Bag holder rod 112 is formed to be rigid enough to hold one or more roll of bags 150. In some embodiments, bag holder rod 112 is provided with some flexibility for ease of putting rolls of bags 150 onto bag holder rod 112, and so that bag holder rod 112 is safer for an employee to use. Bag holder rod 112 has a bag holder rod first end 136 and a bag holder rod second end 138 opposing bag holder rod first end 136, as shown in
Bag separator 114 and rod coupler 116 are each coupled to bag holder rod 112 at the same location, at bag holder junction 144, in this embodiment. Bag separator 114 is coupled to bag holder rod 112 at bag holder junction 144, and rod coupler 116 is coupled to bag holder rod 112 at bag holder junction 144, in this embodiment, as shown in
Rod coupler 116 couples bag holder rod 112 to basket 130. Rod coupler 116 is T-shaped in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. Rod coupler 116, in this embodiment, includes a rod coupler stem 152 and a rod coupler clip bar 154. Rod coupler 116 also includes at least one rod clip 120, 122, 124, or 126 coupled to rod coupler clip bar 154.
Rod coupler stem 152 is an elongate member formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material that forms the stem of the T shape. Rod coupler clip bar 154 is an elongate member formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material that forms the crossbar of the T shape and holds the at least one rod clip 120, 122, 124, or 126. In the embodiment shown in
Rod coupler stem 152 couples rod coupler clip bar 154 to bag holder rod 112. Rod coupler stem 152 has a rod coupler stem first end 156 and a rod coupler stem second end 158 opposing rod coupler stem first end 156. Rod coupler stem first end 156 is coupled to bag holder rod 112. In this embodiment, rod coupler stem first end 156 is coupled to bag holder rod 112 at bag holder junction 144, but this is not meant to be limiting. Rod coupler stem second end 158 is coupled to rod coupler clip bar 154. In this embodiment, rod coupler stem second end 158 is coupled to rod coupler clip bar 154 approximately halfway between the two ends of rod coupler clip bar 154, but this is not meant to be limiting. In this embodiment, rod coupler stem 152 is perpendicular to bag holder rod 112, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, rod coupler stem 152 is coupled to bag holder rod 112 at an angle other than 90 degrees.
Rod coupler clip bar 154 holds rod clips 120, 122, 124, and 126. Rod coupler clip bar 154 has a rod coupler clip bar first end 160 and a rod coupler clip bar second end 162. In the embodiment shown in
Bag separator 114 facilitates separation of a single bag from roll of bags 150. Bag separator 114 is T-shaped, in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. Bag separator 114 includes a bag separator stem 170, a separator bar 172, and at least one separator hook 128 or 129 coupled to separator bar 172. Bag separator stem 170 forms the stem portion of the T shape, and separator bar 172 forms the crossbar portion of the T shape. In the embodiment shown, bag separator 114 includes a first separator hook 128 and a second separator hook 129.
Bag separator stem 170 is an elongate member formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material with a bag separator stem first end 174 and a bag separator stem second end 176 opposing bag separator stem first end 174. Bag separator stem first end 174 is coupled to bag holder junction 144 of bag holder rod 112, in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, bag separator stem first end 174 is coupled to other positions along bag holder rod 112. Bag separator stem second end 176 is coupled to separator bar 172. In this embodiment, bag separator stem 170 is perpendicular to bag holder rod 112, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, bag separator stem 170 is coupled to bag holder rod 112 such that bag separator stem 170 forms an angle other than 90 degrees with respect to bag holder rod 112. In the embodiment shown, bag separator stem 170 is perpendicular to rod coupler stem 152, but this is not meant to be limiting.
Separator bar 114 has a separator bar first end 178 and a separator bar second end 180. In this embodiment, first separator hook 128 is coupled to separator bar second end 180, and second separator hook 129 is coupled to separator bar first end 178, but this is not meant to be limiting. First and second separator hooks 128 and 129 are used to hook the roll of bags so that one of the bags can be separated from roll of bags 150. In some embodiments, it is advantageous to have first and/or second separator hooks 128 or 129 at other positions along separator bar 172 other than at the ends. Having bag separator 114 be T-shaped is advantageous because it provides a crossbar portion that can handle a plurality of separator hooks 128 and 129.
In the embodiment show in
In the embodiment shown, separator bar 172 is perpendicular to bag separator stem 170, but this is not meant to be limiting. Angles other than 90 degrees between separator bar 172 and bag separator stem 170 may be advantageous in some configurations of bag dispenser 110. In the embodiment shown, separator bar 172 is perpendicular to bag holder rod 112, but this is not meant to be limiting. Angles other than 90 degrees between separator bar 172 and bag holder rod 112 may be advantageous in some configurations of bag dispenser 110.
In the embodiment shown, separator bar 172 is parallel to bag holder rod 112, but this is not meant to be limiting. Having separator bar 172 be parallel to bag holder rod 112 minimizes the size and complexity of bag dispenser 110. In the embodiment shown, separator bar 172 is also parallel to rod coupler clip bar 154, but this is not meant to be limiting. Having separator bar 172 be parallel to rod coupler clip bar 154 minimizes the size and complexity of bag dispenser 110.
In the embodiment shown, bag separator stem 170 is perpendicular to bag separator bar 172, bag holder rod 112, and rod coupler stem 152.
Once rod coupler 116 is coupled to a rod of basket 130, roll of bags 150 can be installed on bag holder rod 112. An employee using basket 130 now has easy access to roll of bags 150, and can use bag separator 114 to facilitate separation of one or more bags from roll of bags 150. Roll of bags 150 can be easily used to supply bags when the employee needs them. Roll of bags 150 can be any size or type of bags that might be needed for the employee to perform tasks.
Bag dispenser 210 includes a bag holder rod 212, a bag separator 214, and a rod coupler 216. Bag holder rod 212 extends through a roll of bags so that the roll of bags can rotate to dispense bags, similar to bag dispenser 110 shown in
Bag separator 214 facilitates separation of a bag from the roll of bags. A first separator hook 228 is part of bag separator 214, and can be used to separate a bag from the roll of bags, for example. Or, one of the bags can be pulled down or up against bag separator 214 to facilitate separation of a bag from the roll of bags. Bag holder rod 212 holds the roll of bags in close proximity to where an employee is performing tasks, and bag separator 214 makes it easy and efficient for the employee to separate and use one bag at a time from the roll of bags. In this embodiment, bag separator 214 is a means to separate—or facilitate separation of—a bag from the roll of bags.
Rod coupler 216 is a means to couple bag dispenser 210 and bag holder rod 212 to a basket such as basket 130 shown in
Bag holder rod 212, in the embodiment shown in the figures, is an elongate member formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material. Bag holder rod 212 is formed to be rigid enough to hold one or more rolls of bags. In some embodiments, bag holder rod 212 is provided with some flexibility for ease of putting rolls of bags onto bag holder rod 212, and so that bag holder rod 212 is safer for an employee to use. Bag holder rod 212 has a bag holder rod first end 236 and a bag holder rod second end 238, as shown in
Bag separator 214 and rod coupler 216 are each coupled to bag holder rod 212 at the same location, at bag holder junction 244, in this embodiment. Bag separator 214 is coupled to bag holder rod 212 at bag holder junction 244, and rod coupler 216 is coupled to bag holder rod 212 at bag holder junction 244, in this embodiment. In this embodiment, junction 244 is at bag holder rod first end 236, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, bag holder junction 144 is in between bag holder rod first end 236 and bag holder rod second end 238. See, for example, bag holder 110 described earlier in this document. It is to be understood that in some embodiments, bag separator 214 and rod coupler 216 are coupled to bag holder rod 212 at different locations along bag holder rod 212.
Rod coupler 216 couples bag holder rod 212 to a rod of a basket. Rod coupler 216 is L-shaped in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. Having rod coupler 216 be L-shaped is advantageous in that it makes rod coupler 216 and bag dispenser 210 more compact. Rod coupler 216 in this embodiment includes a rod coupler stem 252 and a rod coupler clip bar 254. Rod coupler 216 also includes at least one rod clip coupled to rod coupler clip bar 254. Rod coupler stem 252 is an elongate member that forms the stem of the L shape, and rod coupler clip bar 254 is an elongate member that forms the bottom of the L shape and holds the at least one rod clip. In the embodiment shown in
Rod coupler stem 252 couples rod coupler clip bar 254 to bag holder rod 212. Rod coupler stem 252 has a rod coupler stem first end 256 and a rod coupler stem second end 258 opposing rod coupler stem first end 256. Rod coupler stem first end 256 is coupled to bag holder rod 212. In this embodiment, rod coupler stem first end 256 is coupled to bag holder rod 212 at bag holder junction 244, but this is not meant to be limiting. Rod coupler stem second end 258 is coupled to rod coupler clip bar 254. In this embodiment, rod coupler stem 252 is perpendicular to bag holder rod 212, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, rod coupler stem 252 is coupled to bag holder rod 212 such that rod coupler stem 252 and bag holder rod 212 form an angle other than 90 degrees.
Rod coupler clip bar 254 holds rod clips 220 and 222. Rod coupler clip bar 254 has a rod coupler clip bar first end 260 and a rod coupler clip bar second end 262 opposing rod coupler clip bar first end 260. In the embodiment shown in
Rod coupler clip bar 216, in the embodiment shown in
Bag separator 214 facilitates separation of a bag from the roll of bag on bag holder rod 212. Bag separator 214 is L-shaped, in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. Having bag separator 214 be L-shaped is advantageous in that it makes bag separator 214 and bag dispenser 210 more compact. Bag separator 214 includes a bag separator stem 270, a separator bar 272, and at least one separator hook 228 coupled to separator bar 272. Bag separator stem 270 forms the stem portion of the L shape, and separator bar 272 forms the bottom extension portion of the L shape. In the embodiment shown, bag separator 214 includes one separator hook 228.
Bag separator stem 270 is an elongate member with a bag separator stem first end 274 and a bag separator stem second end 276 opposing bag separator stem first end 274. Bag separator stem first end 274 is coupled to bag holder junction 244 of bag holder rod 212, in this embodiment, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, bag separator stem first end 274 is coupled to other positions along bag holder rod 212. Bag separator stem second end 276 is coupled to separator bar 272. In this embodiment, bag separator stem 270 is perpendicular to bag holder rod 212, to separator bar 272, and to rod coupler stem 252, but this is not meant to be limiting. In some embodiments, bag separator stem 270 is coupled to bag holder rod 212 such that bag separator stem 270 forms an angle other than 90 degrees with respect to bag holder rod 212.
Separator bar 214 includes a separator bar first end 278 and a separator bar second end 280. In this embodiment, separator hook 228 is coupled to separator bar second end 280, but this is not meant to be limiting. Separator hook 228 is used to hook the roll of bags so that one of the bags can be separated from the roll of bags, for example. In some embodiments, it is advantageous to have separator hook 228 at other positions along separator bar 272 other than at separator bar second end 280, or to have more separator hooks coupled to separator bar 272.
In the embodiment show in
In the embodiment shown, separator bar 272 is perpendicular to bag separator stem 270, but this is not meant to be limiting. Angles other than 90 degrees between separator bar 272 and bag separator stem 270 may be advantageous in some configurations of bag dispenser 210. In the embodiment shown, separator bar 272 is parallel to bag holder rod 212 and rod coupler clip bar 254.
Once rod coupler 216 is coupled to a rod of a basket, a roll of bags can be installed on bag holder rod 212. An employee using the basket now has easy access to the roll of bags, and can use bag separator 214 to facilitate separation of one or more bags from the roll of bags. The roll of bags can be easily used to supply bags when the employee needs them. The roll of bags can be any size or type of bags that might be needed for the employee to perform tasks.
Method 300 also includes an act 320 of coupling a rod coupler clip bar to the bag holder rod with a rod coupler stem. The rod coupler clip bar is 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. The rod coupler clip bar is parallel to the separator bar and the bag holder rod. The rod coupler stem is a fifth elongate member having a rod coupler stem first end coupled to the bag holder rod at the bag holder junction and a bag holder stem second end coupled to the rod coupler clip bar.
Method 300 also includes an act 330 of coupling at least one rod clip to the rod coupler clip bar, wherein the at least one rod clip is configured to couple the bag dispenser to a basket.
Method 300 can include many other steps. In some embodiments, method 300 includes coupling a first separator hook to the separator bar first end. In some embodiments, method 300 includes coupling a second separator hook to the separator bar second end.
In some embodiments, the bag separator stem is perpendicular to the separator bar and the bag holder rod. In some embodiments, the rod coupler stem is perpendicular to the bag separator stem. In some embodiments, the rod coupler stem is perpendicular to the bag holder rod.
The embodiments and examples set forth herein were presented in order to best explain the present invention and its practical application and to thereby enable those of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the foregoing description and examples have been presented for the purposes of illustration and example only. The description as set forth is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the teachings above.
This invention claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/366,877, filed Jul. 26, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Bag Dispenser”, which is incorporated entirely herein by reference.
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