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Show ! FAUIM AND' DEVICE FOR HOLDING BAGS Pair of Metal Bars Connected Pivotal-.ly Pivotal-.ly Form Rectangular Frame in Which Sack Is Fixed. A devic for holding a bag open and ;at the same time holding it above the ground ou a fence post, for example, has been invented by a North Dakota man. It consists of a pair of fnetal bars that are pivotally connected. The short ends of the bars are bent in to form spurs, like the tongs, and Bag folding Frame. the long ends form a rectangular frame in which the mouth of the bag is fixed. A Etrong spring joins the long ends near the pivotal point. When the outer ends of the bars are spread apart the inner ends spread also and can then be made to embrace em-brace a post. When the device is let go and the spring contracts it grips the jaws against the post and holds the apparatus in horizontal position, with the mouth of the bag open. |