Bag filling kit

Claim 1

A bag filling kit, comprising a hollow stand having side walls and spaced opposite first and second open ends, the second end of the stand tapering down to a stand neck smaller than the first end; a funnel having side walls, spaced opposite first and second open ends, a funnel neck at said second end and clamping means at said funnel neck, the side walls tapering down from the first end to the second end, said clamping means comprising a coaxial collar integral with and spaced from and around said funnel neck and concentric with said funnel neck, said funnel neck having dimensions small enough to fit into said stand neck and said collar having dimensions large enough to fit over said stand neck whereby said collar is spaced from said funnel neck by an annular gap having a radial thickness and releasably clamps the neck of a flexible bag to the outside of said stand neck with the remainder of the bag in said stand, said neck of said bag being bent over the outside of said stand neck whereby said bag is fillable with material via said funnel when said funnel neck is inserted into the open neck of said bag, said funnel being separate and independent from said stand, the radial thickness of said annular gap being sufficient to accommodate said stand neck and said neck of said bag in a substantially snug fit, said stand having slots formed in a pair of opposite ones of said side walls; and a shelf removably insertable into said stand via said slots and supported by said side walls, said shelf having a substantially planar surface bounded by a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges and a trough-like pull member formed with said shelf having a rear side extending from said front edge of said shelf substantially perpendicularly thereto including a front side in spaced parallel relation with said rear side and a top side in spaced parallel relation with said planar surface of said shelf and joining said front and rear sides.