U.S. patent application number 12/267939 was filed with the patent office on 2009-05-21 for gift wrapping material and method.
Invention is credited to Patricia Miller.
Application Number | 20090127322 12/267939 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40640856 |
Filed Date | 2009-05-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090127322 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Miller; Patricia |
May 21, 2009 |
Gift Wrapping Material and Method
Abstract
Gift Wrapping Material and Method providing a paper-like
material in sheet form having a design on at least one side of the
material, having a means of separating the material such as
perforations arranged in a pattern or grid, and having an adhesive
means such as tape or glue arranged along the potential new edges
created by separating the material, producing a gift wrapping
material that may be used without tools or supplies in order to
wrap gifts of a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and may be easily
reused on other gifts of equal or smaller size.
Inventors: |
Miller; Patricia;
(Franklinton, LA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Mark E. Andrews
7104 Coliseum St.
New Orleans
LA
70118
US
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Family ID: |
40640856 |
Appl. No.: |
12/267939 |
Filed: |
November 10, 2008 |
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60986792 |
Nov 9, 2007 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
229/87.19 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 65/22 20130101;
B65D 65/14 20130101; B65D 2203/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
229/87.19 |
International
Class: |
B65D 65/00 20060101
B65D065/00 |
Claims
1. A gift wrapping material comprising: a paper-like material in
sheet form, said sheet having edges and having an obverse face and
a reverse face; a decorative design on said obverse face; at least
one line of easy separation potentially dividing said material; and
strips of potential adhesion arranged on said reverse face along
said edges and along said lines of easy separation.
2. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said paper-like
material is paper.
3. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said lines of
separation are formed by perforating said sheet.
4. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said strips of
potential adhesion are further comprised of adhesive tape.
5. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said strips of
potential adhesion are further comprised of an applied
adhesive.
6. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said lines of
easy separation form a grid.
7. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said lines of
easy separation are arranged so that increments of approximately
ten percent of said sheet's initial length or width may be
separated at a given said line of easy separation.
8. The gift wrapping material of claim 1, wherein said decorative
design is chosen from a list comprising paisley, circles, lines,
flowers, plants, trees, geometric patterns, natural patterns,
holiday symbols, religious symbols, sporting symbols, cultural
symbols, musical symbols, and abstract designs.
9. A gift wrapping material comprising: a paper-like material in
sheet form, said sheet having edges and having an obverse face and
a reverse face; a decorative design on said obverse face; at least
one line of a means of easy separation potentially dividing said
material; and strips of means of potential adhesion arranged on
said reverse face along said edges and along said lines of means of
easy separation.
10. A method of wrapping gifts comprising: providing a paper-like
material in sheet form, said sheet having edges and having an
obverse face and a reverse face; providing a decorative design on
said obverse face; providing at least one line of easy separation
potentially dividing said material; and providing strips of
potential adhesion arranged on said reverse face along said edges
and along said lines of easy separation.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said paper-like material is
paper.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein said lines of separation are
formed by perforating said sheet.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein said strips of potential
adhesion are further comprised of adhesive tape.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein said strips of potential
adhesion are further comprised of an applied adhesive.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein said lines of easy separation
form a grid.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein said lines of easy separation
are arranged so that increments of approximately ten percent of
said sheet's initial length or width may be separated at a given
said line of easy separation.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein said decorative design is
chosen from a list comprising paisley, circles, lines, flowers,
plants, trees, geometric patterns, natural patterns, holiday
symbols, religious symbols, sporting symbols, cultural symbols,
musical symbols, and abstract designs.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Patent Application
No. 60/986,792 filed 9 Nov. 2007, which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Wrapping a gift in a traditional manner can be complex due
to the need for tools like scissors and supplies like adhesive tape
in addition to the wrapping paper itself. Determining the proper
size to cut the paper is non-intuitive and difficult. Picking up
and putting down tools and supplies while wrapping gifts is a
further difficulty. Assembling the proper tools and supplies can be
difficult for the occasional gift wrapper. Any mobility or
coordination problems which make it difficult to use tools and
supplies or make it difficult to hold wrapping paper in position
while using tools and supplies can be a further complexity in
wrapping a gift.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
[0003] This invention is a Gift Wrapping Material and Method
providing a paper-like material in sheet form having a design on at
least one side of the material, having a means of separating the
material such as perforations arranged in a pattern or grid, and
having an adhesive means such as tape or glue arranged along the
potential new edges created by separating the material, producing a
gift wrapping material that may be used without tools or supplies
in order to wrap gifts of a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and
may be easily reused on other gifts of equal or smaller size.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0004] FIG. 1 shows two instances of embodiments of the invention
in obverse and reverse view.
[0005] FIG. 2 shows three obverse views of embodiments of the
invention.
[0006] FIG. 3 shows a reverse view of an embodiment of the
invention indicating placement of perforations and adhesive.
[0007] FIG. 4 shows two reverse views of embodiments of the
invention having various patterns of perforations and adhesive and
various overall shapes and sizes.
[0008] FIG. 5 shows three obverse views of embodiments of the
invention having various designs and various overall shapes and
sizes.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
[0009] This invention is a Gift Wrapping Material and Method
providing a paper-like material in sheet form, such as paper,
having a design on at least one side of the material, having a
means of separating the material such as perforations arranged in a
pattern or grid, and having an adhesive means such as tape or glue
arranged along the potential new edges created by separating the
material, producing a gift wrapping material that may be used
without tools or supplies in order to wrap gifts of a wide variety
of sizes and shapes, and may be easily reused on other gifts of
equal or smaller size.
[0010] The method of the invention may be used for wrapping objects
more mundane than gifts in the traditional sense. The method may be
used, for example, on parcels to be sent through the mails.
[0011] The gift wrapping material is substantially flat, such as a
piece of paper or similar known material. It has a design printed
or otherwise placed on at least one of the two faces of the
material, called the obverse face here. The presence or absence of
any design or print-through on the reverse face is not critical.
The design on the obverse face can be any of a variety of designs
suitable for wrapping gifts, could be generally decorative or
occasion-specific, and could be a minimal design such as a solid
color or the raw appearance of the material itself.
[0012] The overall dimensions of any sheet of the gift wrapping
material can be any size that reasonably accommodates its function.
An approximate size of twenty inches by thirty-two inches is a
useful size that can be conveniently displayed and transported
while providing sufficient material to wrap an average gift not
bigger than a bread box. Multiple sheets of the material may be
used for large gifts.
[0013] The gift wrapping material incorporates a means of
separating the material by hand, without using tools like scissors
or other blades. Perforating the material using known methods is
one such means. Suitable perforations will not be seen or will not
be objectionable on the obverse face of the material having the
design. Visibility of perforations on the reverse face is not
objectionable.
[0014] In use, a gift to be wrapped may be placed upon the reverse
face of the material and be tried for fit. The material is
separated at the proper place without the need for any tool, and
without having to let go of the gift and material in order to pick
up any tool. In a high-volume gift wrapping environment, the
economy of movement allowed by the invention may be
significant.
[0015] In use, the just-separated new edge or edges of the material
are adhered back to the material in a manner described below in
order to complete the wrapping of the gift. This adhering step may
also be performed without the use of tools or supplies like
adhesive tape, and without having to let go of the material,
facilitating more economy of movement.
[0016] The gift wrapping material also comprises an adhesive means
arranged on the reverse face, by which a newly separated edge or an
existing edge of the reverse face of the material may be adhered
back to the material, usually at a location on the obverse face.
The adhesive means is arranged on the reverse face of the material
along the existing edges and along the separation means or
perforations, forming strips of adhesive that will provide any
newly-separated edge with a strip of adhesive already in place.
Application of adhesive on the reverse face outside of the defined
strips, or over the entire reverse face, may be allowable for
certain types of adhesives and where such a method of manufacture
is more economical, but the presence or absence of such extra
adhesive is not critical to the operation of the invention.
[0017] The adhesive means may be a known means such as adhesive
tape or an applied adhesive suitable for the purpose such as a
pressure-activated adhesive. A moisture-activated adhesive is
suitable, although its use requires an added small step of
moistening the appropriate edge. A functioning prototype of the
invention may be made up using known double-stick tape. Using a
double-stick tape or a similar adhesive means will result in the
existence of the tape's protective strips running along the edges
and perforations of the reverse face of the material. If such
protective strips are sufficiently thin and flexible, their
presence will not interfere with the operation of the invention.
Protective strips introduce an added small step of removing such
strips during the wrapping process. If an adhesive such as
double-stick tape is used, there is an advantage to placing the
tape on the material before any perforating process is performed,
so that the tape and protective strip may also be perforated and
made more easily separable.
[0018] The gift wrapping material of the invention is conveniently
reusable in a number of ways. Portions of a sheet not used for
wrapping an initial gift may be used to wrap a subsequent smaller
gift. After a gift is unwrapped, the material may be saved and
reused on a subsequent gift of the same size or smaller. If the
full amount of the used material is not suitable for reuse because
of damage, a smaller amount of reusable material can be salvaged by
separating the material at the proper line of separation.
[0019] Referring to FIG. 1, two sheets of an embodiment of gift
wrapping material 10 according to the invention are shown. One
sheet is shown in obverse 11, showing a design printed on the
obverse face 13. The other sheet is shown in reverse 12, showing
the reverse face 14, the means of separating the sheet 15 such as
perforations arranged on the reverse face, and the adhesive means
16 such as tape arranged along the edges and along the means of
separation such as perforations.
[0020] Referring to FIG. 2, three sheets of an embodiment of gift
wrapping material 10 are shown in obverse 11, showing a variety of
designs printed on the obverse faces 13.
[0021] Referring to FIG. 3, a sheet of an embodiment of gift
wrapping material 10 is shown in reverse 12. Arranged upon the
reverse face 14 are means of separating the sheet 15 such as
perforations. In this embodiment, the perforations are arranged to
form a grid forming oblong rectangles. If this embodiment were
twenty inches high by thirty-two inches wide, which is a useful
embodiment of the invention, then the horizontal lines of
separation would be placed every two inches and the vertical lines
of separation every four inches. Other dimensions and proportions
are possible and useful. The adhesive means 16 such as tape is
shown arranged along the outer or existing edges of the sheet of
material and along the lines of separation, each of which
potentially forms a new edge when the invention is used.
[0022] Referring to FIG. 4, alternative embodiments of the
invention are shown having a variety of dimensions and proportions
and arrangements of lines of separation and adhesive.
[0023] Referring to FIG. 5, alternative embodiments of the
invention are shown in obverse, having a variety of dimensions,
proportions, and designs.
[0024] While this invention has been described in detail with
particular reference to its preferred embodiments, the principles
and modes of operation of the invention have also been described in
this specification. The invention should not be construed as being
limited to the particular forms disclosed, which are illustrative
rather than restrictive. Modifications, variations, and changes may
be made by those skilled in the art without departure from the
spirit and scope of the invention as described by the following
claims.
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