Reuseable wrapping ornament with perforation for aiding removal
AssigneeHennessy Gift Wrap, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Patrick Hennessy, Kristen Elaine Hennessy
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Abstract
A reusable decorative ornament for use on wrapping paper or the like includes an ornamental element such as a ribbon flower or bow. The ornament includes an attachment element for securing the ornament to wrapping paper. The attachment element includes a stack of adhesive elements. By selectively exposing an adhesive layer, the decorative ornament can be used multiple times. The adhesive elements may be secured to the ornament element by a fixed device such as a staple. Each adhesive layer may include a fixed portion in the area of the staple. Perforations may divide the fixed portion from a removable portion of the layer to facilitate easy removal and reuse of the decorative ornament.
Claims9
A decorative ornament for use on wrapping, the decorative ornament comprising:
- (A) an ornament element;
- (B) a reusable attachment element secured to the ornament element, the reusable attachment element comprising a stack of selectively exposable adhesive elements that enable the reusable attachment element to be adhered to wrapping, wherein each of the selectively exposable adhesive elements of the stack comprises an adhesive tape layer and a release liner, wherein each of the adhesive tape layer and the release liner comprise a fixed portion and a removable portion, wherein each respective fixed portion and each respective removable portion are separated by at least one perforation;
- (C) wherein each of the selectively exposable adhesive elements includes an adhesive portion configured to adhere to the wrapping when each removable portion of each respective release liner is removed;
- (D) wherein each fixed portion of each respective adhesive tape layer remains hidden under each fixed portion of each respective release liner when each removable portion of each respective release liner is removed;
- (E) at least one fixing device for fixing the reusable attachment element to the ornament element;
- (F) wherein the at least one fixing device passes through each respective fixed portion of the stack of the selectively exposable adhesive elements;
- (G) wherein each adhesive element in the stack of the selectively exposable adhesive elements is directly adhered to each other by a selectively activatable adhesive;
- and (H) wherein each of the at least one perforation comprises a plurality of perforations surrounding the at least one fixing device, so as to separate the stack of selectively exposable adhesive elements into each respective fixed portion located inside the plurality of perforations and each respective removable portion located outside the plurality of perforations, thereby allowing easy separation of around the at least one fixing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.