Automatically expanding pop-up decoration
OwnerBernard M. Coleinventor
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Abstract
An automatically expanding pop-up decoration for use in gift-wrapping a package is capable of assuming a compact folded orientation suitable for storage in a limited area, yet expands automatically upon application to a package so as to create a substantially upstanding portion. The decoration comprises an ornament having a pair of opposed end members and an expansible structure pivotally joining the end members together. It further comprises an elastic cord operatively engaging the opposed ornament end members so that application of the cord about a package so as to tension the cord automatically causes the ornament end members to pivot into a substantially edge-to-edge relationship with the expansible structure standing substantially upright from the package.
Claims10
An automatically expanding pop-up decoration for use in gift-wrapping a package comprising:
- (A) an ornament having a pair of opposed end members and an expansible structure pivotally joining said end members together, said end members being capable of pivoting between a substantially face-to-face relationship and a substantially edge-to-edge relationship, said ornament being substantially flat when said end members are in a substantially face-to-face relationship and having a substantially upstanding portion when said end members are in a substantially edge-to-edge relationship;
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- (B) an elasticized cord in the form of a continuous loop operatively engaging said ornament end members so that application of said cord about a package so as to tension said cord automatically causes said ornament end members to pivot into the substantially edge-to-edge relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.