One-piece gift box
OwnerDenise Voswinkelinventor
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Abstract
A gift box that includes a detachable gift support for insertion into a gift box after construction from a one-piece sheet of material. Gift restraints are provided for restraining the gift on the gift support. Preferably, the gift is in the shape of a card, such as the shape of a credit card, and is preferably what is known as a giftcard, similar to a gift certificate.
Claims17
A gift box that is displayable in a collapsed position at a point of sale, wherein the gift box is formed of a unitary sheet of material comprising a first sidewall having a first edge and a second edge;
- a second sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the second sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the first sidewall at a first foldline;
- a third sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the third sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the second sidewall at a second foldline;
- a fourth sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the fourth sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the third sidewall at a third foldline, and the first sidewall is coupled to the fourth sidewall so as to define a region perimetered by the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls, a box top having a first edge coupled to a top edge of the fourth sidewall at a fourth foldline, and a box bottom having a first edge coupled to a bottom edge of the second sidewall at a fifth foldline, wherein the gift box further comprises:
- a gift support detachably coupled to a top edge of the second sidewall when the gift box is displayed in the collapsed position;
- wherein in the collapsed position:
- an exterior surface of the box top is in facing alignment with the gift support so that at the point of sale, the gift support blocks at least essentially the entire exterior surface of the box top from view.
A method of constructing a gift box for a gift card that is to be placed therein, wherein the box is constructed from a unitary sheet of material that has been previously placed into a collapsed position for display at a point of sale, wherein the box is formed from the unitary sheet of material comprising a first sidewall having a first edge and a second edge;
- a second sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the second sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the first sidewall at a first foldline;
- a third sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the third sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the second sidewall at a second foldline;
- a fourth sidewall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge of the fourth sidewall is coupled to the second edge of the third sidewall at a third foldline, and the first sidewall is coupled to the fourth sidewall so as to define a region perimetered by the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls, a box top having a first edge coupled to a top edge of the fourth sidewall at a fourth foldline, and a box bottom having a first edge coupled to a bottom edge of the second sidewall at a fifth foldline, wherein the gift box further comprises a gift support detachably coupled to a top edge of the second sidewall when the gift box is displayed in the collapsed position such that in the collapsed position, an exterior surface of the box top is in facing alignment with the gift support so that at the point of sale, the gift support blocks at least essentially the entire exterior surface of the box top from view;
- wherein the method of constructing the gift box comprises the steps of:
- opening the collapsed gift box so as to view the exterior of the box top;
- separating the sidewalls so as to expand the region perimetered by the first, second third and forth sidewalls;
- positioning the box bottom in the region so as to maintain the integrity of the expanded region;
- inserting the gift support into the expanded region;
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- folding the box top at the fourth foldline to encapsulate a gift card positioned on the gift support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.