Reusable gift packaging
OwnerBridget Fullaninventor
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Abstract
Reusable, foldable ornamental packaging for enclosing and decorating a gift. A generally rigid foldable structural member is prescored to fold into a cuboid and to hold the shape of the cuboid against slumping due to gravity. The structural member has an interior surface and an external surface each covered by thin, flexible ornamental wrapping. The wrapping may have a perimetric configuration similar to that of the structural member. The wrapping may be formed as an envelope into which the structural member is received. The packaging may include ribbons or bows or both fixed thereto. The structural member may include magnetic members which releasably engage one another to hold the packaging in the cuboid configuration.
Claims13
Ornamental packaging for enclosing and decorating a gift, comprising:
- a one-piece foldable structural member having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the foldable structural member is foldable into a cuboid with the interior surface facing the interior of the cuboid and the exterior surface facing the exterior of the cuboid, and is sufficiently rigid to hold the shape of the cuboid against spontaneous slumping and collapse due to gravity;
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- a one-piece thin, flexible ornamental wrapping being in close cooperation with both interior and exterior surfaces of the foldable structural member, wherein the entire exterior and interior surfaces of the foldable structural member are covered by the flexible ornamental wrapping;
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- the thin ornamental wrapping has an outer layer having the periphery similar to that of the foldable structural member and an inner layer having a periphery similar to that of the foldable structural member.
A planar one-piece foldable structural member having an interior and exterior surface, which can be folded into a cuboid, having fold lines formed therein which subdivide the planar foldable structural member into
- a rectangular central panel having opposed first and second relatively long edges and opposed first and second short edges;
- a first tab projecting from the first relatively long edge of the rectangular central panel at one of the fold lines, the first tab including a first rectangular short wall and a first triangular terminus joined to the rectangular short wall at another one of the fold lines;
- a second tab projecting from the second relatively long edge of the rectangular central panel at yet another one of the fold lines, the second tab including a second rectangular short wall and a second triangular terminus joined to the second rectangular short wall at still another one of the fold lines, the second tab opposed to the first tab;
- a first end tab projecting from the first short edge at another one of the fold lines, the first end tab including a third rectangular short wall and a first cover panel joined to the third rectangular short wall at another one of the fold lines;
- a second end tab projecting from the second short edge, the second end tab including a fourth rectangular short wall and a second first cover panel, the second end tab opposed to the first end tab;
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- a one-piece thin, flexible ornamental wrapping being in close cooperation with both exterior and interior surfaces of the foldable structural member, wherein the entire exterior and interior surfaces of the foldable structural member are covered by the flexible ornamental wrapping;
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- the thin ornamental wrapping has an outer layer having the periphery similar to that of the foldable structural member and an inner layer having a periphery similar to that of the foldable structural member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.