Decorative bow base adapted to be securely attached to a gift wrapping

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6676097
  • Patent Number
    6,676,097
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, May 30, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 13, 2004
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Ramirez; Ramon O.
    • Sterling; Amy J.
    Agents
    • Dennison, Schultz & Dougherty
  • CPC
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • 248 2053
    • 248 2054
    • 248 2065
    • 248 34603
    • 248 34604
    • 248 34611
    • 248 3465
    • 248 314
    • 248 310
    • 248 34601
    • 248 467
    • 211 7101
    • 211 72
    • 211 73
    • 428 4
    • 428 5
    • 428 6
    • 229 8719
  • International Classifications
    • A47B9500
    • A47G9100
    • B65D1900
Abstract
A decorative bow base includes a substrate having a chamber defined therein, an attachment device received in the chamber, an engaging face formed on top of the chamber and an adhesive element securely attached to a bottom of the substrate. A support has a space defined to adapt to securely receive therein a decorative bow, a bottom face formed on a bottom of the support to be securely engaged with the engaging face of the substrate.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a decorative bow base, and more particularly to a base that can receive therein decorative bow and then securely attached to a face of a gift-wrapping. The base has an attachment device received therein so that when the decorative bow is removed from the gift package, the decorative bow can be attached to a surface via the attachment device as an ornament.




2. Description of Related Art




The conventional base


7


for a decorative bow is shown in FIG.


1


and has a chamber


71


defined therein for receiving a decorative bow (not shown) and an extension


8


extending from a bottom of the base


7


. When the base


7


is in use, the user places the decorative bow securely in the chamber


71


and then extends the extension


8


through a piece of paper or the like. After the extension is inserted through the piece of paper, the user melts the extension


8


so as to fasten the base


7


together with a decorative bow on the piece of paper. Then, an adhesive paper is attached to the piece of paper such that the user can use the adhesive paper to attach the base


7


together with the decorative bow onto a gift wrapping.




However, normally when people receive gift with a decorative bow attached on the gift wrapping, people remove the decorative bow from the gift wrapping be peeling off the adhesive paper. After the adhesive paper is removed, people either throw away the adhesive paper or detach the decorative bow from the base


7


so that the decorative bow can be reused for decoration. That is, the conventional base


7


is not able to be reused and has to be dealt with.




To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention intends to provide an improved decorative bow base to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the invention is to provide a decorative bow base that can be reused so as to recycle the used material.




Another objective of the present invention is to provide a decorative bow base that has a substrate with an attachment device and a support engaged with a top face of the substrate. The attachment device can allow the base to be attached to a gift-wrapping and any appropriate surface once removed from the gift-wrapping.











Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.




BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a conventional base for receiving therein a decorative bow;





FIG. 2

is an exploded perspective view of the decorative bow base of the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a perspective view showing the assembled decorative bow base;





FIG. 4

is a cross sectional view of the decorative bow base in

FIG. 3

; and





FIG. 5

is a perspective view of another embodiment of the decorative bow base of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




With reference to

FIG. 2

, the decorative bow base of the present invention is composed of a substrate


1


with an attachment device


3


received inside the substrate


1


and a support


2


engaged with a top face of the substrate


1


.




The substrate


1


has a chamber


11


defined to receive therein the attachment device


3


and an engaging face


12


formed on top of the chamber


11


so as to cover the chamber


11


. The engaging face


12


has an annular flange


121


formed on an outer peripheral edge of the engaging face


12


and a centrally defined recess


122


. In this preferred embodiment, the attachment device


3


is a magnet.




The support


2


has a closed end and an open end so that a space


21


is defined in the support


2


. The support


2


further has a boss


211


formed on a bottom face


22


defining the space


21


to correspond to the recess


122


of the substrate


1


. It is to be noted that an adhesive element


4


is provided under the substrate


1


.




With reference to

FIGS. 3 and 4

, when the decorative bow base is to be assembled, the attachment device


3


is received in the chamber


11


and then the adhesive element


4


is attached to the bottom of the substrate


1


. After the assembly of the substrate


1


is completed, the recess


122


is filled with glue so that when the support


2


is placed on top of the engaging face


12


with the boss


211


aligned with the recess


122


, the support


2


can be securely engaged with the substrate


1


. It is noted that the inner diameter of the annular flange


121


is slightly larger than the diameter of the outer diameter of the bottom face


22


of the support


2


so that the support


2


can be snugly received in the area enclosed by the annular flange


121


. When the foregoing assembly is finished, a decorative bow


5


is securely received in the space


21


.




When the decorative bow base of the present invention is in use, the user only needs to peel off a releasing film


41


attached to one side of the adhesive element


4


to expose the adhesive layer (not numbered) so that the decorative bow base can be attached to a gift wrapping (not shown). When the decorative bow base is removed from the gift-wrapping and the strength of the adhesive layer of the adhesive element


4


is reduced, the user may still apply the decorative bow base to a metal surface due to the attachment device


3


received in the chamber


11


of the substrate


1


.




Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.



Claims
  • 1. A decorative bow base comprising:a substrate having a top face, a bottom face, a chamber therein, an engaging face formed on top of said chamber and said engaging face defining a central recess therein; a magnetic attachment device disposed in said chamber and an adhesive element securely attached to said bottom face of said substrate; an annular support having a peripheral edge, an upwardly extending wall about said peripheral edge with a closed bottom face having an outer diameter, and an upwardly facing open end to thereby define a space for receiving a decorative bow, and a downwardly extending boss formed in said bottom face of said support; and said engaging face including an annular flange formed therein with an inner diameter of said annular flange slightly larger then said outer diameter of said bottom face of said annular support so that said support is snugly received in a space defined by said annular flange; and wherein said boss is aligned with said recess and glued therein whereby said support is securely fastened to said substrate.
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