Patent Application
20250108967
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The disclosure relates to wrapping devices and more particularly pertains to a new wrapping device for wrapping a gift without employing adhesive tape or scissors. The device includes a panel which has a pair of curves defining a spine portion and a top portion and a bottom portion of the panel. A plurality of first couplers and second couplers are attached to the panel which are matable together to wrap the panel around a gift. Furthermore, the panel has a plurality of perforations defining strips that can be removed from the panel to shrink the width of the panel to match the wide of the gift.
The prior art relates to wrapping devices including a variety of gift wrapping devices that includes a variety of films for wrapping a gift and a variety of reusable pouches to wrapping a gift and variety of films that have pre-applied adhesive tape and bow ties. In no instance does the prior art disclose a gift wrapping device that includes a panel formed to partially surround a gift which has perforations defining strips that are removable from the panel to adjust a width of the panel and a plurality of first couplers and a plurality of second couplers each attached to the panel which are matable to each other for enclosing the gift in the panel.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that has a pair of curves each formed into the panel to define a spine portion and a top portion and a bottom portion of the panel. A plurality of first couplers is attached to the top portion of the panel and a plurality of second couplers is attached to the bottom portion of the panel. Each of the second couplers is matable to a respective one of the plurality of first couplers to enclose a gift in the panel in the convention of gift wrapping. A plurality of third couplers is attached to the top portion of the panel and a plurality of fourth couplers is attached to the bottom portion of the panel. Each of the plurality of fourth couplers is matable to a respective one of the plurality to third couplers.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The panel 12 has a plurality of perforations 32 extending through a top surface 34 and a bottom surface 36 of the panel 12 and the perforations 32 are oriented to extend between the front edge 28 and the back edge 30 of the panel 12. Furthermore, the plurality of perforation includes a set of first perforations 38 and a set of second perforations 40. The set of first perforations 38 are evenly spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the first lateral edge 24 toward the second lateral edge 26 to define a plurality of first strips 42 of the panel 12. Additionally, the set of second perforations 40 are evenly spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the second lateral edge 26 toward the first lateral edge 24 to define a plurality of second strips 44 of the panel 12. Respective ones of the first strips 42 and respective ones of the second strips 44 are removable from the panel 12 such that the panel 12 can be reduced in size to match a width of the gift 22.
A plurality of first couplers 46 is provided and each of the plurality of first couplers 46 is attached to the panel 12. Each of the plurality of first couplers 46 is positioned on the bottom surface 36 of the top portion 18 of the panel 12 and each of the plurality of first couplers 46 is oriented to extend along a line extending between the front edge 28 and the back edge 30 of the panel 12. Additionally, each of the plurality of first couplers 46 is positioned on a respective of the first strips 42 or a respective one of the second strips 44. Each of the first couplers 46 may comprise a female portion of a zip fastener or the like.
A plurality of second couplers 48 is provided and each of the plurality of second couplers 48 is attached to the panel 12. Each of the plurality of second couplers 48 is positioned on the bottom surface 36 of the bottom portion 20 of the panel 12 and each of the plurality of second couplers 48 is oriented to extend along a line which extends between the front edge 28 and the back edge 30 of the panel 12. Each of the plurality of second couplers 48 is positioned on a respective of the first strips 42 or a respective one of the second strips 44. Furthermore, each of the plurality of second couplers 48 is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of first couplers 46.
Each of the second couplers 48 which remain on the panel 12 when the respective first strips 42 or second strips 44 are removed from the panel 12 is matable to the respective first coupler 46 which remains on the panel 12 when the respective first strips 42 or second strips 44 are removed from the panel 12. In this way the first couplers 46 and the second couplers 48 facilitate the packet to enclose the gift 22 in the convention of gift wrapping. Additionally, each of the plurality of second couplers 48 may comprise a male portion of a zip fastener or the like.
A plurality of third couplers 50 is provided and each of the plurality of third couplers 50 is attached to the panel 12. Each of the plurality of third couplers 50 is positioned on the bottom surface 36 of the top portion 18 of the panel 12 and respective ones of the plurality of third couplers 50 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of an innermost first perforation 52 and an innermost second perforation 54. Furthermore, a respective one of the plurality of third couplers 50 is positioned adjacent to the front edge 28. Each of the plurality of third couplers 50 may comprise a female portion of a zip fastener or the like.
A plurality of fourth couplers 56 is provided and each of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is attached to the panel 12. Each of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is positioned on the bottom surface 36 of the bottom portion 20 of the panel 12 and respective ones of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the innermost first perforation 52 and the innermost second perforation 54. A respective one of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is positioned adjacent to the back edge 30 and each of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of third couplers 50. Additionally, each of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 is matable to the respective third coupler 50 when all of the first strips 42 and all of the second strips 44 have been removed from the panel 12. In this way the plurality of third couplers 50 and the plurality of fourth couplers 56 facilitate the panel 12 to enclose the gift 22 in the convenient of gift wrapping. Each of the plurality of fourth couplers 56 may comprise a male portion of a zip fastener or the like.
In use, the gift 22 is positioned on the bottom portion 20 of the panel 12 such that the gift 22 abuts the spine portion 16 of the panel 12 and the top portion 18 of the panel 12 lies on top of the gift 22. As many of the first strips 42 and the second strips 44 are removed from the panel 12 as needed to facilitate the panel 12 to match the width of the gift 22. An outermost one of the first couplers 46 is mated to an outermost one of the second couplers 48 and the third coupler 50 which extends along the front edge 28 of the panel 12 is mated to the fourth coupler 56 which extends along the back edge 30 of the panel 12. In this way the gift 22 can be wrapped without the use of adhesive tape and scissors. The third coupler 60 positioned adjacent to the innermost first perforation 52 is mated to the fourth coupler 56 positioned adjacent to the innermost first perforation 52 and the third coupler 60 positioned adjacent to the innermost second perforation 54 is mated to the fourth coupler 56 positioned adjacent to the innermost second perforation 54 when all of the first strips 42 and second strips 44 have been removed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, device and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
