Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-16
2001-02-13
Ahmad, Nasser (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
C229S103300, C229S087010, C229S087180, C229S087190, C229S923000, C428S042100, C428S042200, C428S121000, C428S130000, C428S192000, C428S194000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06187403
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to gift wraps and more particularly pertains to a new preformed gift wrap for quickly and easily wrapping a gift box.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of gift wraps is known in the prior art. More specifically, gift wraps heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,337,943; 5,422,151; EPO Patent No. EP 0 496 917 A1 (inventors: Weder et. al.); U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,381,889; 956,590; 5,007,229; and PCT Patent No. 92/12910 (inventor: Triglia).
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new preformed gift wrap. The inventive device includes a generally rectangular sheet having a pair of spaced apart lateral fold lines extending between the sides of the sheet which divide the sheet into three generally rectangular panels. Extending from each side of the middle second panel is a generally trapezoidal middle flap. Each of the middle flaps is foldable along a line extending along the associated side of the sheet. Extending from each side of the outer first and third panels is a side flap. Each of the side flaps is foldable along a line extending along the associated side of the sheet. Each of the sides of the sheet also has two corner flaps extending therefrom such that a first pair of corner flaps are positioned adjacent the first panel and a second pair of corner flaps are positioned adjacent the third panel. The first pair of corner flaps is located between the side flaps adjacent the first panel and the middle flaps while the second pair of corner flaps are located between side flaps adjacent the second panel and the middle flaps such that the middle flaps are interposed between the corner flaps. The interior surface of the sheet has a plurality of adhesive strips provided thereon for attaching the sheet to the exterior of a gift box.
In these respects, the preformed gift wrap according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of quickly and easily wrapping a gift box.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of gift wraps now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new preformed gift wrap construction wherein the same can be utilized for quickly and easily wrapping a gift box.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new preformed gift wrap apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gift wraps mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new preformed gift wrap which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gift wraps, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a generally rectangular sheet having a pair of spaced apart lateral fold lines extending between the sides of the sheet which divide the sheet into three generally rectangular panels. Extending from each side of the middle second panel is a generally trapezoidal middle flap. Each of the middle flaps is foldable along a line extending along the associated side of the sheet. Extending from each side of the outer first and third panels is a side flap. Each of the side flaps is foldable along a line extending along the associated side of the sheet. Each of the sides of the sheet also has two corner flaps extending therefrom such that a first pair of corner flaps are positioned adjacent the first panel and a second pair of corner flaps are positioned adjacent the third panel. The first pair of corner flaps is located between the side flaps adjacent the first panel and the middle flaps while the second pair of corner flaps are located between side flaps adjacent the second panel and the middle flaps such that the middle flaps are interposed between the corner flaps. The interior surface of the sheet has a plurality of adhesive strips provided thereon for attaching the sheet to the exterior of a gift box.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention 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 invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new preformed gift wrap apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gift wraps mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new preformed gift wrap which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gift wraps, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new preformed gift wrap which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new preformed gift wrap which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new preformed gift wrap which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such preformed gift wrap economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new preformed gift wrap which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new preformed gift wrap for quickly and easily wrapping a gift box.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new preformed gift wrap which includes a generally rectangular sheet having a pair of spaced apart lateral fold lines extending between the s
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