AU2010100040A4 - An improved wrapping and card assembly - Google Patents

Description

1 DESCRIPTION It is customary to conceal gifts using wrapping paper and personalise with a card. Wrapping a gift involves several stages. Under the conventional method - the package is covered with paper and an adhesive substance is used to secure the paper around the gift (step 1). It is commonplace to then attach a card to the wrapping paper using adhesive substance or string (step 2). These processes have for a long time been thought of as the accepted best practice. This innovation has been designed to simplify the conventional gift giving process into one easy step. The purpose of this innovation is to allow for the consolidation of two related and yet separate processes involved in the time honoured tradition of gift giving. For those that are regular gift givers, i.e. parents of young children or the 'social butterfly', who may be attending several occasions throughout the year, this will be of particular value. Within the social conventions of gift giving, it is this authors experience that the gift must, as a minimum, be concealed. Additionally, the wrapping material is typically of the type recognisable as commercially manufactured wrapping paper, however, any paper or paper type material, or even a bag that conceals the gift can be used. Of secondary importance is the card, on which the giver writes a relevant message or picture to identify themselves to the recipient. If the recipient is a child for instance, it is typically the parents who read the card to identify the gift with the giver, at which point the card has served its purpose. Occasionally as a substitute to a card, a sticker is placed on the wrapping paper with the gift givers name printed, of the same type that is sometimes used as identification on personal items. Therefore, social conventions suggest that the gift be presented with concealing wrap and an identifying message or mark of some form. This innovation fulfils both functions.

2 The improved wrapping and card assembly goes further than the prior art, in that the innovative step involves a gift wrapping material, with a card attached using an adhesive substance to the paper on manufacture. Indeed, the improved wrapping and card will form a single constructed entity. The wrapping and card can be of various appropriate weightings (GSMs), sizes and designs preferably from a paper based construction. The innovation may be better understood with the included illustrations: Figure 1 is an example of the innovation in the form of a roll of wrapping paper 3. In this illustration the card 5 has been pre-attached as per claim 1. In this method, a card 5 will be pre-attached at intervals throughout the roll 2, and as the wrapping paper is unrolled from its core 1, additional cards will become visible. Figure 2 is an example of the innovation in the form of a single sheet. In this illustration the card 7 has been pre-attached as per claim 1. Figure 3 is an example of the appearance of the back of the card 9. The card is attached to the wrapping paper with non-permanent low tack adhesive 11, and can thus be removed as per claim 4. To provide an extra secure bond between wrap and card if so required, a permanent high tack adhesive 10 with a removable protective seal 10 (such as a strip seal used on envelopes), can be used. The purpose of the permanent high tack adhesive 10 is to provide an extra secure bond between the wrap and card if so required. As the permanent adhesive is overlaid with a removable protective seal its use is optional. Figure 4 is an alternative example of the appearance of the back of the card 9 if it were to be removed from the wrapping paper, included with dots or strips 14 of non permanent low tack adhesive, with a combination of a dot or strip 15 of high tack adhesive that is considered permanent if used. This alternative version of the back of the card is to demonstrate how a combination of non-permanent and permanent adhesives may be constructed to provide optimal utility.

3 Figure 5 is a variation of the card itself 5, 7 with the front 13 of the card lifted open to expose the inner opposite side 12, which when combined would be recognised as a common card construction. Figure 6 is an example of the innovation having been secured around a gift package 16 with adhesive 20, and the card 17 secured in the pre-attached method as per claims 1-5. Figure 7 is an example of the wrapping 18, with the pre-attached card having been removed from its original position 19 as per claim 4. Figure 8 is an alternative example of the innovation having been secured around a gift package 16 with the card 17 having been repositioned from its pre-attached location to another position on the wrapping paper as per claim 4.

Claims (5)

1. An inventive step over the prior art, comprising of a paper wrapping material for the purposes of gift wrapping with a pre-attached card, which is attached to the wrapping paper itself on manufacture using an adhesive substance or other joining method. The wrapping and card can be of various appropriate weightings (GSM), sizes and designs preferably from a paper based construction.

2. Further and in addition to claim 1, the improved wrapping may be constructed from plastics, such as cellophane, or in combination with materials specified in claim 1.

3. Further and in addition to claims 1 and 2, the improved wrapping may be constructed from fabrics, or in combination with materials specified in claims 1 and 2.

4. Insofar as the card is pre-attached to the wrapping paper on manufacture, as stated in claims 1, 2 and 3 inclusive, the card can also have the functionality of being detached from the wrapping paper and used as a stand alone card or relocated to another position on the wrapping paper.

5. The improved wrapping paper assembly can herein be described with reference to figures 1 through to 8 of the accompanying illustrations.