US2886912A - Knotless bow - Google Patents

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May 19, 1959 H. C; ROWLAND KNOTLESS BOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 10. 1956 IN VEN TOR. Ham er C Row/and.

BY I M i, M

y 9, 1959 H. c. ROWLAND 2,886,912

KNOTLESS BOW Filed Dec. 10, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Homer C. ROW/0nd.

United States Patent 1 O KN OTLESS BOW Homer C. Rowland, Prairie Village, Kans., assignor to Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application December 10, 1956, SerialNo. 627,212

1 Claim. (Cl. 41-10) This invention relates to decorative pompon bows for gift wrapping of packages or the like and particularly to the formation of such bows from prefabricated ribbon strips having adhesive properties whereby when moistened it will adhere to itself, and the method of forming said bows.

The art of gift wrapping packages is a highly developed field and is becoming more so each year. Heretofore there have been devised various articles for decorating gift packages and various methods have been devised for forming the bows or pompous by the ordinary person in the home. Such persons are not experienced in the art of gift wrapping due to the fact that gifts are wrapped only periodically in the home.

It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide a method of forming a decorative bow for a gift package which requires little skill in the formation thereof and yet when formed will be attractive and symmetrical in appearance. The present invention will also be attractive to department stores who have experienced gift wrappers because of the simplicity of forming the how and therefore less time being required in such work.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a ribbon in strip form either in rolls or otherwise Whereby the user may cut the ribbon in lengths to form the bow; to provide a ribbon having adhesive properties which when wet will stick to itself so that the cut ends of the ribbon may be looped or folded to stick together at any portion thereof; to provide for cutting of the ribbon into lengths and folding the same into circumvolutions and moistening the ends of the ribbon and pressing them to the body of the opposite side to form a fiat center portion and loops in the outer ends of the circumvolutions; to provide a method of sticking a plurality of these preformed loops together in a circular form one on top of the other, some of said loops being of lesser length than others so that the upper layer of said circumvolutions will be shorter than the lower layers; to provide a decorative streamer to said bow; and to provide a bow of this character simple and economical to form.

In accomplishing these and other objects of my invention I have provided improved details of structure the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a strip of ribbon showing the initial step of forming the bow.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a strip of ribbon with the ends moistened and stuck to the body forming looped ends.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of two of the bodies adhesively secured together.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a plurality of said bodies adhesively secured together and showing the method of forming the bow.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plurality of strips after they are secured together and the decorative loop for the center thereof and the streamers for securing to the body of the bow.

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Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the how when completed.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the completed bow.

Fig. 8 is a modified form of the bow with the center rows of looped members being shorter than the lower rows.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

Decorative ribbons are usually wound on spools or the like and are of various widths from one-half inch to three inches. The ribbon from which the present bow is made has impregnated in the body thereof throughout its length certain adhesives so that when the ribbon is moistened at any portion thereof it is sticky and the surface thereof will adhere together.

In forming the bows or pompous as indicated at 1 strips of ribbon 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,. 12 and 13, are cut in lengths of approximately thirteen inches. The inside of the ends 14 and 15 of the strips are moistened as indicated at 16 and the ends folded towards each other and pressed to the center of the loop forming a substantially fiat portion 17 and loops 18 and 19 on each end.

In forming the bow the strips of material or loop member 3 is wetted on the underside of the flat center portion 17 and placed on the loop member 2 in a cross as indicated at 20 (Fig. 3). The strip 4 is formed into a loop and then wetted on the underside of the center and placed across the first two loop members between the ends thereof as indicated in Fig. 4. Then the strip 5 is: then placed across strip 4 after having the underside of its center wetted, also as shown in Fig. 4.

The centers of the remaining strips 6 to 13, inclusive, are wetted on the undersides of the center portions 17 and stuck one on top of each other and adjacent to one another in a circular manner around the central body portion of the bow as illustrated in Fig. 5. Each loop member is placed in a circular manner and may be either directly on top of the next lower loop member or may be between the ends thereof or extend over the side edges slightly as desired.

A shorter strip 21 of ribbon is then cut and rolled in a circular form and the ends wetted and stuck together as indicated at 22 (Fig. 5). wetted and stuck to the center of the body member of the bow as indicated at 23 (Fig. 6). In order to add a decorative feature to the bow, I cut lengths of ribbon 24 and 25 having one end notched as indicated at 26 and 27. The other ends 23 and 24 may be wetted and stuck to the bottom of the bow 1 as illustrated in Fig. 7 or they may be attached to the center portion between the respective loop members as desired.

In order to form the bows with the looped ends of even length I preferably fold each strip 2 to 13, inclusive, at the center leaving a crease line as indicated at 28 (Fig. 2) so that the ends 14 and 15 may be centered at that point in forming the individual bow tie double loop.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a modified form of bow as indicated at 29 wherein the lower layer of strips 30 are of longer lengths than the second row 31. In other words, the strips for the layer of bows forming the loops on the respective ends may be progressively shorter as the bow is built upwardly to create an upwardly tapered bow. Circular strip 21 may be applied to the center of the bow as in the preferred form of the invention as well as the streamers 24 and 25.

A lesser or greater number of strips may be utilized in making the pompous. Additional strips will increase the fullness of the bow, and if a larger bow is desired the strips are cut in longer lengths.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided an improved bow or pompon which may be quickly formed without knots or ties of any character.

The side of this roll is then assama What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A decorative bow comprising, a plurality of separate, fiat elongate strips of ribbon material cut from a continuous strip thereof having-a non-sticky, adhesive impregnated therein throughout. its length, .saidmaterial' being capable of being cut to any lengths desired and adhered .to any portion of itself when moistened, each strip being rebent upon itself presenting a pair of opposed loops having a common lower leg portion and an upper. leg portion for each of said loops which, may be adjusted to any predetermined. length desired, areas of the undersides of the upper leg portions adjacent the. free ends thereof being moistened and adhered to the lower leg References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,562,192 James July 31, 1951 2,562,919 James Aug. 7, 1951 2,681,525 James June 22, 1954 2,774,164 James Dec. 18, 1956

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