US3458112A

US3458112A - Gift box

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Publication number: US3458112A
Application number: US645181A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard L Nelson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1967-06-12
Filing date: 1967-06-12
Publication date: 1969-07-29
Anticipated expiration: 1986-07-29

Description

July 29, 1969 R. L. NELSON 3,458,112

GIFT BOX Filed June 1 2. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 so Q L l2 3| l I N VENTOR. R/cHnRp L. NELSON 30 BY 3 4 wwwdwizfuwit July 29, l96 R. NELSON 3,

GIFT BOX Filed June 12. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 we JQ INVENTOR. RICHARD L. NELSON BY WW4 i/MMMJ/M m 3,458,112 GIFT BOX Richard L. Nelson, 3518 Wildwood Drive, Marion, Ind. 46952 Filed June 12, 1967, Ser. No. 645,181 Int. Cl. B65d /02 US. Cl. 229-40 9 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A combination cover and gift wrapping for a merchandise containing box. The gift wrapping is glued to the cover only at selected small spots so that the final appearance of the box is the same as a conventional gift Wrapped box. Both the cover and gift wrapping lie flat for easy stacking and storing.

Background of the invention Field of the invention.-This invention relates to a box wrapping arrangement.

Description of the prior art.--One of the problems involved in the department store business is gift wrapping. Many customers desire that a box be gift wrapped by the department store to avoid having to gift wrap it themselves. It is well known that a box in order to be gift wrapped has to have paper or other wrapping surrounding the box but not a part of the box. Thus, there are available boxes which have tops covered with paper of various attractive kinds but this does not qualify as a gift wrapping because the paper covers only the top and appears to be adhered or too neatly mounted on the top.

Department stores use both folding boxes and set up boxes for display and packaging of their merchandise. Set up boxes are those boxes which do not fold down once they have been set up while folding boxes are those boxes which can be folded fiat after they have been set up. It is desirable to provide a fast, efiicient way of gift wrapping folding boxes as well as set up boxes so as to provide an attractive gift wrapped box.

Summary of the invention 3,458,l l2 Patented July 29, 1969 FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the box Wrapping arrangement of FIG. 1 together with a folding box upon which the arrangement is used.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the box wrapping arrangement and the box in paritally assembled conditron.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing the box in a more completely assembled condition.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 but showing the box in a completely assembled condition.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the paper wrapping of an alternate embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the box wrapping arrangement of FIG. 6 in partially assembled condition.

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 7, but showing the box in completely assembled condition.

One embodiment of the invention might include a box wrapping arrangement for wrapping a box comprising a fiber board cover including a top and four side flaps, said top having a rectangular configuration and having each flap foldably connected to a respective one of the four edges of said top, a paper wrapping adhered to said top at a minor portion of the area of said top, said cover being adapted to be folded about a box having a length and width corresponding to the length and width of said top and having a depth corresponding to the distance said flaps extend from said top, said paper wrapping being sufficiently large to wrap said box when said cover is folded around said box.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved box wrapping arrangement.

Another object of this invention is to provide a box wrapping arrangement which makes possible fast,-eflicient, neat and attractive gift wrapping of boxes.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a box wrapping arrangement which can be packed and stored flat to save space.

Brief description of the drawing Description of the preferred embodiments Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is illustrated a box wrapping arrangement 10 which includes a fiber board cover 11 and a paper wrapping 12. The fiber board cover 11 includes a top 15 and four side flaps 16 foldably connected to the respective four edges of the rectangular top 15. The paper wrapping 12 is glued to the top 15 at only selected spots 20 of relatively small area in comparison to the complete area of the top 15 so that the final gift wrapping box has a fresh appearance in which the wrapping 12 does not appear to be a part of the box.

The paper wrapping 12 includes a central portion 21 which is coextensive with the top 15 and also includes four

side portions

22, 23, 24 and 25 which overlie and extend beyond the flaps 16. The paper wrapping 12 further includes four web portions 30 which connect the four

side portions

22, 23, 24 and 25. Each of the web portions 30 has a triangular configuration and extends from points 31 on adjacent side portions, which points are defined by the distance the flaps 16 extend from the top 15.

The assembly of the gift wrapping is shown serially in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5. The gift wrapping arrangement 10 can be used to gift wrap a folding box such as the folding box 35 or can be used to gift wrap a set up box (not shown). The folding box 35 may be used to contain and display merchandise such as, for example, a sweater or any type of merchandise on display in the store. When in use, the folding box 35 has its four sides 36 in upright condition relative to the base 37 of the folding box. Thus, the box 35 may be placed upside down as illustrated in FIG. 3 with the box 35 overlying the top 15.

Next, the side flaps 16 are folded upwardly so as to overlie the sides 36 of the folding box 35. The paper wrapping

side portions

23 and 25 are next laid over the side flaps 16 and are adhered to the base or bottom 37 of the box 35. For this purpose, adhesive 40 may be provided on the

side portions

23 and 25. It will be noted that the

side portions

23 and 25 extend only a sufficient distance beyond the extension of the side flaps 16 to permit adhering of the

side portions

23 and 25 to the bottom 37 of the folding box 35.

Next, the web portions 30 are folded centrally in the manner shown in FIG. 4 outside of the side'flaps 16. One of the side portions 24 has its corners 45 removed therefrom. The opposite of the side portions 22 has a strip of adhesive 46 along its inside distal edge. The last assembly step suggested in FIGS. 4 and 5 consists of the laying of the side portion 22 over the side portion 24 and the adhering of the side portion 22 to the side portion 24 by means of the adhesive 46. It can be seen that because the corners 45 are removed, the adhesive 46 will also 3 adhere to the

side portions

23 and 25, thus providing a freshly gift wrapped box as illustrated in FIG. 5. It should be noted that the

side portions

22 and 24 extend a sufiicient distance from the central portion 21 of the paper wrapping so as to permit their being adhered to one another as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

Referring now to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, there is illustrated a further embodiment of the invention which includes the paper wrapping 10 illustrated in FIG. 6. The fiber board cover of the embodiment of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 is identical to the fiber board cover 11 of FIG. 1. In similar fashion to the box wrapping arrangement of FIGS. 1-5, the fiber board cover 101 of FIGS. 6-8 is adhered at selected spots to the paper wrapping 100 so that the final gift wrapping has a freshly gift wrapped appearance. The manner of use of the box wrapping arrangement of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 is generally the same as that of FIGS. 1-5 except that the side portions 102 of the paper Warpping are first folded over one another as shown in FIG. 7 prior to the folding of the side portions 103 up against the box.

It can be seen that the paper wrapping of FIG. 6 has a rectangular outline. Also, no adhesive is supplied on the paper wrapping 100 and instead scotch tape or the like is used to complete the wrapping procedure. Thus, scotch tape 105 can be applied to the side portions 103 when the wrapping procedure has been completed as in FIG. 8. The line 106 indicates a line along which the paper wrapping is folded just prior to applying the scotch tape 105. In other respects, the embodiment of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 is identical to that of FIGS. 1-5.

It will be evident from the above description that the present invention provides an improved box wrapping arrangement. It will also be evident that the box wrapping arrangement of the present invention makes possible fast, efficient as well as neat and attractive gift wrapping of boxes. It can also be seen that the box wrapping arrangement of the present invention can be easily packed and stored in order to save space because of its initial fiat condition.

While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims are also desired to be protected.

The invention claimed is:

l. A box wrapping arrangement for wrapping a box which is separate and apart from said box wrapping arrangement comprising a fiber board cover including a top and four side flaps, said top having a rectangular configuration and having each side flap foldably connected to a respective one of the four edges of said top, a paper wrapping adhered to said top at a minor portion of the area of said top, said cover being adapted to be folded about a box having a length and width corresponding to the length and width of said top and having a denth corresponding to the distance said flaps extend from said top, said paper wrapping being sufiiciently large to wrap said box when said cover is folded around said box.

2. The box wrapping arrangement of claim 1 wherein said paper wrapping includes a central portion coextensive with said top and four side portions which overlie and extend beyond said flaps, said paper wrapping further including four web portions connecting said four side portions, said web portions having a triangular configuration and extending from points on adjacent side portions which points are defined by the distance said flaps extend from said top, one opposite pair of said side portions extending only a sufficient distance from said central portion to be adhered to said box, the

4 other opposite pair of said side portions extending a sufficient distance from said central portion to be adhered to one another.

3. The box wrapping arrangement of claim 1 wherein said paper Wrapping is a sheet of rectangular configuration.

4. The box wrapping arrangement of claim 2 additionally comprising adhesive on said side portions for securing said one opposite pair of said side portions to said box and for securing the other opposite pair of said side portions to one another.

5. The box wrapping arrangement of claim 3 additionally comprising adhesive on said paper wrapping for securing said paper wrapping in enclosing relation about said box.

6. A box wrapping arrangement for wrapping a box which is separate and apart from said box wrapping arrangement, said box having one flat rectangular side and further flat sides extending away from said one side, said arrangement comprising a box cover, a wrapping in sheet form adhered to said cover at a minor portion of the area thereof, said wrapping being more flexible than said cover, said cover and wrapping being fiat and parallel to one another, said cover including a top and four side flaps, said top having the same dimensions as said one side of said box whereby said top can overlie said one side and said flaps can overlie said further sides, said wrapping being sufficiently large to wrap said box when said cover is placed on the box.

7. A wrapped box comprising a rectangular box having a bottom and four sides, each of said four sides being connected to said bottom and to adjacent ones of said sides, a cover for said box including a top and four side flaps, said top having a rectangular configuration and having each side flap foldably connected to a respective one of the four edges of said top, said cover being folded about said box, said top having a length and width corresponding to the length and width of said box, said side flaps having sizes corresponding to the sides of said box and overlying the sides of said box, a paper wrapping adhered to said top at a minor portion of the area thereof and enclosing said cover and box, said paper wrapping and said cover being separate and apart from said box.

8. The wrapped box of claim 7 wherein said paper wrapping includes a central portion coextensive with said top and four side portions which overlie and extend beyond said flaps, said paper wrapping further including four inwardly folded web portions connecting said four side portions, said web portions having a triangular configuration and extending from points on adjacent side portions which points are defined by the distance said flaps extend from said top, one opposite pair of said side portions extending over the respective sides of said box and adhered to said bottom, the other opposite pair of said side portions extending over respective sides of said box and over said bottom and adhered to one another over said bottom.

9. The wrapped box of claim 7 wherein said paper wrapping is a sheet of rectangular configuration.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,667,869 4/1928 Peterson. 1,667,870 4/ 1928 Peterson. 2,479,456 8/ 1949 Arthur. 3,257,068 6/1966 Wright. 3,343,750 9/1967 Desmond et al.

DAVIS T. MOORHEAD, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 229-87