Patent · US Expired

Gift package

US6045263A · kind A · utility

30Cited by
23References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1998
Grant dateApr 4, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D33/16
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gift package that comprises a bag having generally parallel front and rear walls, each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two lateral edges, a pair of generally parallel side walls, each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the front and rear walls are joined to the lateral edges of the side panels, and a bottom panel having two pairs of generally parallel lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the bottom panel are joined to the bottom edges of the front, rear, and side walls to form a container having an opening defined by the top edges of the front, rear, and side walls, and wherein the bag has an expanded state and a collapsed state, where an area of the bag opening is larger when the bag is in its expanded state than when the bag is in its collapsed state. The gift bag further comprises a bag topper comprising a resilient member having a length and a width, wherein the resilient member has a relaxed state and a compressed state, wherein the bag topper in the compressed state is smaller in at least one of the length and width than when the bag topper is in the relaxed state, so that the bag topper urges the opening of th…

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