Ladies' gift wrap desk

Abstract

A gift wrap desk enabling the storage of gift packaging, scrapbooking, stationary, and craft materials and supplies and the facilitation of their use in gift wrapping a package. The disclosed gift wrap desk provides a furniture style workstation, suitable for display in the home so necessary wrapping materials and supplies are made readily available in one location. A flat work surface with a built-in wrapping paper cutter is provided adjacent a hinged tray for holding a roll of wrapping paper. Also included are divided, organized storage areas for rolls of wrapping paper, gift bags, gift boxes, ribbons, greeting cards, bows, and other gift packaging, scrapbooking, stationary, and craft materials and supplies.

Description

REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of Provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 909,962 filed Apr. 4, 2007 by the present inventor.FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]Not ApplicableBACKGROUNDField[0003]The present invention relates to a multipurpose structure for storage and organization of gift packaging materials, stationery, scrapbooking, and craft supplies; more particularly, a structure configured to store rolls of wrapping paper, boxes, bags, ribbons, bows, greeting cards, scrapbooking albums and supplies, and other materials necessary for crafts.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]The purpose of this invention is to honor the role of the lady of the house by providing a beautiful piece of furniture that both celebrates and facilitates her duties as greeting card sender, gift giver, and memory keeper for the family. The product is a petite desk that is attractive enough to be displayed in the living room or family room. It is functional...

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Benefits of technology

[0022]It is another object of the invention to provide a bow drawer. By separating the delicate bows from the rest of the supplies, there is less chance of damage to the delicate bows. The dimensions of the bow drawer enable the storage of craft or scrapbooking supplies.

[0023]It is another object of the invention to provide an accessory d

Problems solved by technology

Unfortunately, storage of gift packaging materials and supplies is challenging because of the awkward shape and size of wrapping paper rolls and the myriad of supplies needed to package a gift.

Time is wasted because to wrap a gift or compose a gift bag, send a card, or work on a scrapbook all the necessary materials and supplies must be gathered from their storing place(s); moved to a clean, flat surface; and put away when finished.

Money is wasted because poor storage can lead to lost or damaged materials and supplies.

Available products only address part of the problem, but do not provide a true solution.

The main shortcomings of prior art products are that they are not large enough, organized enough, nor comprehensive enough to offer complete storage of gift packaging materials and supplies.

Further, while their portability is presented as an asset, in practice, portability is actually a drawback.

Other prior art products simply are not big enough.

Most prior art products cannot accommodate 40 inch rolls of wrapping paper.

Moreover, some prior art products can only hold a few rolls.

Further, wrapping paper and items used with wrapping paper can be damaged when the user attempts to store too much in too small of an apparatus.

Prior art products do not have adequate mechanisms for organizing the materials and supplies.

This lack of organizational

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