Gift Wrap Material Container and Method of Dispensing

Abstract

A new and useful gift wrap material container and method of dispensing gift wrap material from the container in selected lengths is provided. The gift wrap material container and method of the present invention are designed to provide an inexpensive way to store and protect gift wrap material (particularly gift wrap material) until the gift wrap material is needed again. In addition, the container and method of the invention provides a means of dispensing and cutting the gift wrap material in an efficient and economical way. According to the present invention, a gift wrap material container (i) is configured to receive a roll of gift wrap material, (ii) is configured with an opening through which gift wrap material can be directed out of the cavity when the gift wrap material is being dispensed, and (iii) having a cutter guide integrally formed with the container and disposed on the outside of the container, the cutter guide configured guide a cutter along a predetermined path on the outside of the container, and to support gift wrap material in a position that enables the gift wrap material that is being dispensed to be cut to a selected length as the cutter moves along the predetermined path on the outside of the container.

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RELATED APPLICATION / CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application is related to and claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 995,210, filed Sep. 25, 2007, which provisional application is incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND[0002]The present invention relates to a new and useful container for storing and dispensing gift wrap material in selected lengths, and to a method for dispensing selected lengths of gift wrap material from the container. The container of the present invention is designed to be inexpensive to produce, and efficient in the manner in which it enables gift wrap material to be stored and dispensed in selected lengths.[0003]In applicants' experience, gift wrap material storage has been a messy and wasteful process. During holiday seasons many different styles and colors of gift wrap material is acquired and after the gifts are wrapped there has been no commercially available way to protect and individually store the remaining gift wrap material until...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The gift wrap material container and method of the present invention are designed to address the foregoing concerns, and also to provide additional useful features in a gift wrap material container and method. For example, a gift wrap material container according to the present invention is designed to provide an inexpensive way to store and protect gift wrap material until the gift wrap material is needed again. In addition, the present invention provides a means of dispensing and cutting the gift wrap material in an efficient and economical way.

[0006]According to the present invention, a gift wrap material container (i) is configured to receive a roll of gift wrap material, (ii) is configured with an opening through which the gift wrap material can be directed out of the cavity when the gift wrap material is being dispensed, and (iii) having a cutter guide integrally formed with the container and disposed on the outside of the container, the cutter guide configured along a predetermined path on the outside of the container, and to support gift wrap material in a position that enables the gift wrap material that is being dispensed to be cut to a selected length as the cutter moves along the predetermined path on the outside of the container.

[0007]The cutter guide preferably comprises a pair of walls that extend away from the container, and have distal ends configured to support gift wrap material across the pair of walls. Moreover, the opening and the distal ends of the walls of the cutter guide are configured to minimize the likelihood of damaging the gift wrap material as the gift wrap material is directed through the opening and across the distal ends of the pair of walls. In addition, the distal ends of the walls of the cutter guide have rounded configurations to minimize the likelihood of damaging the gift wrap material as the gift wrap material is directed across the distal ends of the pair of walls.

Problems solved by technology

In applicants' experience, gift wrap material storage has been a messy and wasteful process.

During holiday seasons many different styles and colors of gift wrap material is acquired and after the gifts are wrapped there has been no commercially available way to protect and individually store the remaining gift wrap material until needed again.

In addition, during storage the gift wrap material is often damaged, torn, soiled, or other wise made useless, requiring the purchase of new gift wrap material and the disposal of the old soiled gift wrap material.

This is expensive and wasteful contributing to environmental harm.

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