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Method and apparatus for cutting decorative gift-wrap paper

  • US 5,480,080 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1994
  • Issued: 01/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of cutting a straight-sided piece of gift-wrap paper from a conventional roll thereof, said conventional roll of paper being generally about 30 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter, said roll having a cylindrical tubular core, said method comprising providing an elongate open-topped upwardly-concave cradle element the length of which is at least about equal to the length of said roll, said element having opposed edges that are spaced from each other a substantial distance, one of said opposed edges being a cutting edge, employing the left hand of a normal-size adult person to hold said cylindrical cutting element with the concave upper side thereof facing generally upwardly, disposing in said cradle element said conventional roll of gift-wrap paper, causing the orientation of said roll relative to that of said element to be such that the free end of the gift-wrap paper in said roll is on the side of said element that is adjacent said cutting edge, employing the right hand of said person to pull generally upwardly on said free end to thereby cause gift-wrap paper to be fed from said roll and to cause said roll to rotate freely in said element, employing said left hand to simultaneously grasp said roll and said element to clamp said roll against said element and prevent further rotation of said roll, employing said left hand to turn said element upside down so that said roll faces downwardly from said element, and said roll and said element are held in said left hand, and employing said right hand to pull upwardly on said free end in such manner that said paper is pulled against said cutting edge and is cut thereby in a straight line.

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