Gift bag holder

• US 9,010,698 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Lindy Bowman Company
• Original Assignee: The Lindy Bowman Company
• Inventors: Bowman, Linden H.
• Primary Examiner(s): McKinnon, Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCNICHOLS, ERET C
• Application Number:
  US13/596,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20140061418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 383/6, 383/25, 294/137, 294/159, 206/449, 248/95, 248/99, 248/223.21, 248/225.21, 248/220.31, 248/300, 248/247
• US Class Current: 248/95
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/0064 the articles being supported by or suspended from a tag-like element

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a device for holding an article, wherein the device includes a front panel including a first aperture positioned above a second aperture. The first aperture is dimensioned to receive a display hook; and, the second aperture is dimensioned to receive and retain the article. A rear panel is hingedly connected to the front panel, wherein the rear panel includes a third aperture positioned above at least one fourth aperture. The third aperture is dimensioned to receive the display hook; and, the fourth aperture is dimensioned to receive and retain a second article. The device further includes a card removably connected to the rear panel via perforations.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a front panel including a first aperture and a second aperture,

said first aperture is dimensioned to receive a display hook, and

said second aperture comprises an elongated slit dimensioned to receive and retain an article; and

a rear panel hingedly connected to said front panel, wherein a top of said front panel is in communication with a top of said rear panel, wherein a height of said rear panel is at least three times greater than a height of said front panel, said rear panel including a third aperture, and at least one fourth aperture, a first slit, and a second slit,

said third aperture is dimensioned to receive the display hook,

said at least one fourth aperture comprises a first opening and a second opening, wherein said first opening and said second opening are dimensioned to receive and retain a drawstring for the article,

said first slit connects the first opening to an outer edge of said rear panel, and

said second slit connects the second opening to said outer edge of said rear panel.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said elongated slit is dimensioned to receive and retain a thin, flexible article.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said third aperture is substantially equal in size and shape to said first aperture.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said third aperture is aligned with said first aperture when said device is in a folded configuration.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a card removably connected to said rear panel via perforations.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said card is centered between a left edge of said rear panel and a right edge of said rear panel, and

wherein said fourth aperture is positioned between said card and a right edge of said article.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein said first aperture is positioned above said second aperture, and

wherein said third aperture is positioned above said at least one fourth aperture.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said first slit connects said first opening of said fourth aperture to a right edge of said rear panel;

and said second slit connects said second opening of said fourth aperture to said right edge of said rear panel.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein a width of a bottom edge of said front panel is greater than a width of a bottom edge of said rear panel.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein a width of said first opening of said fourth aperture is equal to a width of said second opening of said fourth aperture, wherein said width of said second opening is greater than said width of said drawstring.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second opening of said fourth aperture is below said first opening of said fourth aperture and said first aperture.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second aperture comprises a rectangular shape and lacks a flap.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one fourth aperture lacks a flap.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein a width of said second aperture is greater than a width of the article in a stored configuration, wherein the article in the stored configuration includes a thin flexible bag folded into a flat configuration.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein said third aperture is positioned below said top of said front panel and above said at least one fourth aperture.

16. A device for holding a bag, said device comprising:

a front panel including a first aperture and a second aperture,

said first aperture is positioned above said second aperture,

said first aperture is dimensioned to receive a display hook, and

said second aperture comprises an elongated slit dimensioned to receive and retain the bag;

a rear panel hingedly connected to said front panel, wherein a top of said front panel is in communication with a top of said rear panel, wherein a height of said rear panel is at least three times greater than a height of said front panel, said rear panel including a third aperture, at least one fourth aperture, a first slit, and a second slit,

said third aperture is positioned above said at least one fourth aperture,

said third aperture is dimensioned to receive the display hook, and

said at least one fourth aperture comprises a first opening and a second opening, wherein said first opening and said second opening are dimensioned to receive and retain a drawstring for the bag,

said first slit connects the first opening to an outer edge of said rear panel, and

said second slit connects the second opening to said outer edge of said rear panel; and

a card removably connected to said rear panel via perforations.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein said third aperture is substantially equal in size and shape to said first aperture.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein said third aperture is aligned with said first aperture when said device is in a folded configuration.

19. A method for forming a device, said method comprising:

forming a front panel and a rear panel, wherein a top of said front panel is in communication with a top of said rear panel, wherein a height of said rear panel is at least three times greater than a height of said front panel;

forming a first aperture dimensioned to receive a display hook in the front panel;

forming a second aperture comprising an elongated slit dimensioned to receive and retain a bag in the front panel;

forming a third aperture dimensioned to receive the display hook in the rear panel; and

forming at least one fourth aperture dimensioned to receive and retain a drawstring for the bag in the rear panel, said forming of the at least one fourth aperture comprises forming a first opening, a second opening, a first slit, and a second slit, the first slit connects the first opening to an outer edge of the rear panel, and the second slit connects the second opening to the outer edge of the rear panel.