Patent ID: 9694554
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B31D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for crumpling paper, the apparatus comprising: a box defined by a base with walls extending perpendicularly from the base, wherein each of the walls has an upper flap with a cutout formed therein wherein the upper flaps fold toward each other to form a top of the box positioned opposite to the base, wherein the base, walls, and top define an interior of the box, and further wherein the cutouts of the upper flaps align to form a hole on the top with a slit extending lengthwise therefrom configured to sever the crumpling paper; a panel parallel to the base in the interior of the box wherein the panel is positioned at a distance recessed from the top of the box to divide the interior of the box into a first section and a second section; uncrumpled paper disposed in the interior of the box below the panel; and an orifice with a periphery formed in the panel wherein the orifice has protrusions that extend from the periphery to contact the uncrumpled paper when the uncrumpled paper is fed up through the orifice to form crumpled paper.