Patent ID: 7614204
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of wrapping and giving a gift package comprising the steps of: providing a wrapping package including a flat base and an expandable housing, the expandable housing constructed to include a pair of expandable body portions with each body portion including a first arcuate edge having a first end and second end and a second arcuate edge having a first end and a second end, each body portion's first arcuate edge's first end engaging the second arcuate edge's first end and the first arcuate edge's second end engaging the second arcuate edge's second end, the first arcuate edges of both body portions and the first and second arcuate ends of both the first and second arcuate edges of both body portions affixed to the flat base, the first and second arcuate ends of both the first and second arcuate edges further defining a central axis about which the second arcuate edges rotate substantially 90° relative to the first arcuate edge from a substantially flat retracted open condition to an expanded closed condition wherein each body portion expands from a retracted condition to an expanded condition to form an enclosed central cavity; maintaining the housing within an open condition; positioning a removable gift upon the flat base; placing the housing within a closed condition by rotating both second arcuate edges substantially 90° relative to the first arcuate edge to position the removable gift within the central cavity; giving the wrapped gift to a recipient at a celebratory event, and retrieving the gift by the recipient by opening the housing and removing the gift from the wrapping package's central cavity.