Patent ID: 7018100

Claim:
A gift bag comprising: substantially parallel front and rear panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge opposite the top edge, and two lateral edges; and a pair of substantially parallel side panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge opposite the top edge, two lateral edges; wherein the lateral edges of the front and rear panels are joined to the lateral edges of the side panels, and a bottom panel having two pairs of substantially parallel lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the bottom panel are joined to the bottom edges of the front, rear, and side panels to form a container having an interior portion defined by the front, rear, and side panels and the bottom panel, said container further having an opening width defined as the distance between the top edges of the front and rear panels; and wherein the exterior surface of said gift bag is formed from a napped filamentary material, and the top edges of the gift bag have a double thickness of said napped filamentary material such that a portion of the inner surface of the gift bag is formed from the napped filamentary surface.