Patent ID: 7704588

Claim:
A package tie assembly, comprising: a strip of ribbon having a length including a main portion for wrapping around a package and excess portions located at the free ends of said ribbon for being formed into a decorative configuration; and, a generally planar decorative tie member having an underside surface for placement against a package and a generally oppositely facing decorative surface, said tie member defining: inner opening means extending through said tie member from said underside surface to said decorative surface, said inner opening means defining opposing first and second inwardly facing surfaces which extend from said underside surface to said decorative surface, and a first and second pair of first and second outer slots located on opposite sides of said tie member wherein each of said first and second outer slots defines parallel inwardly and outwardly facing side surfaces extending from said underside surface to said decorative surface, said parallel first and second side surfaces also being parallel to said inwardly facing surfaces of said inner opening means, said first and second outer slots of each pair of said slots further being aligned with each other along an axis of said tie member such that the axes of said pairs of said outer slots intersect each other at a right angle.