Patent ID: 8028471

Claim:
A decorative wrapper having the appearance of being formed of two separate, unconnected sheets of material, the decorative wrapper comprising: a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, a first surface, a second surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the first surface of the sheet of material; and wherein the extension is attached via a seal to the first surface of the first sheet of material along only a portion of the facing portion of the extension wherein the seal is disposed a distance from the first edge of the sheet of material, whereby a majority of the facing portion of the extension is left unattached to the first surface of the sheet of material and wherein the first edge of the extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material and the first edge of the sheet of material is completely unattached to the extension, and wherein the first edge of the extension extends beyond the first edge of the sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension extends separately from the sheet of material such that when the decorative wrapper is formed about an item to form a decorative cover thereabout, the decorative cover has a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the sheet of material and a separate second upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the extension wherein the first and second upper peripheral edges of the skirt are unattached, such that the decorative cover has an appearance of being constructed of two separate, unconnected sheets of material, and wherein the extension does not cover a bottom of the item when the decorative wrapper is formed thereabout.