Patent ID: 7118276

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 wherein the lateral edges of the front and rear 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 and rear panels to form a container having an interior portion, said container further having an opening width defined as the distance between the top edges of the front and rear panels; wherein the panels of the gift bag possess a degree of stiffness that is sufficient to provide a free-standing, upright gift bag; wherein the entire outwardly facing surface of said gift bag is completely formed from a napped filamentary material; wherein the napped filamentary material extends at least partially into the interior portion; and wherein said gift bag panels contain at least one closure device.