Patent Document ID: 9327863
Application ID: 14146977
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An integrated gift box and ornamental character article, comprising: a box having a plurality of sides defining an interior compartment adapted to enclose a gift therein, said plurality of sides comprising a front side; and at least one of said sides being movable relative to the remainder of said sides of said box to open and close said interior compartment for placing the gift into and removing the gift from said interior compartment such that said box has an internal construction that functions as a gift box; a multiplicity of appendages attached to and extending outwardly from an exterior surface of said box, said appendages including a first plurality of said appendages attached to and extending from different lateral ones of said sides of said box, and a second plurality of said appendages attached to and extending from a front edge of a bottom one of said sides of said box adjacent to said front side, said appendages of said second plurality of appendages being elongated flat pieces of cardboard arranged substantially coplanar to one another; and, at least one graphical image applied on said exterior surface at least on a portion of said front side of said box above said first plurality of appendages such that said box, said multiplicity of appendages and said at least one graphical image integrate together to provide an external construction that functions as an ornamental character wherein said box also functions as a body of said ornamental character.