POPwrap

Abstract

A new concept combining bubble wrap and wrapping paper placed into a new and more fitting context. A wrapping paper constructed of appropriately-designed bubble wrap that is wrapped casually, creatively, and even wildly around a gift and presented at celebrations to children and adults to tear apart and pop in any number of ways. The combination of two typecast concepts: bubble wrap and wrapping paper into something new, POPwrap, placed in a new and more fitting context of celebration, fundamentally changes the traditional concepts of both into a fun, exciting, taboo-breaking, relevant, inexpensive, and contextual product of limitless proportions.

Claims

1. A new use comprising a bubble wrap as a means of exterior wrapping material for wrapping and enclosing any gift.

2. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material as a means of exterior wrapping material is composed of variations of a bubble wrap as wrapping material.

3. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material composed of variations of a bubble wrap is wrapped around the exterior of any gift and presented as a wrapping material.

4. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material is wrapped around the exterior of any gift contains the means to wrap and enclose any gift of any size.

5. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material contains the means to wrap and enclose gifts of any size consists of a bubble wrap with popable air bubbles.

6. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material with said popable air bubbles has design patterns on the material.

7. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein said wrapping material has design patterns on the material is comprised of various lengths, widths, pieces, colors, designs, sounds, and shapes.

8. The wrapping material of claim 7 wherein said wrapping material is comprised of various lengths, widths, pieces, colors, designs, sounds, and shapes is formed into bags of various sizes, sealable and open.

9. The wrapping material of claim 7 wherein said wrapping material is comprised of bags of various sizes, sealable and open is sealed any number of ways including: adhesive tape, loop fasteners, peel-off stickies, staples, and by heat wrapping.

10. The wrapping material of claim 7 wherein said wrapping material is formed into bags of various sizes, sealable and open, can be torn to allow gift parts to extend outward to increase interest.

Description

DRAWINGSFIGURES

[0023] FIG. 1 is an isometric perspective of the first embodiment as a simple horizontal wrap of POPwrap gift wrap around a gift.

[0024] FIG. 2 is an isometric perspective of a simple vertical wrap of POPwrap gift wrap around the same type gift.

[0025] FIG. 3 is a frontal perspective of a completely-wrapped gift. A colored or patterned wrap could hide the gift altogether.

[0026] FIG. 4 is a frontal perspective of a partially-wrapped, irregular-shaped gift with holes torn to allow a part of a gift to dangle out.

[0027] FIG. 5 is an isometric perspective of a roll of POPwrap with repeatable printed pattern.

[0028] FIG. 6 is an isometric drawing of FIG. 4 frontal perspective and the way we presented it in our experiment with the children but with a conceptualized pattern. It is a frontal perspective of the Pete the Cat stuffed animal wrapped in bubble wrap.

[0029] FIG. 7 shows a frontal conception of a POPwrap gift wrap bag into which a gift of any size can simply be dropped in and sealed.

[0030] FIG. 8 shows a frontal conception of a small POPwrap gift wrap bag which could be used as a goodie bag at parties and into which many small fun things can be dropped.

DRAWINGREFERENCE NUMERALS

[0031]

TABLE-US-00004 10 Stuffed animal, Gruffalo, 12 POPwrap wrapped enclosed by POPwrap horizontally 14 POPwrap wrapped 16 POPwrap completely vertically wrapped 18 POPwrap with bottom 20 POPwrap with legs of gift holes torn out dangling out 22 POPwrap roll with pattern 24 POPwrap pattern, Dr. Seuss Hop on Pop 26 stuffed animal inside 28 POPwrap stuffed animal's POPwrap feet dangling 30 Gruffalo stuffed animal in 32 POPwrap gift bag (large) POPwrap gift bag 34 various candies/trinkets in 36 POPwrap gift bag (small) POPwrap gift bag

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONFIGS. 1 THROUGH 8

[0032] One embodiment of POPwrap is illustrated in FIG. 1 an isometric perspective of a simple horizontal wrap of POPwrap gift wrap around a gift. An upper portion 10 shows an irregular-shaped gift, the Gruffalo stuffed animal, which is approximately 1.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide. A lower portion 12 shows a bubble wrap (prior art) being wrapped horizontally around the same gift. One can decide how many layers he or she desires to use. The more or fewer kids at a party the more or less POPwrap gift wrap one might use.

[0033] FIG. 2 is an isometric perspective of a simple vertical wrap of POPwrap gift wrap around the same gift. The upper portion 14 shows a bubble wrap being wrapped vertically over the top of the Gruffalo. Any number of adhesives could bind the POPwrap strips: tape, a small clip, staples, snaps, or attached adhesive glue strips like those used on postal envelopes can hold the pieces together.

[0034] FIG. 3 is a frontal perspective of a completely-wrapped gift. A complete wrap 16 shows Gruffalo completely covered. One could simply use a single layer and leave a gift visible through clear POPwrap gift wrap, wind it round and round to make gifts opaque through the wrap or continue wrapping and make a gift completely invisible. A colored or patterned wrap could hide a gift altogether.

[0035] FIG. 4 is a frontal perspective of a partially-wrapped, irregular-shaped gift. The wrap 18 shows the stuffed animal, Pete the Cat, approximately 1 foot tall and 6 inches wide, wrapped but with holes torn in the bottom to allow the feet 20 to hang out as a tease. Holes can be torn easily with the fingers so concern for neatness and mistakes is substantially reduced.

[0036] FIG. 5 is an isometric perspective of a roll of POPwrap 22 with a design 24 (Dr. Seuss' Hop on Pop pattern) already printed on it. A pattern could simply be repeated on the POPwrap and rolled out on any size rolls. FIGS. 3, 4 and 6 also show how simple it is to just roll the POPwrap off the roll and around any gift of any size or shape.

[0037] FIG. 6 is a rendering of FIG. 4 but with a pattern in the material. It is an isometric perspective of the Pete the Cat stuffed animal wrapped in a bubble wrap. A nearly complete wrap 26 shows how one might punch holes 28 in POPwrap gift wrap to allow any part of a gift to be exposed. Inside this particular wrapped gift along with the Pete the Cat stuffed animal were three Pete the Cat hard cover books. POPwrap gift wrap makes gifts of all sizes and shapes very easy to wrap. Kids seem to view the gift within the POPwrap gift wrap as a gift inside a gift. As well, a boxed, mailed gift can arrive already wrapped, protected and, at the same time, ready to be presented as is.

[0038] FIG. 7 shows a conception of a POPwrap gift wrap bag 32 into which a gift 30 of any size can simply be dropped in and sealed. One can even bag a gift and then place that bag inside a bigger bag to provide more POPwrap gift wrap fun.

[0039] FIG. 8 shows a conception of a small POPwrap gift wrap bag 36 which could be used as a goodie bag at parties and into which many small fun things 34 can be dropped.

OperationFIGS. 1-6

[0040] One or more aspects of POPwrap gift wrap have these advantages.

[0041] In the operation of POPwrap gift wrap one uses a bubble wrap in a very casual manner, wrapping neat or haphazard. One can use a sparse amount or as much as desired. One can wrap the bubble wrap around in circles as he or she would wind a ball of string or first wrap it around horizontally and then vertically. The more kids at a party the greater amount can be wrapped around a gift or gifts in order to give all of the kids a chance to tear off a piece and have fun popping. One could simply slip a gift into a POPwrap gift wrap bag, seal it, hand it over or slip it under the tree at Christmas time. One can punch holes in POPwrap gift wrap to allow parts of a gift 20, 28 (FIGS. 4, 6) to dangle out. Additionally, the tearing of holes to allow parts to dangle out also announces informality with POPwrap that is needed given the former concerns of both bubble wrap and wrapping paper. We have heard so often at parties, Oh, save the wrapping paper, it's so beautiful. Often, sensitive people do not want to offend gift-givers by savagely tearing off the wrapping paper. Moreover, POPwrap gift wrap fun can be heightened by leaving a gift outside in any weather to be found by the lucky recipient or even delivered by flying postal drones without concern for safety.

[0042] In our first experiment we wrapped conservatively and the kids got on the kitchen floor and popped small pieces of bubble wrap they ripped from the wrapped gift. In our subsequent experiment 26 we used approximately 6 feet of bubble wrap or 3 feet wrapped horizontally and 3 feet wrapped vertically (FIG. 6). The kids took the two sheets, laid them on the driveway and started walk-popping them. Other kids ripped off pieces and went into corners alone to pop. Adults picked up stray pieces and popped, commenting how even they love it, and the hosts left all the popped scraps where they lay as if the mess no longer mattered. The scraps appeared to lay as tribute to new-found fun for everyone. Something very different happened that day and everyone noticed.

[0043] After using POPwrap gift wrap and watching the pure joy it brings, purchasing traditional gift wrap seems a thing of the past. POPwrap gift wrap turns the orientation of both traditional bubble wrap and gift wrap on their heads and the new use makes wrapping gifts liberating and fun.

FIGS. 7-8Additional Embodiments

[0044] Additional embodiments are shown in FIGS. 7 and 8; in each the POPwrap is formed into bags with or without sealability. POPwrap bags can be pre-made or formed by simply folding up a piece of POPwrap back on itself and taping or stapling the sides and top (like folding a piece of writing paper in half and taping the sides to make an envelope of sorts.

CONCLUSION, RAMIFICATIONS AND SCOPE

[0045] Accordingly, the reader will quickly see that POPwrap gift wrap or the new use of a prior art bubble wrap, changes the orientation from annoying and naughty packaging material to a fun and exciting wrapping material without the stress, cost or concern of traditional wrapping paper. In addition, POPwrap allows children and adults to have fun again with wrapping material. Kids go wild with taboo breaking when they intuit rather quickly that a change has taken place and that a formerly naughty activity has just been made allowable. When parents join in, the dynamic of gift wrap is flipped on its head. Furthermore, POPwrap has the additional advantages in that: [0046] makes wrapping gifts a stress-free, inexpensive, and egalitarian pleasure [0047] eliminates shopping time, worry about appropriateness, gender specifications, and snobbery [0048] reorients the idea of popping bubbles as an annoyance into an exciting license to be naughty [0049] allows for wild freedom and taboo breaking [0050] creates community fun between children and adults [0051] eliminates anxiety about who notices the quality of the wrapping material [0052] protects the gift [0053] flexibility of use [0054] eliminates adult anger at popping noise [0055] changes look of bubble wrap to beautiful and appropriate designs [0056] makes traditional invisible wrapping paper relevant again [0057] many innovative games can be created for POPwrap [0058] eliminates clean-up worry and bulk mess [0059] no waste, just wrap it wildly, every bubble gets popped [0060] no under cuts, over cuts or patterns to match as with traditional wrapping paper

[0061] While my above description contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope, but rather as an exemplification of several embodiments thereof. Many other variations are possible. For example: POPwrap eliminates for department stores, book stores, and gift stores the need for expensive and complex gift wrap services. Store clerks can wrap any odd-shaped gift as sloppy as one wraps a mummy for Halloween. POPwrap wrapping material patterns can range from plain to infant yellow ducks to Van Gogh's Starry Night to holiday images such as Christmas, birthday, and Chanukah. It could imbed children or family names and photos, book cover images (even of the wrapped books themselves) or personalized and special orders for anniversaries. Accordingly, the scope should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.