Abstract: A gift wrapping and packaging combination including a stiff backing member, a collapsible gift box, interior wrapping paper, exterior decorative wrapping paper, a greeting card and trimming material held together in kit fashion by a transparent plastic sheeting material heat shrunk over the above-mentioned components and shaped by said backing member. The gift wrapping and packaging ensemble can be shipped and sold in substantially flat form wherein the packaging and wrapping materials can be easily viewed through the transparent sheeting material by a prospective customer. The backing member serves not only to support and mount the ensemble elements, but also protects the ensemble during shipping in combination with other products.

Abstract: An information converter for use with a pre-printed information listing, such as a television programming guide listings chart comprising a transparent film means such as a plastic sheet for superimposing onto the listings chart such that substantially all of the listings presented on the television listings chart are viewable through the plastic sheet. The information converter further comprises first cross-reference means for converting television station numbers and call letters presented on the listings chart into numbers which are directly usable by the reader to identify television tuner locations where each television station listed in the listings chart can be received on his or her television set. Further, the information converter can include second cross-reference means for converting the call letters of television stations not listed in the listings chart directly into numerical information needed to locate the stations on a television set.