GIFT WRAP ORGANIZER
Organizers for wrapping paper and related paraphernalia. Organizers of one embodiment include a storage unit with a stack of drawers with vertically oriented tubes to hold wrapping paper rolls adjacent, and exterior, to the stack of drawers. The organizer may have pockets for holding the paraphernalia exterior to the stack of drawers. A set of wheels is coupled to the stack of drawers while a handle may be recessed into the organizer. Organizers of some embodiments include a frame and elongated hollow tubes. Containers (for instance, drawers) for the paraphernalia are disposed within an interior space defined by the storage unit. Organizers of the current embodiment may include one or more pockets for gift bags. Yet another embodiment provides organizers including a frame, elongated hollow tubes, and one or more pockets disposed exterior to the frame.
Wrapping gifts and other packages involves the use of a number of disparate items or gift wrapping paraphernalia. For instance, sheets of wrapping paper stored on tubes may be used along with scissors, tape, bows, ribbons, gift bags, tissue paper, tools, supplies, etc. People who wrap such packages often must gather these materials each time they wrap a package, which might occur many times per year. Even when all of these items can be readily located, the gathering of these items consumes time. Should one or more of these items be missing, the user must spend extra time trying to find them before beginning to wrap the packages.
Much of this paraphernalia might be used only for wrapping gifts, although exceptions to such limited use are possible. Nonetheless, gift wrapping paraphernalia often clutters a home, office, or other space when not in use. For instance, typically people use rolls of gift wrapping paper in wrapping gifts. The elongated shape of these rolls makes them somewhat awkward to store because (if laid on their sides) they tend to roll off of shelves and (if stood on end) they tend to fall over. Because of these tendencies, the wrapping paper rolls themselves may be creased or otherwise damaged if not stored adequately. Bows likewise tend to present particular storage issues since they tend to be bulky and easily crushed, creased, or otherwise damaged if not adequately stored.
SUMMARYThe following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed subject matter. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosed subject matter, and is not intended to identify key/critical elements or to delineate the scope of such subject matter. A purpose of the summary is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
Embodiments provide organizers for holding rolls of gift wrapping paper and related paraphernalia. More particularly, one embodiment provides an organizer, which includes a storage unit with four drawers stacked on each other and resting on a set of wheels. The stack of drawers may have a door on its front side. A plurality of tubes surround the drawers and are shaped and dimensioned to hold wrapping paper rolls. Moreover, organizers of some embodiments include a handle recessed into the organizer to allow users to pull the organizers from storage locations or other areas.
In addition, organizers of the current embodiment may include transparent drawers. Stops are provided in the tubes to support the wrapping paper rolls. In addition, a set of wheels is coupled to the frame while a handle may be recessed into the frame of the current embodiment.
Another embodiment provides organizers for holding items related to wrapping paper. In the current embodiment, the organizer includes a frame and at least a pair of elongated hollow tubes. The tubes are located on the exterior of the frame and are oriented generally vertically. Containers (for instance, drawers) for storing wrapping paper related items are disposed within an interior space defined by the storage unit. In addition, the organizer may include one or more pockets which are disposed exterior to the frame.
Yet another embodiment provides wrapping paper related organizers. In the current embodiment the organizer includes a frame, a pair of elongated hollow tubes, and one or more pockets disposed exterior to the frame.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative of various ways in which the disclosed subject matter may be practiced, all of which are intended to be within the scope of the disclosed subject matter. Other advantages and novel features may become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
The detailed description is described with reference to accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number generally identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The use of the same reference numbers in different figures typically indicates similar or identical items.
This document discloses organizers for wrapping paper and/or related paraphernalia. More particularly, this document discloses a number of illustrative embodiments which provide organizers having various features.
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The tubes 110 serve to hold and protect the wrapping paper rolls 102. Embodiments provide organizers 100 with tubes 110 that may be of various diameters, shapes (circular, oval, square, rectangular, etc.), lengths, etc. to hold the various wrapping paper rolls 102, which users may store in the tubes 110. In some embodiments, the organizer 100 includes tubes 110 dispersed along various sides of the organizer 100. For instance,
Additionally, the tubes 110 may be oriented in a generally vertical fashion as illustrated by
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In addition, the organizer 100 of some embodiments includes a handle 124 (see
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Thus, the embodiments, as described above, provide organizers for wrapping paper and related paraphernalia. These organizers provide protection from mechanical abuse to the wrapping paper and to the paraphernalia, while also allowing the user to organize these items in the drawers, tubes, pockets, and other containers of these organizers. Moreover, because the organizers of various embodiments provide a place to store all such items that a user might need during a session of wrapping objects, these embodiments save the user time and frustration in locating such objects.
CONCLUSIONAlthough the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as illustrative forms of implementing the claims.
Claims
1. A gift wrap organizer for storing items related to gift wrapping, the organizer comprising:
- a storage unit defining an interior space for storing gift wrapping paraphernalia;
- a plurality of elongated hollow tubes for storing gift wrapping paper rolls, the plurality of tubes substantially vertically oriented and each tube having a stop for supporting the gift wrapping paper rolls, the plurality of tubes disposed exterior to the storage unit;
- a set of wheels coupled to the storage unit to allow rolling movement of the organizer; and
- a working surface on top of the storage unit.
2. The organizer of claim 1, wherein the storage unit further comprises sides.
3. The organizer of claim 2, wherein the sides are defined by a plurality of vertical posts.
4. The organizer of claim 2, wherein the sides are defined by a plurality of solid sheets of material.
5. The organizer of claim 1, further comprising a frame.
6. The organizer of claim 5, wherein one or more drawers is slidably mounted on the frame and in the interior space.
7. The organizer of claim 5, wherein one or more shelves is mounted on the frame and in the interior space.
8. The organizer of claim 5, wherein at least one cabinet door is pivotally mounted on the frame for selectively allowing access to the interior space.
9. The one or more drawers of claim 6, wherein each drawer has a drawer stop to limit sliding movement of the drawers in relation to the frame.
10. The one or more drawers of claim 6, wherein the drawers are made of transparent material.
11. The one or more shelves of claim 7, wherein the shelves are slidably mounted on the frame and in the interior space
12. The cabinet door of claim 8, wherein the door is made of transparent material.
13. The organizer of claim 5, further comprising a handle mounted on the frame of the organizer for facilitating relocation of the organizer.
14. The handle of claim 13, wherein the handle is defined by a recess in the working surface.
15. The organizer of claim 1, wherein the tubes are of various length to accommodate gift wrapping paper rolls of various length.
16. The tubes of claim 15, further comprising at least one extension for at least one of the tubes, the extension slidably engaging the at least one tube.
17. The organizer of claim 1, further comprising one or more vertically oriented pockets for storing additional gift wrapping paraphernalia.
18. The organizer of claim 17, wherein the one or more pockets are removably mounted on the tubes.
19. The organizer of claim 1, wherein the wheels swivel.
20. The set of wheels of claim 20, wherein the wheels are removably coupled to the storage unit.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 21, 2010
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2011
Inventor: Peggy Jean Champlin (Haslet, TX)
Application Number: 12/691,525
International Classification: B65D 71/00 (20060101); A47B 97/00 (20060101); A47B 88/04 (20060101); A47B 96/00 (20060101); B65D 85/00 (20060101); B65D 85/28 (20060101);