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Decorative gift package

CA 1291874 C · Owner: Cheng, Peter S.C. · Inventors: Cheng, Peter S.C.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A gift package is adorned with an integral self-forming bow movable from a bow-unformed position to a bow-formed position by a pull-type or folding-type actuator to which the bow is operatively connected. The actuator may be integral with an article such as a shopping bag to be decorated, or the actuator and the bow may be formed as a discrete assembly which is separately attached to the article, or the bow may be integral with the article.

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  • Granted November 12, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 12, 2008.
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FiledAugust 3, 1988
GrantedNovember 12, 1991
Term endedNovember 12, 2008
Patent numberCA 1291874 C
Classification (IPC)B65D33/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 3, 1988Patent grantedNov 12, 1991Term endedNov 12, 2008

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