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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Elizabeth R. Mrofka, Westminster, CO (US);
Kenneth W. House, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Elizabeth R. Mrofka, Westminster, CO (US);
Kenneth W. House, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A decorative tie member for securing a ribbon about a gift package is disclosed. The tie member has an underside for placement against a package and a generally oppositely facing decorative surface. The tie member is provided with at least one inner opening and first and second outer openings. To secure a ribbon about a package with the tie member, a free end of the ribbon is threaded through an inner opening from the underside surface of the tie member to and through the exposed decorative surface of the tie member. The free end is then threaded back through the tie member through the tie member's first outer opening and the threading is continued until a desired excess portion of the ribbon has been threaded through the openings. The process is then repeated with the other free end of the ribbon through an inner opening and the second outer opening located on the other side of the tie member. Then, the now threaded free ends of the ribbon are grasped and pulled apart from each other to cinch the ribbon and tie member tightly against the package.