Gift wrapper

Claim 1

As a new article of commerce, a gift wrapper for use with parallelepiped-shaped articles having a pair of spaced endwalls and two pairs of facing substantially parallel side walls connecting said endwalls, comprising an elongated, pre-fabricated sleeve of flexible non-self-supporting sheet material, said sleeve having a length as measured along its longitudinal axis greater than the distance between said article endwalls, and having a perimeter dimensioned to extend about and receive the perimeter of said article defined by said two pairs of side walls so that said article may be inserted into said sleeve for covering thereby; and a pair of reinforcing sheets dimensioned to correspond in width to the width of one of said pair of opposed sides of said article as measured along a line defined in said reinforcing sheets by a plane passing therethrough, said plane extending substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said reinforcing sheets being secured in the interior of said sleeve at spaced positions selected for registration with said one pair of sides of said article when said article is received in said sleeve, said sleeve being scored to facilitate placing the sleeve in a condition conforming to the configuration of said article, while permitting said sleeve to be folded flat for storage, said reinforcing sheets supporting portions of said sleeve in its open position to permit insertion of said article therein.