Bow making device and methods of use thereof
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a bow making device and methods of use thereof. The device is configured to include one or more ribbon rolls, an elongated flexible member, a container, and a lid having a clip and indicia for ribbon measurement. In some aspects, the clip includes a base and a plurality of fingers defining a channel and a receptacle. The container includes transparent material such that the rolls are visually-perceptible through the transparent material, and slits are provided for dispensing ribbon. In use, ribbon is dispensed through the slits and then formed into a bow. Regarding the latter, the elongated flexible member is slid through the channel into receptacle, and the ribbon is folded into measured lengths and slid through the channel into the receptacle. A user pulls the elongated flexible member and measured lengths of ribbon out of the clip through the channel and ties the ribbon to form a bow.
1. A bow making device, comprising:
a clip including a space through which a ribbon can be pulled;
at least one ribbon roll;
a container having a plurality of walls, an interior, and an opening adjacent said interior, said container being configured to receive said clip in said interior through said opening, said container configured to contain said at least one ribbon roll in said interior at least when said clip is received in said interior through said opening, at least one of said plurality of walls including transparent material having a slit for dispensing ribbon; and
a lid for said container, said lid including a surface to which said clip is secured.
2. The bow making device of claim 1 , wherein said clip includes (i) a first clip end, (ii) a channel extending from said first clip end, and (iii) a receptacle cooperating at least with said channel to form said space, said channel having a first width and said receptacle having a second width greater than said first width.
3. The bow making device of claim 2 , wherein said receptacle includes a curved surface opening to face said channel.
4. The bow making device of claim 1 , wherein said clip includes a base proximal said surface and a plurality of fingers extending from said base in a direction away from said surface, at least said base and said fingers cooperating to define said space.
5. The bow making device of claim 1 , wherein said at least one ribbon roll comprises a first ribbon roll, and wherein said first ribbon roll is visually-perceptible through said transparent material.
6. The bow making device of claim 1 , wherein said at least one ribbon roll comprises a first ribbon roll having ribbon of a first color and a second ribbon roll having ribbon of a second color different from said first color, and wherein said first ribbon roll and said second ribbon roll are visually-perceptible through said transparent material.
7. The bow making device of claim 1 , including an elongated flexible member.