Patent ID: 6460760
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B42D,B65D

Abstract:
An intermediate for a mailer type business form, comprising:a quadrate sheet of paper having parallel top and bottom edges, parallel first and second side edges perpendicular to the top and bottom edges, and first and second faces; first and second fold lines parallel to said top and bottom edges, and dividing said sheet into substantially equal size first, second, and third panels, an outgoing address area defined on said first face of said first panel, said outgoing address area being spaced from said first and second side edges; a reply address area defined on said first face of said second panel, said reply address area being spaced from said first and second side edges; an area for at least one of invoice and remittance information being defined on said first face of said third panel; first and second lines of weakness formed in said first, second and third panels, respectively parallel to and spaced from each of said first and second side edges; said first and second lines of weakness defining tear-off strips providing for ready opening of a mailer constructed by Z-folding said sheet about said fold lines; first adhesive areas provided at least in said tear-off strips for holding said first through third panels together as an outgoing mailer when said sheet is Z-folded about said fold lines; second adhesive areas provided on said second face of said first and second panels for defining said first and second panels into a reply envelope that is substantially sealed along first and second side edges thereof; and a reply envelope closing flap formed in said second panel, extending parallel to said top and bottom edges of said sheet and having a third adhesive area on said second face thereof for sealing the reply envelope along a top edge thereof.