Patent ID: 9033145
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B42D,B65D,G11B

Abstract:
1. A mailer for an article, the mailer being transported between a pair of moving belts when the mailer is processed by postal processing equipment, and the moving belts having a width, the mailer comprising: a first panel having a first surface; a second panel having a second surface in contact with said first surface of said first panel, said second surface being adhesively bonded by portions of an adhesive with said first surface, said second panel having a first edge and a second edge spaced from said first edge by a height of said mailer when said first and second panels are adhesively bonded by said adhesive portions, said first and second edges located on opposite sides of the moving belts when said mailer is transported between the pair of moving belts, said adhesive portions defining a first pocket between said first surface of said first panel and said second surface of said second panel for holding the article, at least one of said adhesive portions positioned between said first edge and said pocket to define a false bottom to limit movement of the article relative to said first edge, said false bottom so dimensioned that at least half of the portions of the first and second panels overlying the article in said first pocket are not contacted over the width of the pair of moving belts, and another of the adhesive portions is positioned to define a side edge of the pocket so as to limit movement in a direction parallel to the first and second edges; and an envelope having an enclosed space, said first and second panels disposed in said enclosed space of said envelope after said first and second panels are adhesively bonded, wherein said first panel is joined to said second panel along a fold line, and said first and second panels are folded along said fold line for adhesively bonding said first and second surfaces.