Patent ID: 6123255
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A mailer type business form intermediate, comprising:a substantially quadrate sheet of paper having top, bottom, and first and second side edges, and first and second faces;first and second substantially parallel lines of weakness adjacent, but spaced from and substantially parallel to, said side edges to define first and second edge strips;first and second fold lines extending substantially parallel to each other and said top and bottom edges, defining said sheet of paper into at least first, second, and third panels, at least said first and second panels being substantially equal size, said first panel between said top edge and said first fold line, said second panel between said first and second fold lines, and said third panel between said second fold line and said bottom edge;first adhesive patterns disposed in said edge strips to hold said panels in a Z-fold configuration when Z-folded about said first and second fold lines;second adhesive patterns disposed on said first face of at least one of said first and second panels for forming said first and second panels into a reply envelope having an insertion opening adjacent said first line of weakness, upon Z-folding of said sheet about said fold lines;a reply envelope flap comprising part of one of said first, second or third panels, and outside the area encompassed by said second adhesive patterns, and flap sealing adhesive disposed on said first face at said flap;said reply envelope having a height substantially equal to the extent of either of said first and second panels parallel to said side edges; tacking adhesive provided along or adjacent said first fold line on said first face, so that a reply envelope formed by Z-folding said sheet may be readily opened by an automated envelope opener.