Patent ID: 6409079
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
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 being 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 being defined on said first face of said second panel, said reply address area being spaced from said first and second side edges; a remittance area being defined on said first face of said third panel; first line of weakness formed in said first, second and third panels, parallel to and spaced from said first side edge, said first line of weakness defining a tear-off strip 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 strip for holding said first through third panels together as an outgoing mailer when said sheet is Z-folded about said fold lines; and second adhesive areas provided on said second face of said first and/or second panel for defining said first and second panels into a reply envelope that is substantially sealed along side and top and bottom edges thereof, wherein said sheet of paper is free from a line of weakness adjacent and parallel to said second side edge, thereby to maximize an available space of said first, second and third panels for printed indicia and to define said reply envelope.