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Patent US4709850 - Mailer including return envelope and remittance stub combined in outer envelope - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsFor providing an improved mailer/return envelope/remittance stub assembled set in which the remittance stub and check may be inserted by the consumer in the return envelope without folding either of them, which return envelope and contents may be sorted and read, if desired, by automated machines, and...http://www.google.com/patents/US4709850?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4709850 - Mailer including return envelope and remittance stub combined in outer envelopeAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4709850 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 06/841,814Publication dateDec 1, 1987Filing dateMar 20, 1986Priority dateMar 20, 1986Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA1272747A1, DE3778959D1, EP0242972A2, EP0242972A3, EP0242972B1Publication number06841814, 841814, US 4709850 A, US 4709850A, US-A-4709850, US4709850 A, US4709850AInventorsDavid G. WagnerOriginal AssigneeMoore Business Forms, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (15), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (17), Classifications (7), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMailer including return envelope and remittance stub combined in outer envelopeUS 4709850 AAbstract For providing an improved mailer/return envelope/remittance stub assembled set in which the remittance stub and check may be inserted by the consumer in the return envelope without folding either of them, which return envelope and contents may be sorted and read, if desired, by automated machines, and as to the parts of which the business may use a combination if impact and non-impact printers to print variable information on the parts prior to assembly, and use a relatively inexpensive sealer for assembling the parts into sets, three parts are provided. Of these, Part 2 at one stage forms a first face of a mailer and at another a second face of a return envelope; Part 1 at that other stage forms the first face of the return envelope and the flap for sealing the open end of the return envelope; and Part 3 at the one stage forms the second face of the mailer and, at the other stage, forms the remittance stub.
I claim: 1. A mailer, comprising:an inner envelope defined between two superimposed generally rectangular panels of sheet material having respectively joined marginal strips extending along adjacent three edges of each, one of these two panels having a fourth edge along which that one panel is not joined to the other, so that an at least potentially open mouth is provided for said inner envelope; means defining a closure flap for said mouth of said inner envelope, said closure flap being foldably joined to said one panel along said fourth edge so that said closure flap may be externally overlapped with the other of said two panels; a strip of activatable inactivated adhesive adapted, when activated, to secure said closure flap onto said other of said two panels in externally overlapped condition therewith, thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope; said other of said two panels, outwardly of said mouth, including an extension panel joined thereto along a line that with said fourth edge of said one panel defines said mouth of said inner envelope; and an outer envelope defined by:said other of said two panels, and said extension panel together constituting a first member having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; a second member comprising a sheet of material having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; and means severably connecting said margin of said first member along at least two of said opposite edges thereof to said margin of said second member along a corresponding at least two of said opposite edges thereof, with said second member covering at least a substantial portion of said one panel, including said mouth of said inner envelope, so that upon severing said connecting means and thereby disconnecting said second member from said first member, said extension panel may be displaced, said strip of adhesive actuated and urged into externally overlapping condition with said other of said two panels thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope; said flap being foldably joined to said fourth edge of said one panel for rotation substantilly 360 degrees about said fourth edge as an axis; and said flap being doubled-back upon said one panel and releasably held there by said second member so long as said second member is severably connected marginally thereof to said first member by said severable connecting means. 2. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said strip of activatable inactivated adhesive is provided on said flap. 3. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said strip of activatable inactivated adhesive is constituted by a strip of double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having an otherwise exposed surface removably covered by a peelable covering strip. 4. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said extension panel is severably joined to said other of said two panels along the respective said line, so that upon severing said connecting means and thereby disconnecting said second member from said first member, said extension panel may be displaced by severing it from said other panel. 5. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said extension panel has means defining a window therethrough, this window being spaced from said line along which said other panel and said extension panel are joined to one another by an amount which is less than the corresponding dimension of said flap. 6. The mailer of claim 5, wherein:said inner envelope internally of said mouth provides a pocket which is at least six inches in greatest extent orthogonally of said edges of said one panel. 7. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said first member and said second member each having two pairs of orthogonally-related opposite edges extending along respective perimetrical margins thereof; said margin of said second member being severably connected by said connecting means to said margin of said first member along all four of said edges of each of said members. 8. The mailer of claim 7, wherein:said connecting means comprises adhesive strip means sandwiched between said first member and said second member. 9. The mailer of claim 8, wherein:said connecting means further comprises fully perimetrically extending perforation line means bounded by said adhesive strip means such that when said margins of said first and second members are jointly severed from the remainder of said first and second members along said perimetrically extending perforation line means, said remainder of said first member is thereby detached from said remainder of said second member. 10. The mailer of claim 9, wherein:said adhesive strip means is constituted by a substantially squared ring-shaped strip means of remeltable hot melt adhesive, including a first squared C-shaped portion provided on said one panel of said inner envelope and a second squared C-shaped portion provided on said extension panel, these two C-shaped portions opening towards one another with said flap being based between them on said one panel. 11. The mailer of claim 9, wherein:said perimetrically extending perforation line means also extends across said flap in alignment with extension of such perforation line means along said margins of said first and second members of said first and second members, so that as said perforation line means is broken open to separate said margins jointly from said remainders, said flap is freed to rotate towards closing said mouth. 12. The mailer of claim 1, wherein:said second member further comprises orthogonally related internal perforation line means defining with said perimetrically extending perforation line means a generally rectangular remittance stub panel sized, upon being severed from said remainder of said second member, to be received in said inner envelope through said mouth without needing to be folded. 13. The mailer of claim 12, wherein:said extension panel has means defining a window therethrough, this window being spaced from said line along which said other panel and said extension panel are joined to one another by an amount which is less than the corresponding dimension of said flap. 14. The mailer of claim 13, wherein:said inner envelope internally of said mouth provides a pocket which is at least six inches in greatest extent orthogonally of said edges of said one panel. 15. A two-component supply the components of which are assembleable with one another to constitute at least one mailer, each mailer of which will as a result of such assembly comprise:an inner envelope defined between two superimposed generally rectangular panels of sheet material having respectively joined marginal strips extending along adjacent three edges of each, one of these two panels having a fourth edge along which that one panel is not joined to the other, so that an at least potentially open mouth is provided for said inner envelope; means defining a closure flap for said mouth of said inner envelope, said closure flap being foldably joined to said one panel along said fourth edge so that said closure flap may be externally overlapped with the other of said two panels; a strip of activatable inactivated adhesive adapted, when activated, to secure said closure flap onto said other of said two panels in externally overlapped condition therewith, thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope; said other of said two panels, outwardly of said mouth, including an extension panel joined thereto along a line that with said fourth edge of said one panel defines said mouth of said inner envelope; and an outer envelope defined by:said other of said two panels, and said extension panel together constituting a first member having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; a second member comprising a sheet of material having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; and means severably connecting said margin of said first member along at least two of said opposite edges thereof to said margin of said second member along a corresponding at least two of said opposite edges thereof, with said second member covering at least a sumbstantial portion of said one panel, including said mouth of said inner envelope, so that upon severing said connecting means and thereby disconnecting said second member from said first member, said extension panel may be displaced, said strip of adhesive actuated and urged into externally overlapping condition with said other of said two panels thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope, wherein: one of said two components is constituted by at least one said first member, and the other of said two components is constituted by at least one said second member, with said severable connecting means being provided in the form of activatable, inactivated adhesive strip means provided marginally along said at least two opposite edges of each said first member bounding perforation line means provided along said at least two opposite edges of at least one of said components, each said second member being characterized while maintained separate from a corresponding said first member by being substantially free of thermally activated adhesive such as has a tendency to adhere to non-impact printers which heat sheet material when applying non-impact printing thereto. 16. the two-component supply of claim 15, wherein;said at least one first member is constituted by a longitudinally extending series of like first members with said other panel and extension panel of each being disposed in laterally adjoining relation and individual ones of said first members being severably joined to one another in said series thereof along perforation lines extending widthwise of this series. 17. The two-component supply of claim 16, wherein:said at least one second member is constituted by a longitudinally extending series of like second members severably joined to one another in said series thereof along perforation lines extending widthwise of this series. 18. A two-component supply the components of which are assembleable with one another to constitute at least one mailer, each mailer of which will as a result of such assembly comprise:an inner envelope defined between two superimposed generally rectangular panels of sheet material having respectively joined marginal strips extending along adjacent three edges of each, one of these two panels having a fourth edge along which that one panel is not joined to the other, so that an at least potentially open mouth is provided for said inner envelope; means defining a closure flap for said mouth of said inner envelope, said closure flap being foldably joined to said one panel along said fourth edge so that said closure flap may be externally overlapped with the other of said two panels; a strip of activatable inactivated adhesive adapted, when activated, to secure said closure flap onto said other of said two panels in externally overlapped condition therewith, thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope; said other of said two panels, outwardly of said mouth, including an extension panel joined thereto along a line that with said fourth edge of said one panel defines said mouth of said inner envelope; and an outer envelope defined by:said other of said two panels, and said extension panel together constituting a first member having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; a second member comprising a sheet of material having a perimetrically extending margin having at least two opposite edges; and means severably connecting said margin of said first member along at least two of said opposite edges thereof to said margin of said second member along a corresponding at least two of said opposite edges thereof, with said second member covering at least a sumbstantial portion of said one panel, including said mouth of said inner envelope, so that upon severing said connecting means and thereby disconnecting said second member from said first member, said extension panel may be displaced, said strip of adhesive actuated and urged into externally overlapping condition with said other of said two panels thereby sealingly closing said mouth of said inner envelope, wherein: one of said two components is constituted by at least one said first member, and the other of said two components is constituted by at least one said second member, with said severable connecting means being provided in the form of activatable, inactivated adhesive strip means provided marginally along said at least two opposite edges of one of said components bounding perforation line means provided along said at least two opposite edges of at least one of said components; said flap being foldably joined to said fourth edge of said one panel for rotation substantially 360 degrees about said fourth edge as an axis; and said flap being doubled-back upon said one panel and being adapted to be releasably held there by said second member when and for so long as said second member is severably connected marginally thereof to said first member by said severable connecting means. 19. The two-component supply of claim 18, wherein:said activatable, inactivated adhesive strip means of said severable connecting means is provided on each said first member; each said second member being characterized while maintained separate from a corresponding said first member by being substantially free of thermally activated adhesive such as has a tendency to adhere to non-impact printers which heat sheet material when applying non-impact printing thereto. 20. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said strip of activatable inactivated adhesive is provided on said flap. 21. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said strip of activatable inactivated adhesive is constituted by a strip of double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having an otherwise exposed surface removably covered by a peelable covering strip. 22. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said extension panel is severably joined to said other of said two panels along the respective said line, so that upon severing said connecting means and thereby disconnecting said second member from said first member, said extension panel may be displaced by severing it from said other panel. 23. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said extension panel has means defining a window therethrough, this window being spaced from said line along which said other panel and said extension panel are joined to one another by an amount which is less than the corresponding dimension of said flap. 24. The two-component supply of claim 23, wherein:said inner envelope internally of said mouth provides a pocket which is at least six inches in greatest extent orthogonally of said edges of said one panel. 25. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said first member and said second member each have two pairs of orthogonally-related opposite edges extending along respective perimetrical margins thereof; said margin of said second member being adapted to be severably connected by said connecting means to said margin of said first member along all four of said edges of each of a respective said first member and a respective said second member. 26. The two-component supply of claim 25, wherein:said activatable, inactivated adhesive strip means of said severable connecting means of said severable connecting means is provided marginally of all four edges of the said one member on which it is provided; and said connecting means further comprises fully perimetrically extending perforation line means bounded by said adhesive strip means such that when said margins of said first and second members are jointly severed from the remainder of said first and second members along said perimetrically extending perforation line means, said remainder of said first member is thereby detached from said remainder of said second member. 27. The two-component supply of claim 26, wherein:said adhesive strip means is constituted by a substantially squared ring-shaped strip means of remeltable hot melt adhesive, including a first squared C-shaped portion provided on said one panel of said inner envelope and a second squared C-shaped portion provided on said extension panel, these two C-shaped portions opening towards one another with said flap being based between them on said one panel. 28. the two-component supply of claim 26, wherein:said perimetrically extending perforation line means also extends across said flap in alignment with extension of such perforation line means along said margins of said first and second members of said first and second members, so that as said perforation line means is broken open to separate said margins jointly from said remainders, said flap is freed to rotate towards closing said mouth. 29. The two-component supply of claim 19, wherein:said second member further comprises orthogonally related internal perforation line means defining with said perimetrically extending perforation line means a generally rectangular remittance stub panel sized, upon being severed from said remainder of said second member, to be received in said inner envelope through said mouth without needing to be folded. 30. The two-component supply of claim 29, wherein:said extension panel has means defining a window therethrough, this window being spaced from said line along which said other panel and said extension panel are joined to one another by an amount which is less than the corresponding dimension of said flap. 31. The two-component supply of claim 30, wherein:said inner envelope internally of said mouth provides a pocket which is at least six inches in greatest extent orthogonally of said edges of said one panel. Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As a consumer, e.g. of heating oil, dental services and the like, as a pledgee to various causes, and the like, it has become common for householders and other postal patrons to receive in the mail a multiple ply assembly, the outermost constituent of which is a mailing envelope used by the addressor for getting the mailing envelope contents expeditiously into the hands of the addressee.
Moore Business Forms, Inc., the current assignee of the invention disclosed herein, presently commercially offers a business form product under the trademark Lasermate� which is designed for use with both impact-type and nonimpact type continuous forms printers. That Lasermate� form set current is provided in two parts. Part 1 has die-cut(s) and window patches(es), a full perimeter pattern of hot melt reheatable adhesive, and necessary perforations at top, bottom, left, and right to comply with end usage requirements. Part 2 has perforations which match with Part 1 and, as required, extra internal perforations which define, and allow removal of a particular sized remittance stub and payment record stub. Forms processing includes printing of variable data on Part 2 when used with non-impact printers, or Parts 1 and 2 if used with impact printers. Both parts are then collated, detached as individual sets, and sealed to provide a ready-to-mail piece. The product, as configured now, does not allow for a return envelope which would permit the end user to insert both remittance stub and check into the return envelope without folding.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION For providing an improved mailer/return envelope/remittance stub assembled set in which the remittance stub and check may be inserted by the consumer in the return envelope without folding either of them, which return envelope and contents may be sorted and read, if desired, by automated machines, and as to the parts of which the business may use a combination if impact and non-impact printers to print variable information on the parts prior to assembly, and use a relatively inexpensive sealer for assembling the parts into sets, three parts are provided. Of these, Part 2 at one stage forms a first face of a mailer and at another a second face of a return envelope; Part 1 at that other stage forms the first face of the return envelope and the flap for sealing the open end of the return envelope; and Part 3 at the one stage forms the second face of the mailer and, at the other stage, forms the remittance stub.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the Drawings FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a corresponding one face of each of the three parts of a unit of a business form embodying principles of the present invention;
DETAILED DESCRIPTION The business form to be described, and the process and apparatus for making it by preference uses conventional business form-making materials, individual process techniques and apparatus units, however conducted and organized in such a way as to create a unique product. For instance, no unusual paper stock, perforating technique or glue applying devices are required.
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Donnelley & Sons CompanyTwo way electronic media mailer* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification229/303, 229/69International ClassificationB65D27/10, B65D27/06, B42D15/08Cooperative ClassificationB65D27/06European ClassificationB65D27/06Legal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionJun 6, 2003ASAssignmentOwner name: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., NEW YORKFree format text: SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNOR:MOORE NORTH AMERICA, INC.;REEL/FRAME:014108/0136Effective date: 20030515Owner name: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. 388 GREENWICH STREET,Jun 2, 2003ASAssignmentOwner name: MOORE NORTH AMERICA, INC., CANADAFree format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:MOORE U.S.A. INC.;REEL/FRAME:014090/0607Effective date: 19980915Owner name: MOORE U.S.A. INC., CANADAFree format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC.;REEL/FRAME:014097/0159Effective date: 19961104Owner name: MOORE NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACETOOwner name: MOORE U.S.A. 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