Year: 1897

page_text: I, GEORGE JOHN VICTOR GOLD of 15, Mentone Road, Highbury Park, N.
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows,--
This invention relates to a new or improved combined letter sheet and envelope,
and has for its object to provide a simple arrangement which will obviate the
necessity of employing separate envelopes.
In carrying out my invention I propose to form both the note paper and the
envelope from a single sheet of note paper cut into peculiar form.
The body of the sheet is in the form of a double sheet of notepaper folded at the
centre for writing purposes. At one side of this sheet an extension is formed of
such a shape that when folded over the note paper it will form an envelope.
This extension is in the form of a piece adapted to make the front of the
envelope (having a folded wing on each side) and also the back or flap. The end
of this extension is cut so as to form the back or flap of the envelope, this flap
being gummed at the bottom and part of sides, so that when stuck down it holds
the folding wings, and forms a complete envelope.
Dated this 12th day of January 1897
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London. Agent for the Applicant.
I, GEORGE JOIN VICTOR GOLD, of 15, Mentone Road, Highbury Park, N.
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement.―
This invention relates to a new or improved combined letter sheet and envelope,
and has for its object to provide a simple arrangement which will obviate the
necessity of employing separate envelopes and note-paper.
In carrying out my invention I propose to form both the note-paper and the
envelope from a single sheet of paper cut into peculiar form.
.
The body of the sheet is in the form of a double sheet of note-paper folded at the
centre for writing purposes. At one side of this sheet an extension is formed of
such a shape that when folded over the note-paper it will form an envelope.
This extension is in the form of a piece adapted to make the front of the envelope
having a folded wing at each side.

page_text: The end of this extension is cut so as to form the back or flap of the envelope,
this flap being gummed at the extreme edge, so that when stuck down it holds
the folding wings or side flaps and encloses the letter sheet, and forms a complete
envelope.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig 1 shows the letter sheet and
envelope unfolded and Fig 2 shows a modified form of the letter sheet.
The letter sheet A as shown in Fig 1 forms a double sheet being folded at the
centre line a. The extension B extends from the upper side, and is about half the
width of the sheet. This extension B is formed with the flap b at the top and the
side flaps 6. The upper flap only is gummed as shown by the shaded portion C.
To form the envelope after folding the letter sheet, in the usual manner along
the lines a and a¹ the extension B is doubled over along the line a². The side
flaps are then brought over the back and the top flap b folded over these and affixed
to the side flaps and back of the letter sheet rendering the missive completely
secretive and secure. As shown in Fig 2 the letter sheet A¹ is folded along the
lines a the envelope and flaps being similar to the arrangement shown in Fig 1.
The special feature of my invention lies in the peculiar arrangement of flap and
gumming, as a single gumming only is required. The gumming at the edge of
the flap serves not only to secure the flap to the back of the folded sheet, but
also serves to fix the side flaps which do not require any gumming. As the latter
cannot be raised when the upper flap is secured the envelope is thoroughly
secretive. Owing to the single adhesion the envelope can be closed and opened
much more rapidly than is the case with a combined letter sheet and envelope of
the ordinary kind which when they are properly secretive require to be gummed
not only on the top flap but also at the side flaps. My arrangement allows such
articles to be made much less expensively than has hitherto been the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.-
(1) An improved combined letter sheet and envelope formed from a sheet of
paper folded into the required shape, having an extension at the top, a flap at each
side of the extension folding over the back of the folded letter sheet, and a large
flap at the top of the extension adapted to completely cover the side flaps and the
back of the folded letter sheet or envelope having a gummed portion at its upper
edge affixing it both to the side flaps and to the back, substantially as described
and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 19th day of October 1897
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.