Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
I, HERBERT NEWSON, of 17, Great George Street, Westminster, in the County
of Middlesex, Barrister, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It consists of an improved form of envelope as hereinafter described.
The envelope is formed in the usual way with the exception that both ends are
extended with a view to their being folded down the one designed to fold over
the other.
The end of the inner fold protrudes beyond the outer fold which is gummed
down over it to the body of the envelope. To open the envelope the outer fold
is torn away by pulling the end of the inner fold and the contents of the envelope
may then be taken out.
The combination of the above with the elongated flap, mentioned in the Specifica-
tion of my Patent, 12951 of 1895, such flap being used in the place of the inner
fold in the way above described and the outer fold being similarly gummed down
over it to the body of the envelope, enables the envelope to be opened and the
elongated flap withdrawn and extended by one movement.
Dated this 31st day of Julv 1897
Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
I, HERBERT NEWBON, of 38, Parliament Street, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex, Barrister at Law, late of 17, Great George Street, Westminster, in the
County of Middlesex, 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:-
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This invention has for its object a form of envelope with flaps so designed that
it may be readily opened by means of the protruding end of one of the Haps.
When used in combination with the Patent numbered 12951 of 1895, the elon-
gated flap f, f, a, after its parts f. f are folded within the pocket of the envelope
which is then closed and secured, serves, by means of the protruding end of a, to
open the envelope and is drawn out therefrom and extended with one movement,
so as at once to display the writing and printed or other matter which may be
upon before the person holding the envelope.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings

page_text: Figure 1 represents the form of envelope in blank. The dotted lines indicate
the folds and the shaded parts are those provided with gum or other adhesive
substance. The part b is folded over the part c and the side flaps e, e are then
folded over and gummed to b, thus forming the body or pocket of the envelope.
The flap a is next folded back and the flap d folded over it and gummed to the
part 6 with the result shown in Figure 2. To open the envelope the protruding
end of the flap a is drawn in the direction of the flap d so as to tear the latter from
its gummed parts g, g, when the contents of the envelope may be taken out.
The particular features of this blank (Figure 1) are the extension of the outer
side of the body or pocket of the envelope so as to form the outer flap d shaped
so as to permit of the envelope being opened as described and illustrated, and the
extension of the inner side 6 of the body or pocket of the envelope so as to form
the inner flap a shaped so as to protrude when the outer flap d is folded down as
described and illustrated.
Figure 3 represents the blank when used, in combination with a short form
of elongated flap f, f, described in the Patent numbered 12951 of 1895, and therein
referred to as the elongated flap b.
Figure 2 also represents this blank when folded.
The envelope is opened as described above and a continuation of the movement
serves to draw the parts f, f from the body of the envelope and to display them
and the matter thereon.
The pocket of the envelope is intended to serve all the purposes of an ordinary
envelope, and the elongated flap f, f, a and other suitable parts not visible when
the envelope is closed, may contain notices and advertisements.
The blank may also, if preferred, be made in two pieces, as shown in Figures 4
and 5, in which case the additional narrow flap b¹ is gummed to the part b, a at b³, ሁ፡
and the blank then presents a similar appearance to that shown in Figure 1, or
in Figure 3 in the case of the combination.
Figure 6 represents another form of the flaps d and a and the dotted lines i, i
on indicate perforations.
Indentations as shown at h, h or perforations as shown at i, i in Figure 7 or
both together may be used to facilitate tearing the flap d in any of its forms.
The sizes and shapes of the flaps respectively and also of the body of the enve-
lope and the remaining flaps may be more or less varied, according to the require-
ments of my invention and the purposes for which it is employed, in maintenance
of the principle of the flap a opening the closed envelope and, when in combination
with the Patent numbered 12951 of 1895, of the elongated flap f, f, a opening
the closed envelope and the parts f, f being withdrawn therefrom with one move-
ment by means of the protruding end of a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
(1) An improved form of envelope with flaps shaped so as to facilitate opening,
substantially as described and illustrated.
(2) The combination of the improved form of envelope and the elongated flap
described and illustrated in the Patent numbered 12951 of 1895, substantially
as described and illustrated.
(3) The combined envelope and flaps substantially as described and illustrated.
HERBERT NEWBON.