Im in constructing Envelopes
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1889
THOMAS BENNETT General Merchant of Ramsbury House St. Albans Herts do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An Improvement in constructing Envelopes, by continuing the flap over the face
of the Envelope that the end may be sealed by a Postage Stamp, so as to give
greater security to the contents of the Envelope and to render it less liable to be
tampered with."

page_text: Improvements in Envelopes.
I THOMAS BENNETT of Ramsbury House, Granville Road, St. Albans in the county
of Herts, merchant 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 which relates to improvements in the construction and closing of
Envelopes has for its object, to render the surreptitious opening of Envelopes more
difficult. The embellishing, & making available for advertising purposes or otherwise
the backs of them, and for shewing upon the face of them the monogram or other
distinctive mark of the sender at a glance, as well as the address.
The Invention consists of making the Envelope which may be of any shape or size
of paper or other suitable material with a broad flap at each side of the character
hereinafter described, or I may have a narrower flap if I choose.
These flaps are pasted either over their entire surface or at the two edges only, but
I prefer the latter, to the inner surface of the outer flap, as shewn hereafter.
The side flaps are thus folded inside and the plain broad flap when turned up from
the bottom forms a complete plain face to the Envelope.
A narrow flap turns over the face of the Envelope from the back at the top, its
entire width.
.
This flap is pasted in the usual way and seals the Envelope.
The Postage Stamp is placed partly upon the flap and partly upon the face of the
Envelope. This serves to make the unauthorized opening of the Envelope either at
its sides or top, a matter of extreme difficulty and any tampering with would be easily
detected.
In order that my Invention may be more fully explained, I will now proceed to
describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is the Envelope cut and constructed according to my invention before
folding.
A. A. shew the broad flap at each side open.
The dotted lines, a, b, c, d and e, f, g, h, shew the flaps A. A. folded.
The shaded portions B. shew the gummed edges of the flap, the gum being upon
the outer surface of them now they are folded, or it may cover the whole surface as
aforesaid.
C. is the flap which is turned up from the bottom, this forms a perfectly plain face
to the Envelope this flap is affixed to the gummed portions of the flaps A. A.
D. is the narrow flap which is turned over the top from the back the entire width
of the Envelope, and seals the Envelope. This flap may be left square at the ends or
may be tapered or rounded off.
Fig. 2 shews the plain face of the Envelope sealed, with monagram of sender,
addressed, and with stamp affixed.
Fig. 3 shews the plain back of the Envelope embellished, or it may be printed upon
with letterpress or otherwise.

page_text: Envelopes constructed according to my Invention are especially suitable for com-
mercial, Banking, as well as for private use, as the contents cannot be extracted at the
sides without withdrawing the flaps because the enclosure is encased in the flap, if the
flap was withdrawn it could not easily be replaced, and the top of the envelope cannot
be opened without interfering with the postage stamp and post mark, which being
immediately above the address, any tampering with could scarcely pass undetected.
Having now particulary 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
The construction and closing of Envelopes made from paper or other suitable
material, substantially as described herein before and with reference to the annexed
drawings.