A Combination Card and Envelope.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1394
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1894-Accepted. 15th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combination Card and Envelope.
We, PERCY LLEWELLYN FISON, of The Square, Ripon, in the County of
York, Bank Manager, and HARTLEY ILLINGWORTH, of Bingwood Terrace
Ripon, aforesaid, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists in combining together a card and an open envelope.
The object of the combined card and envelope is intended to provide writing
material with an envelope attached.
According to our invention we employ any suitable form of envelope with the
flaps opened out, and on the back of that part which usually bears the address we
attach by gum or other suitable means a card and upon this card a message or
memorandum may be written, after which the flaps are folded over and the outer
flap or leaf secured by gum after the ordinary manner. We may however attach
a card to the lower flap so as to provide an extended length of material upon
which to write. In combination with this envelope card we may attach another
card or sheet of paper which may be used for various purposes either for giving an
order for goods or so that the recipient of the envelope may transmit an order and
this additional card may be perforated so as to be removeable for the purpose of
being transmitted back to the sender or the additional card may be used for other
purposes. The flaps or overhanging portions surrounding the central card may be
perforated to permit of the flaps being severed in which case the central card
would be left intact for filing or other purposes required.
Dated this 15th day of February 1894.
TASKER & CROSSLET,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination Card and Envelope.
We, PERCY LLEWELLYN FISON of The Square, Ripon, in the County of York,
Bank Manager, and HARTLEY ILLINGWORTH, of Bingwood Terrace, Ripon,
aforesaid, Clerk, 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 :-
Our invention consists in combining together a card and an open envelope. The
object of the combined card and envelope is intended to provide writing material
with an envelope attached.
According to our invention we employ any suitable form of envelope with the
flaps opened out and on the reverse side of said envelope we attach by gum or
other suitable means a card upon which a message or memorandum may be written
and the flaps subsequently folded over and the outer flap or leaf secured by gum
after the ordinary manner.
We may however attach a card to the lower flap so as to provide an extended
length of material upon which to write.
In combination with this envelope card we may attach another card or sheet of
paper which may be used for various purposes either for giving an order for goods
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page_text: or so that the recipient of the envelope may transmit an order and this additional
card may be perforated so as to be removable for the purpose of being transmitted
back to the sender, or the additional card may be used for other purposes. The
flaps or overhanging portions surrounding the central card may be perforated to
permit of their being severed, in which case the central card would be left intact
for filing or other purposes required.
In order that our invention may be more clearly understood we will now make
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein the
several figures shew our improved combination letter cards and envelopes as
hereafter described.
In Fig. 1 A indicates an envelope made any shape and size, on the reverse side
of which is secured by mucilage a card B upon which a letter memo or other
matter may be written and the envelope then closed and sealed for transmitting to
the addressee by folding over the expanded flaps and securing them by the
gummed flaps C as indicated in dotted lines. To provide an extended writing
surface we secure a card of double length of the envelope to the reverse side
thereof and the lower flap is illustrated in Fig. 2 the card being scored midway of
its length so that the lower half B¹ will fold over with the lower flap onto the
other half of the card.
In combination with the envelope card above described and shewn in Figs. 1
and 2 we may provide another card or sheet of paper B2 of the same piece as
that secured to the middle or reverse side of the envelope but perforated at the
bend of the upper flap so that whilst adapted to be, bent down onto the letter card
it can be easily severed therefrom by a slight pressure of the hand and used for
giving an order for goods, or for a reply, or for other similar purposes for which it
may be necessary to communicate with the sender of the letter card. These
combined envelope letter cards and detachable reply cards are shewn at Figs. 3
and 4 and correspond respectively to the letter cards shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
The flaps of the envelopes are perforated at the bends so that they can be
severed from the card or cards and the latter left intact for filing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The combination of a card and envelope made in the manner illustrated in the
drawings annexed hereto.
Dated this 14th day of November 1894.