Envelopes, Folding Letter-sheets, Parcel Envelopes, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Envelopes, Folding Letter-sheets, Parcel Envelopes, and the like.
THOMAS TENNY TAYLOR, Acacia House, Keldgate, Beverley, Literary Student,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A sealing flap of the reply envelope shown in the drawing, or of any other
suitable envelope or letter-sheet, is made of a size and assymmetrical or symmet-
rical shape, with the intention that it should be suitable for taking a second or
reply address and rostage stamp, and with the intention that it should fold over
and cover the first address, which is written on the ordinary plain face of the
envelope within a space demarked by a line, A, representing the outline of the
aforementioned flap. This flap is folded inside the envelope in the first trans-
mission. This address flap, when used on envelopes which are transmitted un-
sealed, may be folded over and gummed on that side of the envelope to which it
is attached. The first address may also be written on the sealing flap, and the
second address on the side of the envelope, in which case, two perforated
lines, B, B, are made across the flap to facilitate the opening of the envelope and
removal of the first address. The remainder of this flap may then be used for
sealing the envelope on the second transmission
Dated this the Sixth day of May 1899.
THOMAS TENNY TAYLOR, Acacia House, Keldgate, Beverley, Literary Student,
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 is an improvement designed to facilitate the usage of reply or
reusable envelopes, folding letter-sheets, parcel envelopes, and the like. Advan-
tages of this invention are, that the address for the reply or retransmission may
be pre-written or printed, and the postage stamp pre-affixed, on a flap which may
be enclosed privately and securely inside of the envelope or letter-sheet during
the first transmission; and that the old or first address and postage stamp are
covered during the second transmission.

page_text: The drawing referred to is that left with the Provisional Specification.
A sealing or closing tap of any suitable envelope pocket or folding letter-
sheet, hereafter referred to as the address flap, is made or a size and symmetrical,
or asymmetrical shape as shown on the drawing, so as to be adapted to take an
address and postage stamp, and cut away at the side of the postage stamp as shown
on the drawing, so as to facilitate the extraction of the Hap from the envelope
pocket. This address flap is arranged to fold over a face of the envelope or letter-
sheet and exactly cover another address and postage stamp, which, are demarked
by an ink or embossed line A, or 'by lines' made by the edges of the constructional
lappets of the envelope pocket, indicating the area covered by the address flap
when folded over. The address on the envelope pocket is the first address to be
used, and the address on the address flap is the second to be used. Thus the
address flap is folded inside of the envelope during the first transmission, and
folded over the first address during the second transmission. The envelope may
be used for either sealed or unsealed transmissions. When used unsealed, the
address flap, which in this case is the only closing Hap required, is folded inside
of the envelope over the contents in the ordinary way during the first trans-
mission; and during the second transmission, when it covers the first address,
the tip or point of the address flap may be inserted into an ordinary-slot cut in
the face of the envelope pocket. But the insertion of the tip of the address flap
into the slot is not claimed as part of the invention.
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A modification of this invention, for unsealed transmission, is that the address
flap may be folded and gummed over the first address on that side of the envelope.
pocket to which the address flap is materially connected.
A variation in the application of a part of this invention, namely, the shape, of
the address flap, and the ink or embossed demarking line, is that the first address.
may be written on the address flap, and the second. address on the side of the
envelope pocket, in which case two perforated lines B, B, shown on the address
flap in the drawing, facilitate the opening of the envelope and the removal of the
first address. The remainder of the address flap after the first address has been
torn off, may be used for closing the envelope on the second transmission. But
the writing of the address on the address flap, and the two perforated lines B, B,
are not claimed as part of the invention.
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. In combination with suitable envelope pockets, folding letter-sheets, parcel
envelopes and the like, the shape of the asymmetrical address or closing flap
shown on the drawing, as being adapted for taking an address and postage stamp,
and for easy extraction from the inside of the envelope by being cut away at the
side of the postage stamp.
2. In combination with suitable envelope pockets, folding letter-sheets, parcel
envelopes and the like, the enclosure inside of the envelope or letter-sheet during
its first transmission, of an address which is itself to be used for the second trans-
mission, written or printed on the address flap which is folded over the outside of
the envelope or letter-sheet during the second transmission. But the enclosure
of the flap is not claimed; and the writing of an address on a flap is not claimed.
3. In combination with suitable envelope pockets, folding letter-sheets, parcel
envelopes and the like, the covering of the first transmission address and postage
stamp by the address flap during the second transmission of the envelope or letter-
sheet.
4. In combination with suitable envelope pockets, folding letter-sheets, parcel
envelopes and the like, an ink or embossed line or the like, as shown on the
drawing, to demark the space for the address to that which will be covered by
the address flap.
5. In combination with suitable envelope pockets, folding letter-sheets, parcel

page_text: envelopes and the like, the folding and gumming of the address flap, upon which
the second address is written, over the first address on that side of the envelope
pocket or letter-sheet to which it is materially connected.
Dated this 6th day of February 1900.