Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
HERBERT NEWBON 17 Great George Street Westminster S.W. Barrister, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a novel form of envelope, as hereinafter described, so designed that
a single movement, which withdraws and extends the flap, at once places the
advertisement or communication before the eyes of the person holding the
envelope.
The envelope is formed in the customary way with the exception of the flap,.
which is about three times as long as the depth of the envelope; the proportions,.
however, may vary according to the purpose of the advertisement or communication,.
or the shape of the envelope. The advertisement or communication is placed upon
this extended flap, which is then, by a series of folds, inserted within the envelope,
but with its end protruding. Upon pulling this end the whole of the extended flap
will be withdrawn from the envelope, and the advertisement or communication.
displayed.
Dated this Fourth day of July 1895.
Improvements in or in connection with Envelopes.
I, HERBERT NEWBON of 17 Great George Street Westminster in the County of
Middlesex, Barrister, 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 has for its object a form of envelope, so designed that an
elongated-flap, upon which advertisements or communications whether printed
pictorial or otherwise shall be placed, may, after being folded within the pocket of
the envelope, be drawn out and extended by one movement, by means of its.
protruding end so as at once to display the advertisements or communications before
the eyes of the person holding the envelope.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings. Figure 1 represents the form of envelope in blank. The dotted lines
indicate the folds; the letter 6 indicates the elongated-flap; the letter a the
protruding end when the flap 6 is folded in, as shown in Figure 4; c the body
of the envelope; d, e and findicate the remaining flaps, d being provided with gum
or other adhesive substance. The flaps e and fold over the body c and the flap d
is folded over and gummed to e and thus forming a pocket within which the flap b.
lies when folded.
The pocket is also suitable for the reception of enclosures and the flap 6 when.
folded in keeps them secure within the envelope, and when withdrawn allows them
to be taken out without difficulty.
A particular feature of this blank is that the elongated-flap b is so cut as to be.
wholly or in part narrower than the body c of the envelope in such form as may be

page_text: most convenient for carrying out the principle of the elongated-flap b, when
folded into the pocket of the envelope, being easily withdrawn therefrom by one
movement.
The elongated-flap b may be made in one piece with the rest of the envelope or
it may be made separately and attached thereto by an adhesive substance.
The length of the elongated-flap b I prefer to be about three times the depth of
the body c of the envelope, but I do not confine myself to the particular length of
such flap; the size and shape also of the body cof the envelope and of the remaining
flaps may be more or less varied according to the requirements of my invention and
the purposes for which it is used.
The mode in which I fold the several parts of the envelope-which mode,
however, may be varied according to circumstances and the length of the elongated-
flap will be best understood from Figures 2 and 4 which apply to Figure 1; and
Figures 3 and 4 which indicate the mode of folding a shorter form, where the length
of the elongated-flap is somewhat less than twice the depth of the body cof
the envelope.
In the case where there is an enclosure such enclosure is first placed upon c and
then the flaps b, e, f and d are consecutively folded over it as above mentioned
with reference to Figures 2 and 4, and to Figures 3 and 4.
The envelope as described, with or without enclosures allowed by the
Post Office regulations placed within the pocket, would pass through the post with
a halfpenny stamp.
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 an elongated-flap cut less wide than the
body of the envelope, so that the elongated-flap, when folded within the pocket of
the envelope, can be withdrawn by one movement by means of its protruding end,
the flap being thus at once extended before the eyes of the person holding the
envelope, and displaying the advertisements or communications placed thereon,
substantially as described and illustrated.
(2.) The combined envelope and flap substantially as described and illustrated.
nuhi. Dounth dow of Amil 1806
HERBERT NEWBON.