Improvements in Letter Paper and Envelopes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SMOLNIGATION,
Improvements in Letter Paper and Envelopes.
I, JAMES PITT of Holmesdale Road, Reigate, Surrey, Furniture Dealer, 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 relates to an improved combined letter sheet and envelope, and is
intended to provide a simple and inexpensive arrangement which will dispense with
the ordinary separate envelopes, at the same time being as convenient in using as
the present system.
In carrying out my invention I cut a sheet of paper so that the upper half is
somewhat larger than the lower, each portion being rectangular. The paper in
using is folded at about the middle, the smaller part being folded on top of the
larger, leaving a narrow edge of the latter projecting at the top and at both
sides. This portion is perforated all round so that it can be separated from the
body of the sheet. The paper when used is folded again at the middle, and one
half of the edge is given a coating of gum, so that when the paper is folded over
the second time, the gummed edge may be stuck down upon the opposite portion,
closing the sheet in a manner somewhat similar to that used in the ordinary letter
card.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows the sheet open, Fig. 2
folded over, and Fig. 3 closed. The paper is formed in two main parts A and B,
the lower one B as shown being somewhat smaller than A and capable of being
folded over along the line b. The part A is formed with the rows of perforations a
extending along the top and sides, and separating the edge A' from the body of the
paper, permitting it to be easily torn off. One half of this, shown by the shading
on Figs. 1 and 2 is provided with a coating of gum, or if desired the whole can be
thus coated. The paper is folded the second time along the central line C after
the lower part B has been turned over on A as shown in Fig. 2. The paper is
thus folded into the size of an ordinary envelope, and the address can be written
on it in the usual way. To open it, it is only necessary to tear off the edges along
the lines of perforations a. A large writing surface is thus obtained as the whole
of one side of the paper can be used, and both sides of the lower portion B. If
desired the part B can be made of greater length and folded twice.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what I
claim is.-
An improved letter sheet forming its own envelope, made from a single sheet of
paper, the upper portion of which is larger than the lower, with projecting edges
separated from the body of the paper by rows of perforations, and gummed so that
on the opposite parts meeting they may be affixed to form an envelope, the whole
cut and folded substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of September 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.