Patent ID: 7815099

Claim:
A reusable envelope having a first mailing configuration used during an original mailing and a second mailing configuration used during a return mailing, comprising: an envelope body comprising at least first and second oppositely facing body panels, the first body panel comprising a permanent perimeter generally circumscribing a removable portion partially exposed on an exterior of said reusable envelope in said first mailing configuration and defined at least partially by a line of weakness, said removable portion line of weakness controllably separable from the first body panel to effect separation of said removable portion from a remainder of said first body panel; and a reusable sealing flap comprising first and second flap portions controllably separable from each other along a flap line of weakness, the first flap portion foldably attached to the second body panel of the envelope body and extending along a length of the second body panel of the envelope body, the second flap portion extending from the first flap portion and extending along a length of the first flap portion, the second flap portion in said first mailing configuration attached to at least a portion of the removable portion of the first body panel to close the envelope body a first time with said removable portion line of weakness and said flap line of weakness juxtaposed, said removable portion of the first body panel separable from the first body panel permanent perimeter and thereby effecting separation of the second flap portion from the first flap portion along said flap line of weakness while said second flap portion and said removable portion remain at least partially attached to each other to open the envelope body after being closed the first time, said first flap portion in said second mailing configuration affixed to said permanent perimeter.