Patent ID: 6962372

Claim:
A mailing form for use with a simplex non-impact printer to facilitate a mailing of a document, the mailing form comprising: a ply having a front face and a back face, wherein the ply includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel of substantially a same area; a releasable substrate disposed on the front face of the first panel; wherein the first panel is separated from the second panel by a first fold line, and the second panel separated from the third panel by a second fold line; wherein at least one of the front face of the second panel and the front face of the third panel includes at least one area for receiving variable information thereon; wherein both the back face of the first panel and the back face of the second panel have a peripheral edge with at least a portion of an adhesive pattern disposed thereon; wherein both the back face of the first panel and the back face of the second panel have a peripheral edge with at least a portion of an adhesive-release pattern disposed thereon to substantially correspond to the locations of the adhesive pattern disposed on the back face of the first panel and the back face of the second panel so that a temporary seal is formed when the first panel is folded over the first fold line whereby the back face of the first panel is in contact with the back face of the second panel for printing through a simplex non-impact printer; adhesive disposed on the releasable substrate such that when the mailing form is folded along the first fold line so that the front face of the first panel contacts the front face of the second panel, the adhesive secures the mailing form in folded form, and wherein when the mailing form is unfolded along the first fold line, the adhesive is transferred to the front face of the second panel; wherein after printing, the first panel and the second panel are unfoldable by breaking the temporary seal and the third panel folded over the second fold line so that the third panel adheres to the adhesive pattern on the back face of the second panel and is sandwiched between the first panel and the second panel and securely held therebetween by the adhesive pattern disposed on the back face of the first panel and the back face of the second panel for mailing.