Patent ID: 8752756

Claim:
An envelope assembly, comprising: an original address component having a front side having an original destination address provided thereon, a rectangular rear side opposite the front side of the original address component having a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a third edge and a fourth edge opposite the third edge, and a first attachment portion including the first, second, third and fourth edges; and a rectangular return address component having a fifth edge, a sixth edge opposite the fifth edge, a seventh edge and an eigth edge opposite the seventh edge, the return address component including a second attachment portion including each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eigth edges and a return envelope portion, the second attachment portion of the return address component being attached to the first attachment portion of the original address component in an overlapping fashion such that the first and fifth edges are attached to one another, the second and sixth edges are attached to one another, the third and seventh edges are attached to one another, and the fourth and eigth edges are attached to one another, the return envelope portion having a front side having a return address provided thereon, a rear side opposite the front side of the return envelope portion, and a first interior for receiving return mailing materials, the rear side of the original address component facing the front side of the return envelope portion, the return envelope portion being removeably attached to and selectively separable from the second attachment portion by a first separation device in a manner wherein the return envelope portion is seperated from the second attachment portion the second attachment portion remains attached to the first attachment portion such that the first and fifth edges are attached to one another, the second and sixth edges are attached to one another, the third and seventh edges are attached to one another, and the fourth and eighth edges are attached to one another.