Patent ID: 8590774

Claim:
A multi-use mailer comprising: first and second panels being permanently sealed to form a content retention region therebetween and having an opening to allow the item to be inserted into and removed from the content retention region, each of the first and second panels having an outside wall opposite the content retention region; a first closure flap comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion foldably attached to the first panel along a first fold line along the opening and the second portion foldably attached to the first portion along a second fold line so that the first closure flap covers the opening and contacts the outside wall of the second panel in a first sealed configuration after the first portion is folded along the first fold line and the second portion is folded along the second fold line; a second closure flap foldably attached to the second panel along a third fold line so that the second closure flap is configured to be folded into the opening in the first sealed configuration and covers the opening and contacts the first closure flap or the outside wall of the first panel in a second sealed configuration; a first adhesive region extending along the second portion of the first closure flap generally parallel to the second fold line and contacting the outside wall of the second panel when the first closure flap is folded along the first fold line and the second fold line in the first sealed configuration; and a second adhesive region extending along the second closure flap generally parallel to the third fold line and contacting the first closure flap or the outside wall of the first panel when the second closure flap is folded along the third fold line in the second sealed configuration, wherein the first closure flap includes a first tear strip between the first adhesive region and the second fold line and extending along the first closure flap generally parallel to the second fold line, the first tear strip being removable from the first closure flap to separate the first closure flap to allow a portion of the first closure flap to be unfolded to unseal the mailer, wherein the second closure flap includes a second tear strip between the second adhesive region and the third fold line and extending along the second closure flap generally parallel to the third fold line, the second tear strip being removable from the second closure flap to separate the second closure flap to allow a portion of the second closure flap to be unfolded to unseal the mailer.