Patent ID: 6981587

Claim:
A compact disk mailer and file folder comprising: a) a file folder having a front wall and a back wall defining a materials-receiving pocket therebetween having an open top end, closed opposite sides and a closed bottom, one of the front and back walls being a two ply wall formed of superimposed inner and outer plies adhered together by an adhesive extending over substantially the entire surface between the two plies except for at least one adhesive-free area defining a disk receiving recess between the inner and outer plies, one of the plies having a slot therein providing the sole access to the disk retaining recess between the plies; b) a mailer panel attached along a fold line to one or another of the front and back walls of the file folder, the mailer panel being foldable over the open top to close the pocket for mailing; and c) the two ply wall is a front wall of the folder and the back wall has outward extending wing portions connected along fold lines to each side edge of the back wall, the wings being folded inward and adhered to the front wall to form the two closed opposite sides.