Patent ID: 8596517

Claim:
A mailing card design for mailing confidential information securely, comprising; a) a card having four edges and a front and a back side, wherein the front side including a display layer to illustrate a printed design substantially covering the front of the card; wherein the back side including: i) no printed design similar to the printed design located on the front side thereon; ii) an address section, designed to allow a user to print their intended address to receive the card upon mailing; iii) a postage stamp section designed to have a postage stamp placed thereon to enable mailing of the card; and iv) a message section designed to provide space sufficient for a user to write a private message thereon the back side of the card; b) a security shield, having a first and second removably affixed position on the card, i) wherein, while the security shield is in the first removably affixed position, the security shield is located on the front side of the card; ii) wherein, while the security shield is in the first removably affixed position, the security shield is physically proportioned as to cover only a portion of the design located on the display layer; iii) wherein, the security shield including, on a top visual surface thereon, a substantially identical design to that portion of the display layer that is being covered while the security shield is in the first removably affixed position; iv) wherein, while the security shield is in the second removably affixed position, it is located on the back side of the card; v) wherein, while the security shield is in the second removably affixed position, the security shield is physically positioned as to cover only the message section of the card; vi) wherein, while the security shield is in the second removably affixed position, the security shield displays the substantially identical design to that portion of the display layer over the message section to prevent casual observers from clearly reading what is written in the message section; vii) wherein, while the security shield is in the second removably affixed position, the front side positioned display layer provides unobstructed view to a user of the illustrated print design that substantially covers the front of the card.