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EP0128643A1
EP0128643A1 EP84302464A EP84302464A EP0128643A1 EP 0128643 A1 EP0128643 A1 EP 0128643A1 EP 84302464 A EP84302464 A EP 84302464A EP 84302464 A EP84302464 A EP 84302464A EP 0128643 A1 EP0128643 A1 EP 0128643A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/04—Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
    • B42D15/08—Letter-cards or letter-sheets, i.e. cards or sheets each of which is to be folded with the message inside and to serve as its own envelope for mailing

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  • the present invention generally relates to foldable paper and, more particularly, to printed matter, uniquely foldable to form an envelope for mailing purposes.
  • the operation could be enhanced if both the statement and the remittance card were printed on the same side of a single sheet.
  • the task of mailing would be enhanced greatly if after all the required information is printed, the sheet could serve as a secure envelope, thus dispensing with the need for separate envelopes, which have to be stuffed and addressed.
  • a secure envelope intends to refer to an envelope, sealed in a way that the contents thereof is not readily available, except by opening the sealed envelope.
  • the present invention comprises:
  • the invention comprises a single sheet of paper 10 on which all information is printed on its front side or face, generally designated by 10f, while its back side or face will be referred to as 10b.
  • the width of the sheet is designated by W, while its length is designated by L.
  • the sheet 10 is folded along its width by a plurality of folds, such as those designated by dashed lines 12 and 13, thus effectively dividing the sheet into three sections or portions. They include a top portion 15, a first portion 16 which extends downwardly from portion 15 and a second portion 17 which extends from portion 16.
  • top portion 15 serves at least as part of the front face of the envelope to be formed while portions 16 and 17 serve as the envelope sides or walls.
  • top portion 15 During printing, only unclassified or information which is not to be kept secret is printed on the top portion 15. Such information may consist of the customer's name, e.g. John Doe, and his address. However as to portions 16 and 17, thereon and only on their front faces 10f pertinent classified information, such as a bank statement or the like, is printed. Such printed information is designated by dashed lines 20. Preferably, for purposes to be explained the printing is not performed over the entire width W of the sheet. Rather margins of widths w are provided from edges 10el and 10e2 of each of portions 16 and 17.
  • adhesive matter 22 is applied to the margin areas w along the two opposite edges 10el and 10e2 of one or both of the sheet portions 16 and 17. Then portions 16 and 17 are folded onto one another, as shown in Figs. 2A and 2B. Thus any printed information is enclosed between the two sheet portions.
  • the adhesive matter 22, e.g. a thin layer of quick drying glue may be used to glue the two portions to one another.
  • top portion 15 adhesive matter 22 is applied either to its back face and/or to the top of the back face of portion 16, so that as the latter mentioned portions are folded onto one another, as shown in Figs. 2A and 2B, the top portion 15 becomes glued onto the back face of portion 16.
  • top portion 15 it forms at least part of the front face of the envelope and contains the addressee's name, e.g. John Doe and/or the address, both of which have been printed out automatically by a computer printer on the front face 10f of sheet 10, on which all other information was printed.
  • top portion 15 forms only part of the envelope front face. This is done to save paper, by using part of the back face of portion 16 as the rest of the envelope front face.
  • a stamp 26 which is generally of the machine printable type, is applied to the back face of portion 16 of the paper 10 either before the printing, folding and glueing operation or thereafter.
  • top portion 15 may be long or high enough to form the entire envelope front face. In such a case the step 26 could be applied automatically at an appropriate corner on the front face 10f of top portion 15.
  • the single sheet of paper 10 once information 20 is printed thereon on the front face thereof, e.g. 10f, it is foldable and together with adhesive matter 22 is converted into envelope 25 (Fig. 3).
  • the envelope need not be addressed since the addressee and/or his address were already automatically printed on the paper top portion 15 which becomes at least part of the envelope front face.
  • the envelope bottom end as described so far, it is open.
  • the edges of the envelope 25 are sealed by the glue 22 which secures portions 16 and 17 to one another.
  • the envelope can be. opened by prying the edges of portions 16 and 17 apart.
  • rows of perforations 30 are formed near the opposite edges of the envelope spaced distances w therefrom.
  • the bottom end of the envelope may be desirable to seal the bottom end of the envelope. This can be achieved by applying a thin layer of glue along the bottom edge of paper portion 17 and/or along the top end of portion 16, below fold 12, so that when these edges are pressed against one another they adhere to one another.
  • an elongated U-shaped slot 35 is punched near the bottom of the top portion 15, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the fold 12 represents the open end of the slot, thus forming a flap 40.
  • Adhesive matter such as a layer of glue 22 is applied to the flap.
  • the flap 40 is folded in a direction opposite to that of the folding of the rest of the top portion 15. It is pressed against the back of paper portion 17 near its outer edge as shown in Fig. 4, wherein the thicknesses of the various paper portions have been exaggerated for explanatory purposes.
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the envelope of Fig. 5 along lines 4-4.
  • n is an integer.
  • n was equal to 2.
  • the n sheet portions are folded so that when n is greater than 2, e.g. 3, all the sheets, except for the first and second, counting down from the top portion 15, are folded between the first and second portions 16 and 17 to be sealed therebetween.
  • Fig. 6 is a simple example in which the sheet is folded to include, in addition to the top portion 15 and portions 16 and 17, a third portion 18 which extends from portion 17. When folded, it is located between portions 16 and 17, as shown.
  • a stub or card are enclosed, indicating any remittance which may be due.
  • the customer is asked to return the amount due together with the card.
  • the card typically includes machine-readable data and other information, e.g. customer account for machine processing the remitted sum when returned with the card.
  • the cards are designed with one or more sharp edges so that the cards can be properly stacked and fed automatically through a card reader or the like.
  • Fig. 7 is similar to Fig. 1, except that a card-like portion 45, hereafter referred to as the card 45 extends from the last portion, e.g. portion 17. Initially it is an integral part of sheet 10. All the information, typically printed on a conventional card is also printed on card 45. In Fig. 7 numeral 47 designates dashed lines which represent such information, which is often machine-readable.
  • a row of perforations, represented by numeral 48 is formed along the top of card 45 and the bottom end of portion 17. Then a fold is formed therealong.
  • the card Prior to forming perforations 48 or thereafter, the card is cut so that its length designated X is preferably sligyhtly less than the distance between perforations 30. That is (W-2w)> X.
  • the card is also cut to have one and preferably two sharp edges such as 51 and 52 forming an angle a typically of 90°. These sharp edges are often required to facilitate the processing of the card 45 by a machine, when returned to the addressor.
  • the card is folded between portions 16 and 17 and the rest of the sheet is folded and sealed to form the secured envelope, as herebefore described.
  • the envelope is received and opened by tearing off its edges along perforations 30 and flap 40 the sheet is unfolded, thus revealing the statement information on portions 16 and 17 as well as the card.
  • the card 45 is easily detachable from the rest of the sheet, which the customer keeps, by detaching it along perforations 48. As long as edges 51 and/or 52 are unmarred the card can be machine processed when returned to the addressor. It should thus be apparent that in accordance with the present invention the single sheet 10 on which all matter is printable on one side is foldable and securable to form, not only a secure envelope, but also include a returnable card as an integral part thereof.

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Cited By (7)

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GB2180501A (en) * 1985-09-20 1987-04-01 Promotions Impressions Limited Personalised data carrying assembly and method and apparatus for forming same
US4928875A (en) * 1987-08-05 1990-05-29 Hutchinson Wilbur P Eccentric "Z" fold mailer with nesting capabilities
US5402934A (en) * 1993-09-08 1995-04-04 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Z-fold mailer with window and return envelope
US5419590A (en) * 1992-07-30 1995-05-30 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Pressure seal delivery note
US6152361A (en) * 1999-03-01 2000-11-28 Goodwin Graphics, Inc. Z-fold business mailer
GB2442946A (en) * 2006-10-20 2008-04-23 Thomas Wrigley Laser printable self-mailer
US7975904B2 (en) 2005-10-19 2011-07-12 Infoseal, Llc Intermediate for Z-fold business mailer

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB191106078A (en) * 1911-03-10 1911-11-23 Lamson Paragon Supply Co Ltd Improvements in Sheets or Paper for Letters, Statements or the like suitable for Passing through the Post without Envelopes.
GB164150A (en) * 1920-03-08 1921-06-08 John William Embleton Improvement in combined note or like paper and envelope therefor
CH223314A (de) * 1942-03-05 1942-09-15 Reinli Max Ohne Briefumschlag versendbarer Geschäfts-Briefbogen.
FR893657A (fr) * 1943-01-14 1944-08-11 Sarl L Danel Pli postal du type carte-lettre
CH238155A (de) * 1945-01-10 1945-06-30 Eichmueller Josef Kartenbrief.
FR922257A (fr) * 1945-12-28 1947-06-04 Lettre-enveloppe perfectionnée
FR955114A (de) * 1950-01-10
CH551290A (de) * 1973-10-02 1974-07-15 Borer Hans Peter Falt- und verschliessbare, eineinhalbteilige illustrierte postkarte.
DE3038687A1 (de) * 1980-10-14 1982-05-27 Wilhelm Pfau GmbH & Co, 7100 Heilbronn Rueckumschlag mit formularsatz

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR955114A (de) * 1950-01-10
GB191106078A (en) * 1911-03-10 1911-11-23 Lamson Paragon Supply Co Ltd Improvements in Sheets or Paper for Letters, Statements or the like suitable for Passing through the Post without Envelopes.
GB164150A (en) * 1920-03-08 1921-06-08 John William Embleton Improvement in combined note or like paper and envelope therefor
CH223314A (de) * 1942-03-05 1942-09-15 Reinli Max Ohne Briefumschlag versendbarer Geschäfts-Briefbogen.
FR893657A (fr) * 1943-01-14 1944-08-11 Sarl L Danel Pli postal du type carte-lettre
CH238155A (de) * 1945-01-10 1945-06-30 Eichmueller Josef Kartenbrief.
FR922257A (fr) * 1945-12-28 1947-06-04 Lettre-enveloppe perfectionnée
CH551290A (de) * 1973-10-02 1974-07-15 Borer Hans Peter Falt- und verschliessbare, eineinhalbteilige illustrierte postkarte.
DE3038687A1 (de) * 1980-10-14 1982-05-27 Wilhelm Pfau GmbH & Co, 7100 Heilbronn Rueckumschlag mit formularsatz

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2180501A (en) * 1985-09-20 1987-04-01 Promotions Impressions Limited Personalised data carrying assembly and method and apparatus for forming same
US4928875A (en) * 1987-08-05 1990-05-29 Hutchinson Wilbur P Eccentric "Z" fold mailer with nesting capabilities
US5419590A (en) * 1992-07-30 1995-05-30 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Pressure seal delivery note
US5402934A (en) * 1993-09-08 1995-04-04 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Z-fold mailer with window and return envelope
US6152361A (en) * 1999-03-01 2000-11-28 Goodwin Graphics, Inc. Z-fold business mailer
US7975904B2 (en) 2005-10-19 2011-07-12 Infoseal, Llc Intermediate for Z-fold business mailer
GB2442946A (en) * 2006-10-20 2008-04-23 Thomas Wrigley Laser printable self-mailer

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