US1667258A - Envelope - Google Patents

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April 24. 1928.

W. H. HOLLAR, JR ENVELOPE Filed April 7, 1926 we I w I, I Flam r x I? e: I L a; I I 1 I 4 I 3.9

INVENTOR' WILL/AM Ii HoumgJk.

Patented Apr. 24, 1928. I

WILLIAM H. HOLLAR, an, or DREXEL HILL; PENNSYLVANIA.

ENVELOPE.-

Applieation filed April '7, 1926. Serial No. 100,330.

It is the present practice for banking institutions to lease What are termed deposit boxes, to wit, small drawers provided with locks, which may be opened by keys furnished tothe lessees. Despite theusnal pre cautions; itis possible that such boxes may. be fraudulently opened by any employee .of the lessor who has had access to the keys before the delivery of thesame to the: lessee, and thus had an opportunity of making, or having made, a duplicate or duplicates of the same.

Therefore, the principal'objeet and effect of my invention is to provide an envelope with means so constructed and; arranged that it may be utilized to seclude any such original key, from the time of itsmanufacture until its delivery to the lessee. In the form of my invention hereinafter described, such an envelope includes a flexible member extending within the envelope inclosure, of such character as to engage the key therein, and havingits ends presented exterior to the envelope Where they may be imbedded ina seal of frangible material; so that although such key secluding means is in no sense burglar proof, it is of such character as to manifest if any attempt has. been made to open it, and the fact thatit has not been tampered with, affords assurance to the lessee that no unauthorized person has had the opportunity of making adu'plicate of the key or keys thus secluded.

My invention includes the various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

Insaid drawings; Fig-.Iia a perspective view of an envelope. embodying myinvention in its initial form and condition, before use.

Fig. II is a perspective view of an envelope conveniently embodying .myinvention in its normal sealed condition.

Fig. IIIis a longitudinal, sectional. view of said envelope in its sealed condition shown in Fig. II. 1

Fig. IV is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. V is a longitudinal sectional view of another modified form of my invention.

Fig. VI is a longitudinal sectional view of another modified form of my invention.

Fig. VII is a plan view of theform ofmy invention shown in Fig. VI, showing the disposition of the key holding means with reference to the'seal. 1

Ineach of said forms of .my invention, the envelope 1 is conveniently formed of av primarily plain sheet of heavy tough paper having inner flaps 2 and 3 and outer flaps t.

' and 5; said fiapsQ, 3, and i being stuck together with suitable adhesive material and said flap 5, being leftcpen as in Fz'g. I, but provided with dried adhesive n'iaterial. '7 at the edge. thereofwhich may be moistened to cause it to adhere to the other .flaps in the closed position shownin the other figures.

Referring to the form of my invention shown in FigsI to III inclusive; the key holder 8 is conveniently formed of a strip of flexible sheet met'al,lfor instance, lead or similar dnctile material. Said holder has its end 9 extending through each of said flaps-'2, 3 and 4 which. have respective reg-v istered perforations 11 for the same. The. 01 her end 12 ofsaid holder 8 prin'iarilv eX- tends 11 arallel with the open flap. 5 of the envelope, .butfis adapted to be thrust through theperforation13 in said flap 5, sothat the keys 14; and 15 which are connected by the split key ring 16 extending through openings 17 therein may be attached to said holder by slipping said ring over said holder 8, between the latter and said flaps 2 and 3, as indicated in Fig. III. Thereupon, theend 12 of said holder-'8 may be thrust through said hole 13 in the flap 5; and saidl adhesive Ten. the flap h beingmoistened, said flap may be folded over and caused to adhere .to the flaps 2,3, and Jr, saidholder 8 being-correspondingly bent in that opera-tion. Thereupon, said end 9 of the holder 8 may be bent over the primarily frceqend of said flapb beneath the end .12 ofsaiitl'holder, and both ends 9 and {12 of said holder beuthen imbedded in sealing means, including a body of frangible material 19 such ordinary sealing ax, fused nponthe exterior of the envelope and. adherent thereto. I

It is, of course, to be understood that the construction and arrangement above described are such that it is necessaryto break said seal 19 to release said keys 14 and 15 from the envelope, and that the latter can.- not be ,openedto'aiford access to the keys without disrupting it; so that any attempt to tamper with the key inclosure described is manifested by the condition of the same.-

Iieferring to the form of my invention shown in Fig. IV, the key holder 21 is conveniently formed ofastrip of flexible sheet till material, for instance, lead, which has a T- head 22 formed therewith by, flattening a bight ofsaid strip. Said holder has lts ends 2%) and 2% extending through the openings tend the end 23 of said strip through an perforation 274m the flap 5. The free end of said flap 5 is then attached, to the envelope, by its adhesive coating? Said holder is then bent with its two "ends 23-andf24s parallel with the plane of the envelope and pressed against the outer'face thereof, and, said ends are then i'mbedded in sealing means including a body of frangible mate'- rial19 such asjordinary sealing' ivax, fused upontheexterior of tli envelope and adherent thereto; Ofcourse, such?construction and arrangement render it necessary to break said-seal-19-to'release said keys 16L and 15 from the holder 21, and the envelope cannot be? openedto afford access tosaid-keys with out;disrupting; it;

Referring to the form ofmy invention shown in'Fi'g. V; the key holderf29- is similar to said key holder'flhbut the T; head 30 thereof extends outside of the envelope 1 and the ends- 31- and 32 of said 'holder extend through thefopenings 17 in "the keys 1& and l 5,'witliin saidenvelope, holding said keys' beneatli the envelope fl'a'p 2-. Said ends extend thence through registered"perfo'ra tions 33in each otsaid flaps 2, 3, l and 5, Said-ends of; the holder '29,'ivhich were"priniarily straight'and at right angles'to its head-,are thrust thence through the regis tered perforations 33'. in the respective nvelope flaps fl; 13,4, and 5, and the freepend of thjeflat tei then attached, to 'tlieenirelope, by its"adhesiveco'atingfii Said eiidsf'of the, holder29 are theii ben't parallel with the ou'tcr faceof theenvelope andIimbedded in sealing means 19, such as above described; Of course, it is necessary to break said sealing meansor disrupt said envelope to release the keys frontsaidholder 29f Referring to the form of my invention shown inFigs. VI and VII, the key holder 35 is conveniently formed of a piece of cylindrical wire, primarily shaped like a hairpin. Sziid holder 3:) is thrust through the openings 17 in the keys 14 and 15, Said keys are-then'plac'ed Within} the envelope inclosure and the ends el -saidholde1y35 thrust thence outwardly through the registered perforations36in the flaps 2, 3, l, and 5 of said envelope.- The tree end ot' said'fiap 5 is then attached to the envelope by and hesive 7 and the ends-38 and- 39 of said holder 35- are bent parallel with the plane latter, ill such position as to directly en-i gage an article w th nthe envelope, hold: the flaps of the envelope together and in such pv tioiras to be imbedded in sealingmeans exteriorlo the envelope. Therefore, I 'do not desireto limit myselt' to thd precise deails oi'-constlruction, arrangement, or inethod of-use of; my invention above described, as it is obvious thatvarious modifications may be made therein, Without de 'j'arting from the essential features otiny invention, asldefined in 'the" appended claims.

I, claim: 1-. The combination with anenvelope formed oi fle xible sheet material, comprising overlapped and adherent flaps and nor; mally open; only at one edge aiidft'here provided-with a closure flap; of; a nietallickey holder including a strip of sliee't inet'alfiin cluding a bight extending within 'tlieeiivelope inclosure and adapted to 3 there engage a key, one end of said holdr extendi g out Wardly throiigh registered perforatiens in said overlapped flaps, independently of said closure flap, and the other'end of said-holder extending through a perforation in said closure flap ;'sa'idfirst end cream holder being bent over said closure flap, beneatlr'sai'd other end; and sealing means including a body ot 'frangible material fused-upon the exterior of the envelope, and adherent;thereto, ai'idinibedding both endsof said holder; whereby it is necesslaify to"break said? a] to release said key't-rom sid inclosu're 2. The combination with an envelope formed of; flexiblesheet material; including a normally open closure flap;of akey holder including aflexible strip forming a tight extending Within the envelope iiic'losure' and adapted to there hold-a key; one end otsaid holder extending outwardly through a, perforation in said envelope, independentlyof said closure flap, and the other endof said holder extending through a perfoiationin said closure flap; ands'ealingineanslinclud ing a body of -frangible n'iat'er ial fused! upon the exterior of the'envelope', andiadhe fent thereto, and imbedding both ends ofsaid holder; wh erel'iy it is necessary to 'hieaksjaid seal to release said-key fromsaidinclosure.

3. The combination With e velope formed of flexible' sheet material, including a normally open closure flap-rota keyliold Hill er including a flexible metallic member extending Within the envelope inclosnre and adapted to there hold a key; both ends of said metallicv member extending exterior to said envelope; and sealing means including a body of frangible material upon the exterior of the envelope, and. adherent thereto,

and imbedding both ends of said holder;

whereby it is necessary to break said seal 7 to release said keyfrom said inclosure.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name' at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 5th day of April, 1926.

XVILLIAM H. HOLLAR, JR.

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