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US 10,479,558 B2Granted
Shipping statement envelope
OwnerC. Peter Redmoninventor
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Abstract
An improved shipping statement envelope in disclosed which has been sized and configured for use with automated equipment which functions to automatically fold and insert, or stuff, shipping documents into the envelope. A transparent portion on the forward surface of the envelope permits address information and the like provided on the shipping documents to readily inspected from the exterior of the envelope. A pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on a rear surface of the envelope can be exposed to permit the envelope to be closed, and permits the envelope and its contents to be easily secured to an associated package.
Claims12
A shipping statement envelope, comprising:
- a folded envelope body including a front panel and a rear panel joined to each other at opposite side edges and a bottom edge, and defining an access opening at an upper edge of said rear panel for access to an interior of said envelope body,
- said front panel including a transparent portion,
- said front panel including a flap portion which extends upwardly beyond said upper edge of said rear panel and which can be folded around a fold line into partially overlapping relationship with said rear panel for closing said access opening;
- a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on said rear panel, said flap portion of said front panel being adhered to said adhesive layer when said flap portion is folded to close said access opening;
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- a release layer applied to said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, so that after a shipping statement is placed in the interior of said envelope body, said release layer can be removed to expose said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and said flap portion folded and adhered to said adhesive layer to close said access opening while leaving exposed an area of the pressure-sensitive adhesive lever between the flap portion and the bottom edge of the folded envelope body, said exposed area of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer thereafter usable to engage an associated package to thereby maintain the shipping statement envelope on an associated package for shipment with the transparent portion exposed for viewing.
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A shipping statement envelope, comprising:
- a folded envelope body including a front panel and a rear panel joined to each other at opposite side edges and a bottom edge, and defining an access opening at an upper edge of said rear panel for access to an interior of said envelope body,
- said front panel including a flap portion which extends upwardly beyond said upper edge of said rear panel and which can be folded into partially overlapping relationship with said rear panel for closing said access opening;
- a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on said rear panel, said flap portion of said front panel being adhered to said adhesive layer when said flap portion is folded at a fold line to close said access opening;
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- a release layer applied to said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, so that after a shipping statement is placed in the interior of said envelope body, said release layer can be removed to expose said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and said flap portion folded and adhered to said adhesive layer to close said access opening while leaving exposed an area of the pressure-sensitive adhesive between the flap portion and the bottom edge of the folded envelope body, said exposed area of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer thereafter usable to engage an associated package to thereby maintain the shipping statement envelope on an associated package for shipment with the front panel exposed for viewing.
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A method of affixing a shipping statement to a package, comprising the steps of:
- providing a shipping statement envelope comprising:
- a folded envelope body including a front panel and a rear panel joined to each other at opposite side edges and a bottom edge, and defining an access opening at an upper edge of said rear panel for access to an interior of said envelope body,
- wherein said front panel includes a transparent portion,
- said front panel including a flap portion which extends upwardly beyond said upper edge of said rear panel and which can be folded into partially overlapping relationship with said rear panel for closing said access opening,
- a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on said rear panel, so that said flap portion of said front panel can be folded and adhered to said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to close said access opening, and
- a release layer applied to said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer,
- the pressure-sensitive adhesive located on the rear panel so that with the flap folded and adhered to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer an area of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer remains exposed between the flip portion and the bottom edge of the folded envelope body;
- inserting a shipping statement into the interior of said envelope body;
- removing said release layer to expose said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer;
- folding said flap portion to close said access opening and adhere said flap portion to said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer;
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- securing said shipping statement envelope and the shipping statement therein to an associated package for shipment by adhering the exposed area of the pressure-sensitive adhesive to the associated package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.