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US 3,999,700 AGranted
Credit card mailer
OwnerHugh John Chalmersinventor
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Abstract
Multiple embodiments of a credit card mailer or mailing assembly including an envelope, a carrying member having an adhesive area thereupon for releasably engaging one or more credit cards in order to effectively immobilize the credit cards within the envelope and a wrapping member for enclosing the carrying member and masking the presence of the credit cards within the envelope.
Claims12
A credit card mailer for containing at least one credit card, comprising in assembly
- a rectangular envelope having a length and width,
- a credit card carrying member of rectangular configuration having a length generally equal to the length of the envelope and a width smaller than the width of the envelope, the carrying member having an area of adhesive for releasably securing a plurality of credit cards and preventing movement of each card within the envelope, the adhesive area being formed as a band extending substantially along the length of the carrying member, the length of the carrying member being sufficient to receive a plurality of credit cards in releasable engagement with the adhesive band,
- flap means secured to at least one end of the carrying member being foldable into overlapping engagement with the carrying member and the adhesive band, the length of the flap means being equivalent to a dimension of at least one credit card so that the exposed area of the carrying member and adhesive band is also equivalent to a dimension of at least one credit card, and
- a foldable wrapping member also having a rectangular configuration, the wrapping member being formed with one fold line to divide it into two rectangular panels of substantially equal size, each panel of the wrapping member having a length generally equal to the length of the carrying member and a width also approximately equal to the width of the carrying member,
- the carrying member being adapted to receive one or more credit cards in releasable engagement upon its adhesive area and enclosable by the wrapping member, the combination of the carrying member including the wrapping member and at least one credit card being insertable within the envelope wherein the adhesive upon the carrying member effectively immobilizes each credit card therein against movement within the envelope, the carrying member and wrapping member in combination tending to mask the presence of each credit card within the mailer assembly.
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A credit card mailer for containing at least one credit card, comprising in assembly
- a rectangular envelope having a length and width,
- a credit card carrying member of rectangular configuration having a length generally equal to the length of the envelope and a width smaller than the width of the envelope, the carrying member having areas of adhesive upon opposite surfaces thereof for respectively receiving one or more credit cards in releasable engagement therewith and preventing movement of each credit card within the envelope, and
- a foldable wrapping member also having a rectangular configuration, the wrapping member being formed with one fold line to divide it into two rectangular panels of substantially equal size, each panel of the wrapping member having a length generally equal to the length of the carrying member and a width also approximately equal to the width of the carrying member,
- the carrying member being adapted to receive the credit card in releasable engagement upon its adhesive area and enclosable by the wrapping member, the combination of the carrying member including the credit card and the wrapping member being insertable within the envelope wherein the adhesive upon the carrying member effectively immobilizes the credit card against movement within the envelope, the carrying member and wrapping member in combination tending to mask the presence of the credit card within the mailer assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.