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US 4,454,980 AGranted
Return biller envelope book
OwnerOliver Poehlerinventor
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Abstract
A number of bill paying envelopes for use in making periodic payments are removably affixed to a continuous prefolded web which carries the envelopes through a computer controlled printer wherein confidential account information is printed on the inside surface of the envelope flap, the web being subsequently folded to provide a flat booklet of said envelopes.
Claims7
A return biller, comprising
- a carrier web having transversely extending parallel fold lines spaced apart by a predetermined distance,
- a plurality of bill payment envelopes each having a pocket portion and a flap portion foldable along a fold line between said portions over the rear face of said pocket portion and sealable thereto,
- said flap portions of said envelopes lying flat against one face of said carrier web with repective ones of said flap portions being removably affixed to said carrier web between alternate ones only of said fold lines on said carrier web, with the inner face of said flap exposed,
- said pocket portions of said envelopes lying flat against said one face of said carrier web in non-overlapping relationship with the adjacent flap portions of the other envelopes with the front faces of said envelopes facing said carrier web, and
- said fold lines on said envelopes being parallel to said fold lines on said carrier web, and
- said carrier web being folded back and forth along said fold lines with the flap portions only of said envelopes sandwiched between adjacent faces of said carrier web.
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A method of making a return biller, comprising the steps of
- providing a plurality of pre-addressed envelopes each having a flap portion adapted to be folded over the rear face of a pocket portion,
- affixing a narrow band at the distal edges of said flaps to spaced locations on a carrier web with the inner faces of said flaps and the rear faces of said pocket portions facing away from said carrier web,
- passing said carrier web and said envelopes through a printer and printing particular account information on the exposed faces of said envelopes, and
- folding said carrier web back and forth over said envelopes to provide a book of bill payment envelopes respectively having said account information printed on a location thereof which is hidden from view when said flap portion is folded over the rear face of said pocket portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.