Overnight package
AssigneeFederal Express Corporation
InventorDavid B. Shoenfeld
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Abstract
An overnight package for delivery of letters. The package consists of a ply of paperboard and a ply of film joined to the paperboard to create a pouch in which an envelope bearing the shipper's address and the recipient's address may be inserted. The pouch has a pressure-sensitive sealing flap to securely enclose the letter within the pouch, thereby forming the shipping package.
Claims2
The method of handling express envelopes in a two ply package formed of a backing member and a front ply, a substantial portion of which is a transparent film,
- entering the recipient's name on a manifest having a pressure-sensitive tracer label mounted on it;
- addressing with the recipient's name and address an envelope having a shipper's address thereon;
- securing said tracer label to said envelope or package;
- and inserting said envelope in said package with said address and label visible through said film.
The method of handling express envelopes in a two ply package formed of a backing member and a front ply, a substantial portion of which is formed of transparent film;
- addressing with the recipient's name and address an envelope having the shipper's address thereon;
- adhesively securing a strip having a tracer bar code thereon onto said envelope or package;
- inserting said envelope into said package;
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- delivering said envelope to the shipping company.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.