Tear-strip opening envelope apparatus

A tear-strip opening envelope apparatus for the protective maintenance of enclosures therewithin, in which said apparatus is configured for the facilitated closing, sealing, opening and emptying thereof, and for subsequent storage of enclosures as desired, said tear-strip opening envelope apparatus comprising:

• front panel means having a top and bottom side opposite one another;
• back panel means having a top and bottom side opposite one another, said back panel means being positionable in a substantially overlying relation to said front panel means,
• said front panel means and said back panel means being joined along at least a substantial portion of their respective bottom sides to define a contents enclosure region, with a remaining unjoined portion proximate to the respective top sides of both said front and back panel means defining a contents insertion region substantially opposite to said joined bottom sides;
• back panel tear-strip means operably emanating from said back panel means for covering at least a portion of said contents insertion region, said back panel tear-strip means being capable of being separated in a facilitated manner from said back panel means;
• top panel means operably emanating from the top side of said front panel means and covering at least a portion of said contents insertion region upon folding back of said top panel means over said front panel means;
• top panel tear-strip means operably positioned along at least a portion of said top panel means, said top panel tear-strip means being capable of being separated in a facilitated manner from said top panel means,
• said to panel tear-strip means being disposed at a position removed from said top side of said front panel means,
• said back panel tear-strip means and said top panel tear-strip means being positioned in substantially congruent overlying registry relative to each other upon juxtapositioning of said back and top panel means with both of said top and back panel means being folded over the front panel means prior to separation of said back and top panel tear-strip means from said back and top panel means respectively,
• said back panel tear-strip means and said top panel tear-strip means having adhesive means operably positioned between the overlying regions thereof, for restrainably affixing said back panel tear-strip means to said top panel tear-strip means, thereby sealing said top and back panel means to each other and, in turn, said envelope apparatus, with said enclosures therewithin, while simultaneously forming a reinforced multi-ply tear-strip member for facilitated opening of said envelope apparatus,
• said sealed envelope apparatus being openable by grasping said reinforced multi-ply tear-strip member at a first end thereof and pulling said first end across said apparatus until said reinforced multi-ply tear-strip member is separated from said apparatus to the extent needed to expose said enclosures for facilitated removal thereof, and
• said top panel means remaining substantially intact upon separation of said reinforced multi-ply tear-strip member from said apparatus.