Confidential information bearing article
AssigneeThe Standard Register Company
InventorsMark Dotson, William H. Mowry, William M. Saluke, A. Dale Lakes
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Abstract
A confidential information bearing article comprising a cover sheet adhered to a base sheet is provided which is capable of providing hidden confidential information to a recipient. Through the use of camouflage, obscuring, and opacifying and reflectivity increasing coatings, the paper used for the mailer becomes effectively opaque, and information printed on the inside of the article is substantially unreadable from the outside. The article includes an adhesive for securing the base sheet and cover sheet and perforations along the edges to assist the recipient in opening the article.
Claims59
A confidential information bearing article comprising a base sheet, a cover sheet overlying said base sheet, and an adhesive securing an inner surface of said cover sheet to an inner surface of said base sheet such that said cover sheet and base sheet are readily separable, said base sheet or said cover sheet having indicia on at least one of their respective inner surfaces, said article including means for rendering said indicia substantially unreadable through said article, said means comprising:
- (1) a camouflage pattern on the respective outer surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet;
- (2) means for obscuring said camouflage pattern;
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- (3) means for increasing the opacity and reflectivity of said respective outer surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet.
A confidential information bearing article comprising a single sheet having a first half portion and a second half portion wherein said first half portion is adapted to be folded over onto said second half portion to form respective inner surfaces of a folded sheet, and an adhesive on at least one of said first and second half portions adapted to secure said respective half portions of said folded sheet such that said first half portion and said second half portion are readily separable, said first half portion or said second half portion having indicia on at least one inner surface of said sheet, and said article construction including means for rendering said indicia substantially unreadable through said article, said means comprising:
- (1) a camouflage pattern on the outer surface of said sheet;
- (2) means for obscuring said camouflage pattern;
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- (3) means for increasing the opacity and reflectivity of said outer surface of said sheet.
A confidential information bearing article comprising a continuous form having a left half portion and a right half portion wherein said left half portion is adapted to be folded over onto said right half portion to form respective inner surfaces of a folded sheet, and an adhesive on at least one of said left and right half portions adapted to secure said respective half portions of said sheet such that said left half portion and said right half portion are readily separable, at least one of said left half portion and said right half portion having indicia on at least one inner surface thereof, and article including means for rendering said indicia substantially unreadable through said article, said means comprising:
- (1) a camouflage pattern on the surface of said continuous form opposite said inner surfaces;
- (2) means for obscuring said camouflage pattern;
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- (3) means for increasing the opacity and reflectivity of said respective back surface of said continuous form.
A confidential information bearing article comprising a base sheet, a cover sheet overlying said base sheet, an adhesive securing an inner surface of said cover sheet to an inner surface of said base sheet such that said cover sheet and base sheet are readily separable, and an indicia-bearing sheet positioned between said respective inner surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet, said article including means for rendering said indicia on said indicia-bearing sheet substantially unreadable through said article, said means comprising:
- (1) a camouflage pattern on the respective outer surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet;
- (2) means for obscuring said camouflage pattern;
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- (3) means for increasing the opacity and reflectivity of said respective outer surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet.
A confidential information bearing article comprising a base sheet, a cover sheet overlying said base sheet, and an adhesive securing an inner surface of said cover sheet to an inner surface of said base sheet such that said cover sheet and base sheet are readily separable, said base sheet and said cover sheet having indicia on at least one of their respective inner surfaces, said article including means for rendering said sheets substantially unreadable through said article, said means comprising:
- (1) a camouflage pattern on the respective inner surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet;
- (2) means for obscuring said camouflage pattern;
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- (3) means for increasing the opacity and reflectivity of said respective inner surfaces of said base sheet and said cover sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.