US 5,236,121 AGranted

Textile envelopes, cards and the like and methods of manufacture

OwnerSandford L. Wollman, Lisa L. Wollmaninventors

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Abstract

A textile envelope comprises front and back panels formed of textile material having substantially the same peripheral shape, a sealing flap formed of textile material joined to a peripheral edge of the front panel, and a stiffener element situated between the front and back textile panels for stiffening at least one of the panels. A method of manufacturing a textile envelope includes the steps of situating a stiffener element between front and back panels formed of textile material, connecting overlying side regions of the front and back textile panels to each other, connecting a top region of the stiffener element to a top region of one of the front and back textile panels, and folding a sealing flap formed of textile material joined to a top edge of the front textile panel over the back textile panel.

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A textile envelope, comprising:

front and back panels formed of textile material having substantially the same peripheral shape as each other, said front and back textile panels having respective peripheral edge regions in opposed relationship with, and connected to, each other;
a sealing flap formed of textile material joined to a peripheral edge of said front panel, and defining a closure for an open end of said envelope;
means situated between, and affixed to at least one of, said front and back textile panels for stiffening at least one of said textile panels, said means comprising a substantially planar, self-supporting device having a peripheral shape substantially the same as said peripheral shape of said front and back textile panels;
each of said back textile panel an stiffener device having a top region, and wherein said top region of said back textile panel is connected to said top region of said stiffener device;
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a tuck flap formed of textile material joined to a top edge of said back textile panel, said tuck flap being folded over a top edge of said stiffener device and connected to said top region thereof.

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A textile envelope, comprising:

a front panel formed of textile material having top, bottom and side edges and peripheral edge regions corresponding thereto;
a back panel formed of textile material having top, bottom and side edges and peripheral edge regions corresponding thereto, said front and back textile panels joined at said bottom edges thereof;
a sealing flap formed of textile material joined to said top edge of said front panel;
means connected to said front and back panels for stiffening said panels and for providing a surface for indicia, said stiffening and indicia surface-providing means comprising a substantially planar, self-supporting stiffener device and including a first panel formed of paper material connected to said front textile panel, and a second panel formed of paper material connected to said back textile panel, said first and second paper panels functioning both to stiffen said textile panels and to provide a surface for indicia;
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wherein first side flaps of textile material joined to said side edges of said front textile panel are folded to overlie side regions of said first paper panel, second side flaps of textile material joined to said side edges of said back textile panel are folded to overlie side regions of said second paper panel, and a bottom flap of textile material joined to said top edge of said back textile panel folded to overlie a bottom edge of said second paper panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.