Composite recording materials, facsimile instruction labels and method of delivering hard copies of confidential messages using the same

Flexible composite material upon which a facsimile message transmitted by a sender and having a confidential and non-confidential message portion, can be recorded at a facsimile receiver, said flexible composite material comprising:

• a recording sheet upon which a facsimile message can be recorded, said recording sheet having a predetermined width and a longitudinal extent;
• an essentially opaque cover sheet disposed over a substantial portion of said recording sheet, said cover sheet having a plurality of transversely disposed perforation lines spaced apart along the longitudinal extent of said recording sheet, each adjacent pair of transversely disposed perforation lines defining a cover sheet strip which can be selectively removed to reveal a corresponding portion of said recording sheet, wherein one or more of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable non-confidential recording area and permit the recording of said non-confidential message portion upon said non-confidential message recording area, and wherein a first plurality of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable confidential recording area and permit the recording of said confidential message portion upon said confidential message recording area, while concealing said confidential message portion until one or more of said first plurality of said cover sheet strips are removed from over said confidential message recording area;
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• releasable adhesion means disposed between at least a portion of said recording sheet and each said cover sheet strip, to releasably secure together each said cover sheet strip and said recording sheet.

Flexible composite material upon which a facsimile message transmitted by a sender and having a confidential and non-confidential message portion, can be recorded at a facsimile receiver, said flexible composite material comprising:

• a recording sheet upon which a facsimile message can be recorded, said recording sheet having a predetermined width and a longitudinal extent;
• an essentially opaque cover sheet disposed over a substantial portion of said recording sheet, said cover layer having a plurality of transversely disposed perforation lines spaced apart along the longitudinal extent of said recording sheet, each adjacent pair of transversely disposed perforation lines defining a cover sheet strip which can be selectively removed to reveal a corresponding portion of said recording sheet, wherein one or more of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable non-confidential recording area and permit the recording of said non-confidential message portion upon said non-confidential message recording area, and wherein a first plurality of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable confidential recording area and permit the recording of said confidential message portion upon said confidential message recording area, while concealing said confidential message portion until one or more of said first plurality of said cover sheet strips are removed from over said confidential message recording area;
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• releasable adhesive layer disposed between at least a portion of said recording sheet and each said cover sheet strip, to releasably secure together each said cover sheet strip and said recording sheet in such a manner that one or more of said cover sheet strips covering said non-confidential messages recording area can be firstly removed from said recording sheet without adversely effecting said non-confidential message portion or revealing said confidential message portion, and that one or more of said first plurality of cover sheet strips covering said confidential message recording area can be secondly removed from said recording sheet without adversely effecting said confidential message portion recorded in said confidential message recording area.

Flexible composite material upon which a facsimile message transmitted by a sender and having a confidential and non-confidential message portion, can be recorded at a facsimile receiver, said flexible composite material comprising:

• a recording sheet upon which a facsimile message can be recorded, said recording sheet having a predetermined width and a longitudinal extent;
• an essentially opaque cover sheet disposed over a substantial portion of said recording sheet, said cover sheet having a plurality of transversely disposed perforation lines spaced apart along the longitudinal extent of said recording sheet, each adjacent pair of transversely disposed perforation lines defining a cover sheet strip which can be selectively removed to reveal a corresponding portion of said recording sheet, wherein one or more of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable non-confidential recording area and permit the recording of said non-confidential message portion upon said non-confidential message recording area, and wherein a first plurality of said cover sheet strips consecutively arranged are capable of concealing a sender-definable confidential recording area and permit the recording of said confidential message portion upon said confidential message recording area, while concealing said confidential message portion until one or more of said first plurality of said cover sheet strips are removed from over said confidential message recording area;
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• releasable adhesive means for releasably adhering each said cover sheet strip and said recording sheet in such a manner that one or more of said cover layer strips covering said non-confidential message recording area can be firstly removed from said recording sheet without adversely effecting said non-confidential message portion, and that one or more of said first plurality of cover sheet strips covering said confidential message recording area can be secondly removed from said recording sheet without adversely effecting said confidential message portion recorded in said confidential message recording area;
• said recording sheet including a thermally sensitive layer upon which said facsimile message can be thermally recorded, and said cover sheet being sufficiently thermally transmissive so as to permit thermal printing of said facsimile message upon said thermally sensitive sheet.