US 5,476,420 A · All in one mailer structure

Abstract

A mailer structure designed to accommodate sending, through postal services, a first class letter and through components associated with the subject mailer structure, the return of a domestic return receipt in accordance with postal requirements for certified letters, return receipt requested. The subject mailer structure includes a base sheet having a first and second portions removably connected to one another by a seam preferably defined by a perforated construction to allow separation of the first and second portions. The second portion is dimensionally larger than the first portion and includes a front surface and rear surface having zones formed thereon for the individual printing or writing of a personalized message, the identification of the article being sent, and space for the address of the addressee. The rear surface may include a pre-printed standardized or generalized message thereon. The second portion separable from the first portion includes on opposite surfaces the components associated with the domestic return receipt and the return address to which the return receipt is to be sent. In an alternative embodiment, the mail structure is composed of two sheets so that a "Receipt for Certified Mail" is made simultaneously with the base sheet when typed up. The mail structure will preferably be fan folded and have drive pin holes along opposite side edges for a pin drive equipped word processor.

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Dependent claims

A base sheet comprising:

a) a first portion and a second portion each having a front surface and a rear surface,
b) a separating seam means to segregate and removably connect said first and second portions to one another,
c) said front surface of said first portion including a postal service return receipt zone formed thereon and said rear surface of said first portion including a preprinted return address indicia and a prepaid postage indicia formed thereon,
d) said front surface of said second portion including a postal zone, an address zone spaced from said postal zone, a personalized message zone between said postal zone and said address zone, and an article number box zone formed thereon, said second portion having spaced top and bottom longitudinal extending edges, and
e) said personalized message zone including a highlighted surface adapted to be visually distinguishable from a remainder of said front surface of said second portion, and said rear surface of said second portion including indicia defined by a pre-printed, generalized message.

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In combination, a first class mail letter and a return receipt, said combination comprising:

a rectangular sheet having a front and rear surface, upper and lower opposite longitudinal edges and opposite right and left end edges and of a thickness in a range of between about 0.005" and about 0.015" of a height of about 5.5" and a longitudinal width in a range of between about 9" and about 10.5",
a perforated line extending between the longitudinal edges of said sheet substantially 3.5" from a first opposite end edge of the front surface of said sheet,
said perforated line separating the sheet into a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being adjacent said first opposite end edge of the front surface and said second portion being adjacent second opposite end edge, opposed to said first opposite end edge of said front surface,
indicia on the first portion front surface comprising a postal service return receipt including an article number box and a space to be signed by the addressee of the combination,
said second portion of said front surface having
a postal zone on the front surface adjacent the juncture of the upper edge and right side edge of the front surface,
an article number box indicia defining an article number box to receive a number corresponding to the article number box of said postal service return, said article being adjacent the upper edge on said front surface and being adjacent the postal zone and between the postal zone and the perforation line,
an address zone adjacent a lower longitudinal edge,
a return address zone adjacent the article number box and
a personalized message zone between the article number box and the address zone,
said rear surface of said first portion bearing indicia adjacent the lower longitudinal edge of said sheet at the juncture of said lower longitudinal edge and the perforation line with prepaid postal indicia and adjacent the first opposite end and extending between the upper and lower longitudinal edges,
said rear surface of said second portion having indicia comprising, a generalized message arranged between the upper and lower longitudinal edges and said second opposite end and perforation line,
said second portion having said front surface formed with a dye applied thereto in a Pantone color defining said article number box and said personalized message zone.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

All in one mailer structure

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