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US 5,664,725 AGranted
Mailing form
AssigneeWalz Postal Solutions, Inc.
InventorGerard F. Walz
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Abstract
A multi-part mailing form has two superimposed sheets of material such as paper stock which are secured together in adhered areas by an adhesive layer between the sheets. The inner face of a lower sheet is coated with a non-adhesive material in certain areas so that the sheets are not adhered in these areas. The coated areas of the lower sheet correspond to detachable areas of the upper sheet which can be detached and secured to an item to be mailed. Sections of the form are separable from one another by cutting or by means of tear lines. One of the separable sections has imprinted indicia on the outer face of each sheet and includes a return postcard for confirming receipt of a mailed item.
Claims22
A mailing form, comprising:
- first and second superimposed sheets, each sheet having an inner face facing the other sheet and an outer face;
- the first sheet having a plurality of detachable areas which are detachable from the remainder of the first sheet, each detachable area having an adhesive backing facing said second sheet;
- the first and second sheets being permanently secured together over predetermined, adhered areas of said form;
- the second sheet having predetermined, non-adhered areas on its inner face which are aligned with the detachable areas of the first sheet, the non-adhered areas being covered with a non-adhesive coating on the inner face facing said first sheet;
- at least one portion of said form including one of said adhered areas being detachable from the remainder of the form to provide a predetermined mailing form part, each of the sheets having predetermined printed indicia on its outer face in said one adhered portion;
- the inner face of the first sheet being coated with a layer of adhesive material for securing the first sheet to the second sheet, the adhesive layer in said detachable areas comprising said adhesive backing;
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- the form having at least one tear line for detaching said one portion of the form from the remainder of the form, said portion including a pair of second tear lines extending perpendicular to said one tear line for detaching a part of said mailing form part from the remainder of said portion, and side strips on opposite sides of said portion outside said tear lines, the inner face of said second sheet being coated with non-adhesive material in said side strips.
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A mailing form, comprising:
- first and second superimposed sheets, each sheet having an inner face facing the other sheet and an outer face;
- a layer of adhesive material between the inner faces of said sheets;
- the inner face of the second sheet being coated with a non-adhesive material in predetermined coated areas of said inner face whereby the first sheet is adhered to the second sheet only in adhered areas outside said coated areas;
- the sheets having tear lines extending through both sheets whereby sections of the form can be separated from one another;
- the first sheet having tear lines extending through only the first sheet around predetermined non-adhered areas of the first sheet whereby said non-adhered areas can be detached from the remainder of the form, said non-adhered areas including labels for attaching to an item to be mailed;
- at least one of said separable form sections including an adhered area and comprising a predetermined mailing form part, each of said sheets having printed indicia on its outer face at least in said one form section;
- the form having a first tear line for detaching a portion of the form from the remainder of the form, said portion including said predetermined mailing form part and an additional part, said portion including at least three tear lines extending transverse to said first tear line, including a second tear line for detaching said additional part from said mailing form part, and a pair of tear lines for defining a central portion between said tear lines and side strips on opposite sides of said central portion outside said tear lines, the inner face of said second sheet being coated with non-adhesive material in said side strips.
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A mailing form, comprising:
- first and second superimposed sheets, each sheet having an inner face facing the other sheet and an outer face, the sheets being rectangular and having opposite side edges and opposite upper and lower edges;
- a layer of adhesive material coating the entire inner face of the first sheet;
- the first sheet having a plurality of detachable, nonadhered areas which are detachable from the remainder of the first sheet;
- the first and second sheets being permanently secured together over predetermined, adhered areas of the form;
- the second sheet having predetermined, non-adhered areas on its inner face which are aligned with said detachable areas of the first sheet, the non-adhered areas being covered with a non-adhesive coating, whereby the first sheet is permanently adhered to the second sheet only in areas outside said non-adhered areas;
- the first sheet having printed indicia on its outer face defining at least two separate form parts and a separation region between said form parts extending across the entire sheet between opposite edges of said sheet;
- one of said form parts including a mailing form portion for attachment to an item to be mailed, the mailing form portion including a central, return postcard and side strips on opposite sides of the central postcard, and having a pair of tear lines extending transverse to said separation region for separating each side strip from said return postcard;
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- the inner face of said second sheet being coated with non-adhesive material in said side strips.
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