Envelope having ring binder holes
OwnerTimothy J. Flynn, Patrick J. Flynn +1inventors
InventorsTimothy J. Flynn, Patrick J. Flynn, Kenneth A. Kritz
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Abstract
A versatile envelope assembly that can be printed upon either before or after the resulting envelope is assembled. The resulting envelope can be used to store a wide variety of items, including compact discs and digital video discs, and can also provide a label for labeling the items contained in the envelope. The label is specially designed to extend the life of compact discs and digital video discs when applied to these items. Furthermore, the resulting envelope can be used as a mailing envelope, a filing pocket, a ring-binder pocket, or for any other suitable use.
Claims20
A label comprising:
- a face sheet;
- a shape on a first surface of the face sheet;
- a removable panel within the shape;
- an adhesive coating at least partially covering a second surface of the face sheet;
- a protective panel to which the adhesive coating adheres significantly less than to the face sheet;
- at least one fold line extending across a first surface of the shape;
- the face sheet having a first hole within the shape at a first distance from the fold line;
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- the face sheet having a second hole within the shape at a second distance from the fold line, across the fold line from the first hole.
An envelope assembly comprising:
- a sheet of material;
- a shape on a first surface of the sheet of material defining a primary panel, a secondary panel, and at least two flaps adjacent the primary panel near one of a plurality of edges of the primary panel;
- the primary panel having a first hole;
- the secondary panel having a second hole;
- a removable panel within the shape;
- an adhesive coating at least partially covering a second surface of the sheet of material;
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- a protective panel to which the adhesive coating adheres significantly less than to the sheet of material.
An envelope comprising:
- a primary panel;
- a secondary panel adjacent an edge of the primary panel;
- the primary panel having at least one first hole;
- the secondary panel having at least one second hole aligned with the at least one first hole;
- a removable panel located on a surface of the primary panel;
- an adhesive coating at least partially covering a surface of the removable panel;
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- a protective panel to which the adhesive coating adheres significantly less than the removable panel adheres to the adhesive coating, and at least a portion of the protective panel being at least one of transparent and translucent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.