Bend and tear postcard with pocket
OwnerUvalda L. Jordaninventor
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Abstract
A bend and tear postcard with pocket, having flaps 1 extending from an interior graphics side and an exterior graphics side of a postcard. The flaps fold inwards toward the interior graphics side at fold of flaps. Flaps extend from the interior graphics side and the exterior graphics side of the postcard, the flaps fold inwards toward the interior graphics side. Flaps extending from the interior graphics side and the exterior graphics side of the postcard, the flaps fold inwards toward the interior graphics side and are glued to a glue area of the interior graphics side. A peelable adhesive strip or glue adheres to a bend and tear-away closure.
Claims15
A mailer for mailing media, comprising:
- an address side configured to have a mailing address written thereon, said address side having an address-side periphery;
- a graphics side having a printable area formed thereon, said graphics side being congruent to said address side, said graphics side having a graphics-side periphery, said graphics-side periphery being connected to said address-side periphery, said address side and said graphics side defining a pocket therebetween, said pocket being configured to hold the media during mailing;
- a stopper connected to at least one of said address side and said graphics side, said stopper limiting movement of the media in the pocket during mailing, said stopper including a flap, said flap connecting said address side to said graphics side, said flap having an edge configured to abut the media during mailing, said edge being a distance from said closure at least as great as a width of the media, said flap being sandwiched between said graphics-side periphery and said address-side periphery;
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- a closure being formed on an overlapping portion of said graphics-side periphery and said address-side periphery, said closure allowing the media to be inserted between said graphics side and said address side;
- said stopper being disposed on said at least one of said address side and said graphics side at a distance from said closure, said distance being at least as great as a width of the media;
- said address side and said graphics side being rectangular when assembled;
- said graphics side having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said first lateral edge opposing said second lateral edge;
- said first lateral edge including a fold of flaps;
- a first lateral flap being disposed along said fold of flaps;
- a second lateral flap being connected to said first lateral flap along a shared edge;
- said address side overlying said graphics side when assembled, a perimeter of said graphics side being attached to a perimeter of said address side except along a sealable opening when assembled and unsealed;
- said first lateral flap being adhered to only one of said graphics side and said address side when assembled;
- said second lateral flap being adhered to only one of said graphics side and said address side when assembled, said second lateral flap not being adhered to said graphics side when said first lateral flap is adhered to said graphics side, and said second lateral flap not being adhered to said address side when said first lateral flap is adhered to said address side;
- at least one of said graphics side and said address side having a window formed therein;
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- said second lateral flap being disposed further from said opening than said window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.