Combined display and ballot receptacle

Claim 1

A COMBINED DISPLAY AND BALLOT BLANK RECEPTACLE COMPRISING AN EASEL BACK INCLUDING A PANEL MEMBER HAVING FRONT AND REAR SURFACES AND AN ELONGATED SLOT AND MOUNTING APERTURE FORMED THERETHROUGH, AN ENVELOPE HAVING AN OPEN END AND ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID PANEL MEMBER WITH SAID OPEN END SUBSTANTIALLY OVERLYING SAID SLOT FOR RECEIVING BLANKS WHICH ARE DEPOSITED THERETHROUGH, A CLOSURE MEMBER EXTENDING FROM THE OPEN END OF SAID ENVELOPE, A FASTENER CLASP SECURED TO SAID ENVELOPE AT THE REAR FACE THEREOF AND ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF SAID ENVELOPE AND ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED THROUGH SAID MOUNTING APERTURE AND SPREAD APART AND TOGETHER SO AS TO RELEASABLY ENGAGE SID PANEL MEMBER FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID ENVELOPE TO SAID PANEL MEMBER CONTIGUOUS TO SAID OPEN END AND SAID FASTENER CLASP SERVING TO CLOSE SAID OPEN END OF SAID ENVELOPE WHEN SAID ENVELOPE IS DETACHED FROM SAID PANEL MEMBER, AND AN UPPER STRIKE-OUT FLAP HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL MEMBER ALONG THE UPPER PERIPHERY OF SAID ELONGATED SLOT AND A LOWER STRIKE-OUT FLAP HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL MEMBER ALONG THE LOWER PERIPHERY OF SAID ELONGATED SLOT, SAID UPPER STRIKE-OUT FLAP BEING CAPABLE OF EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ELONGATED SLOT SO AS TO CONTACT SAID CLOSURE FLAP WHEN SAID ENVELOPE IS MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL MEMBER THEREBY SPREADING APART SAID ENVELOPE IN AN OPEN CONDITION AND FORMING A CHUTE FOR DEPOSITING BALLOTS INTO SAID RECEPTACLE.