Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
A manifolding correspondence assembly comprising an envelope including face and back panels and adapted to be closed on all sides, an insert enclosed within said envelope and having one end secured to the corresponding end portion of the envelope by a readily severable line of connection, said severable connection being spaced a short distance from that end of the envelope, thereby defining between said severable connection and said end of the envelope a portion at the extreme end of said assembly for grasping by the fingers of one hand during opening of the envelope, a transverse line of perforations extending across the opposite end portion of both panels of said envelope and comprising a tear line and defining a relatively narrow removable extraction portion of the envelope adapted to be grasped by the fingers of the other hand for bursting of the envelope, the opposite end portion of said insert itself extending toward the vicinity of said tear line a sufficient distance to be in registry with said removable extraction portion and therefore within the grip of said last-named fingers, whereby the bursting of the envelope by pulling on the removable extraction portion will simultaneously serve to sever the connection of the first end portion of the insert from the envelope and withdraw said insert without further separation from the assembly parts or reaching into the interior of the envelope structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
A manifolding correspondence assembly comprising an envelope including face and back panels and adapted to be closed on all sides, an insert enclosed within said envelope and having one end secured to the corresponding end portion of the envelope by a readily severable line of connection, said severable connection being spaced a short distance from that end of the envelope, thereby defining between said severable connection and said end of the envelope a portion at the extreme end of said assembly for grasping by the fingers of one hand during opening of the envelope, a transverse line of perforations extending across the opposite end portion of both panels of said envelope and comprising a tear line and defining a relatively narrow removable extraction portion of the envelope adapted to be grasped by the fingers of the other hand for bursting of the envelope, the opposite end portion of said insert itself extending toward the vicinity of said tear line a sufficient distance to be in registry with said removable extraction portion and therefore within the grip of said last-named fingers, whereby the bursting of the envelope by pulling on the removable extraction portion will simultaneously serve to sever the connection of the first end portion of the insert from the envelope and withdraw said insert without further separation from the assembly parts or reaching into the interior of the envelope structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which a thumb tab is cut from each of the panels of said envelope and extends from said tear line in the direction toward the first-named end portion of said envelope, the second-named end portion of the insert lying between said thumb tabs to be gripped between them during the bursting and extraction movement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which said insert is provided with a stub permanently secured between face and back panels of the envelope at said first-named extreme end portion of the assembly, and the readily severable connection comprising a line of keen perforations between the major portion of the insert and its stub.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 3 in which said insert includes a return envelope having a foldable sealing flap bearing a strip of temporarily inactive adhesive adapted to be rendered effective by the recipient of the first-named envelope and enclosures.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 4 in which said return envelope has its sealing flap at the first-named end thereof just inwardly of its stub, said readily severable line of connection occurring between the sealing flap and said stub.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 4 in which said sealing flap extends longitudinally of one margin of said insert return envelope at right angles to the extent of said readily severable line of connection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
184 words
The assembly as set forth in claim 1 which further includes a plurality of such envelopes in the form of multiple plies of webs adapted to provide a continuous series of manifolding forms to be passed through a business machine for uniform or selective imprinting, said webs having a marginal feed strip at least at one side edge thereof, said webs including a top web of successive face panels of said envelope, at least one intermediate web of successive insert panels with an adhesive stripe of the feed strip on one side edge for adherence to a unit of said top web, and a bottom web of successive envelope back panels eaCh having an adhesive stripe registering substantially with the adhesive stripe on the insert panel web and additional lines of adhesive along the three other margins of each back panel for adherence to the corresponding three margins of the units of said top web, the insert panel units of the intermediate web being cropped on its corresponding three margins to permit adhesive contact directly between the units of the top and bottom webs.