Mailing envelope and message piece/label combination

Claim 2

A mailing envelope and detachable message piece/label combination comprising: a. a generally rectangular front panel having top, side and bottom edges; b. a generally rectangular back panel having top, side and bottom edges, said bottom edge of said back panel being joined by a fold line to said bottom edge of said front panel; c. adhesive means securing the side edges of said front panel to the corresponding side edges of said back panel to define a pocket; d. an enlarged flap joined to said top edge of said back panel by a fold line, said enlarged flap having; i. a line of perforations parallel to said fold line, dividing said flap into a sealing tab for said pocket and a detachable message piece/label combination; ii. a first adhesive zone on the sealing tab portion of said flap, said zone being parallel and adjacent to said line of perforations; and iii. at least a second adhesive zone on the message piece/label portion of said flap, said second adhesive zone being on the opposite face of said flap from said first adhesive zone.

Claim 3

The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein said detachable message piece/label combination includes a printed message on the face thereof having said second adhesive zone.

Claim 4

A rectangular blank adapted to be formed into a mailing envelope and a detachable message piece/label combination, said blank having multi-color printed indicia on one face thereof, said blank having a first fold line across the narrow dimension thereof to define an envelope front panel between said fold line and the nearest narrow edge of said blank; a second fold line parallel to said first fold line and spaced therefrom to define between said first and second fold lines an envelope back panel and to define a flap between said second fold line and the other narrow edge of said blank; adhesive zones perpendicular to said fold lines adjacent each edge of said blank and extending substantially from said first mentioned narrow edge to said second fold line; a line of perforations on said flap parallel to said fold line and dividing said flap into a sealing tab for said envelope and a message piece/label combination; an adhesive zone on said sealing tab adjacent said perforations; and at least one adhesive zone on said message piece/label combination parallel to said line of perforations and on the opposite face of said blank from said adhesive zone on said sealing tab.

Claim 5

A rectangular blank adapted to be formed into a mailing envelope and a detachable message piece/label combination, said blank having multi-color printed indicia on one face thereof, said blank having a first fold line across the narrow dimension thereof to define an envelope front panel between said fold line and the nearest narrow edge of said blank; a second fold line parallel to said first fold line and spaced therefrom to define between said first and second fold lines an envelope back panel and to define a flap between said second fold line and the other narrow edge of said blank; adhesive zones perpendicular to said fold lines adjacent each edge of said blank and extending substantially from said first mentioned narrow edge to said second fold line; a line of perforations on said flap parallel to said fold line and dividing said flap into a sealing tab for said envelope and a message piece/label combination; an adhesive zone on said sealing tab adjacent said perforations; and at least one adhesive zone on said message piece/label combination parallel to said line of perforations and on the opposite face of said blank from said adhesive zone on said sealing tab.

Claim 6

The blank claimed in claim 3 wherein said adhesive zone on said message piece/label combination is on the face of said blank having said multi-coLor printed indicia.