Rapid production envelope assemblies

Claim 2

An envelope form comprising a base sheet having top, bottom and side edges, one edge having a first weakened tear line parallel to and spaced therefrom to provide a detachable, narrow, marginal portion extending along said edge of the base sheet, said marginal portion being punched at spaced intervals to provide a straight row of perforations therein; an elongate line of fold spanning the width of the base sheet intermediate the top and bottom edges thereof, delineating in said base sheet a pair of adjoining panels; narrow stripes of self-seal dry adhesive on one face of said base sheet substantially circumscribing the outer periphery of said sheet to the exclusion of said perforated marginal portion; and a set of auxiliary sheets detachably mounted to said base sheet and in coverinG relationship with a portion of at least one of the panels thereof.

Claim 3

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein the panel adjacent the bottom edge of said base sheet is provided with a window opening.

Claim 4

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein the set of detachable auxiliary sheets covers the adhesive stripes of at least one panel of the base sheet.

Claim 5

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein the panels of said base sheet are provided with tear lines which border upon the inside limits of said stripes of adhesive.

Claim 6

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein said set of detachable auxiliary sheets is mounted upon and in covering relationship with a portion of but one of said panels.

Claim 7

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein said set of auxiliary sheets is located upon at least one of said panels within the boundary limits of the adhesive stripes carried by said base sheet.

Claim 8

A form as defined by claim 2, wherein at least one sheet of said set of auxiliary sheets covers a portion of the adhesive stripes of the panel adjacent the upper edge of the base sheet, and wherein said other panel is provided with a window opening located to expose a portion of a sheet of said set of auxiliary sheets.

Claim 9

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein each sheet of said set of auxiliary sheets includes a narrow marginal portion having a row of perforations therein and wherein said last mentioned marginal portions overlie the said detachable marginal portion of the base sheet.

Claim 10

A form as defined in claim 8, wherein two corners of the base sheet, placed in registry by folding of the base sheet about the line of fold, are truncated by diagonal tear lines to include a portion of the base sheet which is inward of the inner limits of the stripe of adhesive.

Claim 11

A form as defined by claim 8, wherein the panels of the base sheet are provided with tear lines which border upon the inside limits of said stripes of adhesive.

Claim 12

A form as defined by claim 1, wherein at least one sheet of said set of detachable, auxiliary sheets includes a detachable, marginal portion provided with a row of perforations; said base sheet including a second row of perforations registrable with said perforations of the marginal portions of the set of auxiliary sheets, and wherein said second row of perforations in the base sheet is parallel to and coextensive with the row of perforations in the marginal edge of the base sheet.

Claim 13

A form as defined by claim 11, wherein said second row of perforations in the base sheet is within the inner limits of the stripes of adhesive on said one surface of the base sheet.

Claim 14

A form as defined by claim 12, wherein the panels of the base sheet are provided with tear lines which border upon the inner limits of said stripes of adhesive.

Claim 15

A form as defined by claim 13, wherein at least one sheet of the set of auxiliary sheets is provided with stripes of self-seal dry adhesive along opposite edge margins thereof, for registry in forming a pouch incident to folding of said one auxiliary sheet along a medial line thereof.

Claim 16

A form as defined by claim 13, wherein a window opening is provided in one of the panels of the base sheet to expose a portion of a sheet of said set of auxiliary sheets when the form is converted to envelope status.

Claim 17

A stuffed mailer and return envelope assembly comprising a base sheet having opposite side, top and bottom edges; a first stripe of self-seal dry adhesive circumscribing the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the base sheet; first tear lines in the base sheet bordering upon the inner limits of said first stripe of adhesive; a first transverse fold line spanning said base sheet midway between the top and bottom edges thereof delineating a first pair of duplicate, adjoining, interconnected panels defining front and back panels of a mailer envelope; a second stripe of adhesive on said surface of the base sheet adjacent the inner limits of the opposite side and top edge portions of said first stripe of adhesive and spaced upwardly from the bottom edge portions thereof; second tear lines in the base sheet bordering upon the inner limits of each edge portion of said second stripe of adhesive and a third tear line bordering upon the outer limits of the bottom edge portion of said second stripe of adhesive; a second transverse fold line spanning said base sheet midway between the top and bottom edge portions of said second stripe of adhesive delineating a second pair of duplicate, adjoining, interconnected panels defining front and back panels of a return envelope; and a window opening in the base sheet intermediate the bottom portion of said second stripe of adhesive and the first fold line, said window opening being common to the front panels of the mailer and return envelopes respectively.

Claim 18

A stuffed mailer and return envelope assembly comprising a base sheet having opposite side, top and bottom edges; a first stripe of self-seal dry adhesive circumscribing the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the base sheet; first tear lines in the base sheet bordering upon the inner limits of said first stripe of adhesive; a first transverse fold line spanning said base sheet midway between the top and bottom edges thereof delineating a first pair of duplicate, adjoining, interconnected panels defining front and back panels of a mailer envelope; a second stripe of adhesive on said surface of the base sheet adjacent the inner limits of the opposite side and top edge portions of said first stripe of adhesive and spaced upwardly from the bottom edge portions thereof; second tear lines in the base sheet bordering upon the inner limits of each edge portion of said second stripe of adhesive and a third tear line bordering upon the outer limits of the bottom edge portion of said second stripe of adhesive; a second transverse fold line spanning said base sheet midway between the top and bottom edge portions of said second stripe of adhesive delineating a second pair of duplicate, adjoining, interconnected panels defining front and back panels of a return envelope; and a window opening in the base sheet intermediate the bottom portion of said second stripe of adhesive and the first fold line, said window opening being common to the front panels of the mailer and return envelopes respectively.

Claim 19

A stuffed mailer and envelope assembly as defined by claim 16, including a set of auxiliary sheets detachably mounted on the upper surface of one of the second pair of panels with at least one of said auxiliary sheets in covering relationship with the second adhesive stripe of that panel to which said auxiliary sheets are mounted for precluding contacting adherence of said second stripe of adhesive when said base sheet is folded on said fold line for disposing said first pair of panels in mailerenvelope-defining relationship.

Claim 20

A stuffed mailer and return envelope assembly as called for in claim 17, wherein an area for the receiver''s address of the mailer envelope is provided on the upper surface of a sheet of the set of auxiliary sheets in alignment with the window opening when said base sheet is folded about the first fold line for disposing the first pair of panels in mailer-envelope-defining relationship; and wherein an area for the receiver''s address of the return envelope is provided on the upper surface of a sheet of the set of auxiliary sheets in alignment with the same window opening when said base sheet is folded about the second fold line for disposing the second pair of panels in return-envelope-defining relationship.

Claim 21

A stuffed mailer and return envelope assembly comprising a base sheet having a pair of laterally spaced, transverse fold lines, one of which delineates the front and back panels of a mailer envelope and the other of which delineates the front and back panels of a return envelope, wherein the mailer envelope panels collectively span the length and width of the base sheet, and wherein the return envelope panels are of a lesser width and length and are circumscribed by said mailer envelope panels; first stripes of self-seal dry adhesive on one surface of said base sheet along the outer peripheral edge of the front and back panels of the mailer envelope; second stripes of self-seal dry adhesive on said one surface of the base sheet along the outer peripheral edge of the front and back panels of the return envelope; tear lines in said base sheet circumscribing the inner edges of each of said first and second stripes of adhesive; at least one auxiliary sheet positioned upon that portion of the base sheet which comprises the back panel of the return envelope, said sheet being disposed in overyling relationship with the second adhesive stripes of the back panel and with the second adhesive stripes of at least a portion of the front panel of the return envelope, said auxiliary sheet precluding contact between overlying portions of said second stripes of adhesive on the front and back panels of the return envelope when the base sheet is folded about the fold line delineating the front and back panels of the mailer envelope for disposing the panels of the mailer envelope in overlying relationship with the first stripes of adhesive on the outer peripheral edges of the front and back panels of the return envelope being disposed in aligned, contacting, adherent relationship upon removal of the auxiliary sheet and upon folding of the base sheet about the fold line delineating the front and back panels of the return envelope for disposing said panels in overlying relaTionship; and a window in that portion of the base sheet which is common to the front panels of the mailer and return envelope, respectively.

Claim 22

A stuffed mailer and return envelope assembly comprising a base sheet having a pair of laterally spaced, transverse fold lines, one of which delineates the front and back panels of a mailer envelope and the other of which delineates the front and back panels of a return envelope, wherein the mailer envelope panels collectively span the length and width of the base sheet, and wherein the return envelope panels are of a lesser width and length and are circumscribed by said mailer envelope panels; first stripes of self-seal dry adhesive on one surface of said base sheet along the outer peripheral edge of the front and back panels of the mailer envelope; second stripes of self-seal dry adhesive on said one surface of the base sheet along the outer peripheral edge of the front and back panels of the return envelope; tear lines in said base sheet circumscribing the inner edges of each of said first and second stripes of adhesive; at least one auxiliary sheet positioned upon that portion of the base sheet which comprises the back panel of the return envelope, said sheet being disposed in overyling relationship with the second adhesive stripes of the back panel and with the second adhesive stripes of at least a portion of the front panel of the return envelope, said auxiliary sheet precluding contact between overlying portions of said second stripes of adhesive on the front and back panels of the return envelope when the base sheet is folded about the fold line delineating the front and back panels of the mailer envelope for disposing the panels of the mailer envelope in overlying relationship with the first stripes of adhesive on the outer peripheral edges of the front and back panels of the return envelope being disposed in aligned, contacting, adherent relationship upon removal of the auxiliary sheet and upon folding of the base sheet about the fold line delineating the front and back panels of the return envelope for disposing said panels in overlying relaTionship; and a window in that portion of the base sheet which is common to the front panels of the mailer and return envelope, respectively.