Photographic print envelope having adhesive transfer tabs

Claim 1

A photographic envelope having an open-sided pocket adapted to receive a plurality of photographic prints, a foldable closure flap on said envelope adapted to selectively cover the opening to said pocket, said envelope including a low-cohesion polished surface portion, a plurality of removable adhesively-backed tabs supported by said polished surface portion of said envelope, each of said tabs comprising a layer of backing paper spaced from said polished surface portion by a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, the level of adhesion between said adhesive and said backing paper being greater than the level of adhesion between said adhesive layer and said polished surface portion whereby each of said tabs and its associated layer of adhesive may be selectively removed as a unit from said surface portion, the level of adhesion between said adhesive layer and said backing paper being less than the level of adhesion between said adhesive layer and the paper in said photographic prints, whereby the adhesive layer of a removed tab may be applied to the back of a photographic print taken from said pocket and the backing paper layer of said tab may thereafter be readily removed to transfer said adhesive layer from said backing paper layer to said photographic print back, said polished surface portion and the removable tabs supported thereby being positioned on said envelope at a location which is concealed by said closure flap when said flap is folded to cover the opening to said pocket and which is exposed to permit selective removal of said tabs from said surface portion for application to the backs of the photographic prints taken from said pocket when said flap is manipulated to uncover the opening to said pocket and gain access to photographic prints in said pocket.