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Tear-off postal receipt form
Assignee: Moore North America Inc
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Filing: 1980-06-30
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Granted: 1983-01-18
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Expires: 2000-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A tear-off return receipt form for attachment to a mail support surface comprising a base member including a marginal strip and a main strip, a top member including a marginal strip and a main strip, the marginal and main strips each having inside and outside surfaces, the outside main surfaces having printing thereon, the base and top members including the margin and main strips being substantially coextensive with each other, one of the members having adhesive on its inside margin surface, one of the members having adhesive on its inside main surface, the other of the members having a release coat on its inside margin surface cooperating with the adhesive on the other of the members inside margin surface, the inside main surface of one of the members being adhesively bonded to the inside main surface of the other of the members to form a postal return receipt having margin securing means, means on the other of the members to permit its margin strip to be peeled away to expose the adhesive on the one of the members inside margin surface so that the exposed adhesive will secure the postal return receipt to said mail support surface and tear means on the margin strip for permitting separation of the postal return receipt from the mail support surface.
Inventors
- 👤 John H. Jones
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:15
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/52; B65D75/54; B65D75/545; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/15
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
A tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface, comprising: (a) a base member formed of a rectangular sheet of relatively light stock material including a rectangular main portion and an adjacent detachable margin portion, (b) a top member superposed on the base member and including a matching rectangular sheet of relatively light stock material of matching size with that of the base member and including a main portion and an adjacent detachable margin, (c) the main portions and the margin portions of the base member and the top member being the same size and disposed in superposed relation with respect to each other, (d) a layer of adhesive disposed between the superposed main portions of the base and top members to provide a single relatively thick and stiff composite card suitable for card use, (e) a layer of contact adhesive on the surface of one of the two superposed margin portions, (f) a layer of release material on the surface of the margin portion of the other of the two superposed members in contact with the contact adhesive, and (g) each of the margin portions being separable from its adjacent main portion by a weakened line, whereby the margin portion containing the release material can be peeled off the composite card to expose the contact glue surface on the opposing margin portion to permit affixing of the composite card to a package, and the subsequent removal of the composite card from the package when desired by tearing it free of the margin portion having the contact glue surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
A tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface, comprising: (a) a base member formed of a rectangular sheet of relatively light stock material including a rectangular main portion and an adjacent detachable margin portion, (b) a top member superposed on the base member and including a matching rectangular sheet of relatively light stock material of matching size with that of the base member and including a main portion and an adjacent detachable margin, (c) the main portions and the margin portions of the base member and the top member being the same size and disposed in superposed relation with respect to each other, (d) a layer of adhesive disposed between the superposed main portions of the base and top members to provide a single relatively thick and stiff composite card suitable for card use, (e) a layer of contact adhesive on the surface of one of the two superposed margin portions, (f) a layer of release material on the surface of the margin portion of the other of the two superposed members in contact with the contact adhesive, and (g) each of the margin portions being separable from its adjacent main portion by a weakened line, whereby the margin portion containing the release material can be peeled off the composite card to expose the contact glue surface on the opposing margin portion to permit affixing of the composite card to a package, and the subsequent removal of the composite card from the package when desired by tearing it free of the margin portion having the contact glue surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The tear-off composite card for attachment to a support of claim 1, wherein: (a) the weakened line between the main and margin portions is a perforate line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface of claim 2, wherein: (a) a margin portion is disposed on each end of the main portions of both the top and base members.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein: (a) a postage block and return address section is disposed on the upper surface of the top member, and (b) the margin portions on the base member have contact adhesive on their surfaces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface of claim 1, including: (a) means on one of the two superposed margin portions to facilitate separation thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The tear-off composite card for attachment to a support surface of claim 5, wherein: (a) the means for facilitating separation of the margin portions includes a notch at one corner of one of said two superposed margin portions.
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