Adhesive postcard for articles

Claim 1

A postcard for use in mailing a sheet-form article with one side of such article visible, the postcard comprising: (A) a sheet-form member formed from a relatively stiff material for supporting a sheet-form article and having a first layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive provided over all of one side of the sheet-form member; and (B) a relatively flexible laminate comprising: (i) a transparent sheet having a second layer of generally transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive provided over all of one side of the transparent sheet facing the first layer of adhesive and with the transparent sheet permanently secured along one edge portion to a corresponding edge portion of the sheet-form member by corresponding edge portions of said layers of adhesive; and (ii) a protective release sheet positioned between the first and second layers of adhesive so as to maintain the sheet-form member and the transparent sheet separate, with the exception of said edge portions, which protective sheet includes a tab extending beyond an edge of the sheet-form member opposite the corresponding edge portion; the adhesion between the protective release sheet and the sheet-forming member and relative to the adhesion between the protective release sheet and the transparent sheet being such that, in use, the protective sheet and the transparent sheet are movable as a unit to separate the same from the sheet-form member, and the relatively flexible laminate may be peeled back from the sheet-form member by use of the tab to enable positioning of the sheet-form article on the sheet-form member while the sheet-form article is viewed from the front thereof, the protective sheet being subsequently peelable away from the transparent sheet, whereby the article can be secured between the sheet-form member and the transparent sheet with one side of the article visible prior to mailing.