Insert holder with sealable opening

Claim 1

An insert holder for receiving, protecting and displaying an object such as a card bearing a photograph or permit inserted therein, and comprising: (a) first and second four-edged plastic cover sheets for forming front and back surfaces of the insert holder, the first plastic cover sheet having a predetermined-sized transparent window therein defined by a surrounding non-transparent area; (b) a four-edged, double-sided frame for being positioned between the first and second plastic sheets for securing the first and second sheets to opposing front and back sides of the frame to form the holder, the frame defining a frame opening therein for receiving a like-sized card therein, the frame opening being larger than the transparent window in the cover sheet to mask the joint line between the card and the frame opening, the thickness of the frame being the same thickness as the card to be inserted in the frame opening whereby the frame forms a support for the card to keep the card in proper alignment while assembly of the holder is completed and the frame and the card inserted in the frame opening together define substantially uniform and flat opposing front and back insert holder surfaces; (c) said frame having a pressure sensitive adhesive coating the frame on its front and back surface; (d) said first cover sheet being secured to said frame by said pressure-sensitive adhesive to completely enclose one of the front or back surfaces of the frame; (e) said second cover sheet being secured to the other of the front or back surfaces of the frame along a first edge segment of the frame and unattached to a second edge segment of the frame whereby the second cover sheet is hinged to the frame to form a flap covering the frame which can be flexed away from the frame to insert a card thereunder and into the frame opening; (d) release liner means covering the adhesive on the second edge segment of the frame covered by said second cover sheet to protect the adhesive until assembly of the frame in the cover sheets.

Claim 9

A method of forming an insert holder of the type characterized by being adapted to receive and protect an object such as a card bearing a photograph or permit for display to an intermediate assembly configuration, and comprising the steps of: (a) providing first and second plastic cover sheets for forming front and back surfaces of the insert holder; (b) providing a frame having adhesive on opposing first and second surfaces for being adhesively positioned between said first and second plastic sheets for securing said first and second sheets together in to form the holder, said frame defining at least one opening for receiving a card therein; (c) securing the frame by one of its first or second surfaces to one of the cover sheets; (d) securing said second cover sheet to the other of the front or back surfaces of the frame along a first edge segment of the frame and leaving the remainder of the cover sheet unattached to a second edge segment of the frame whereby the second cover sheet is hinged to the frame to form a flap covering the frame which can be flexed away from the frame to insert a card thereunder and into the frame opening.

Claim 10

A method of forming an insert holder of the type characterized by being adapted to receive and protect an object such as a card bearing a photograph or permit for display to an intermediate assembly configuration, and comprising the steps of: (a) providing first and second plastic cover sheets for forming front and back surfaces of the insert holder; (b) providing a frame having adhesive on opposing first and second surfaces for being adhesively positioned between said first and second plastic sheets for securing said first and second sheets together in to form the holder, said frame defining at least one opening for receiving a card therein; (c) securing the frame by one of its first or second surfaces to one of the cover sheets; (d) securing said second cover sheet to the other of the front or back surfaces of the frame along a first edge segment of the frame and leaving the remainder of the cover sheet unattached to a second edge segment of the frame whereby the second cover sheet is hinged to the frame to form a flap covering the frame which can be flexed away from the frame to insert a card thereunder and into the frame opening.