Multi-component mailer and personalizing method

Claim 2

A mailer configuration comprising: (a) A front outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said front sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right marginal edges; (b) left and right marginal tear lines on said front sheet which extend between said top and bottom edges, each said left and right marginal tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from said left and right marginal edges, respectively, so as to create left and right marginal strips that can be separated from the rest of said front sheet; (c) a series of printer feed holes in each of said marginal strips; (d) an envelope opening tear line on said front sheet which extends between said top and bottom edges, said envelope opening tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said marginal tear lines; (e) an open window in said front sheet which is positioned between said envelope opening tear line and the other one of said marginal tear lines; (f) a back outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said back sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right side edges, where the distance between said back sheet side edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines and the distance between said back sheet top and bottom edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet top and bottom edges; (g) first removable adhesive means for removably affixing the periphery of the inner surface of said back sheet around all four edges thereof to the inner surface of said front sheet so that said back sheet totally lies between said front sheet marginal tear lines and forms a sealed mailer envelope in combination with said front sheet; (h) an envelope opening tear line on said back sheet extends between said top and bottom edges, said back sheet tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said back sheet's side edges so as to be at least approximately aligned with said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet; (i) an insert sheet member located between said front and back sheets which is positioned under said front sheet open window so that said insert sheet is visible through said window, said insert sheet being larger than said window but smaller than said back sheet; and (j) second removable adhesive means for removably affixing said insert sheet to the inner surface of at least one of said front and back sheets.

Claim 3

The mailer configuration according to claim 1, wherein said first adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet.

Claim 4

The mailer configuration according to claim 2, wherein said discrete adhesive dots are spaced around said top and bottom edges of said front sheet and inwardly of its said marginal tear lines.

Claim 5

The mailer configuration according to claim 3, wherein said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet is spaced inwardly of said discrete adhesive dots.

Claim 6

A mailer configuration comprising: (a) A front outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said front sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right marginal edges; (b) left and right marginal tear lines on said front sheet which extend between said top and bottom edges, each said left and right marginal tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from said left and right marginal edges, respectively, so as to create left and right marginal strips that can be separated from the rest of said front sheet; (c) a series of printer feed holes in each of said marginal strips; (d) an envelope opening tear line on said front sheet which extends between said top and bottom edge, said envelope opening tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said marginal tear lines; (e) an open window in said front sheet which is positioned between said envelope opening tear line and the other one of said marginal tear lines; (f) a back outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said back sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right side edges, where the distance between said back sheet side edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines and the distance between said back sheet top and bottom edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet top and bottom edges; (g) first removable adhesive means for removably affixing the periphery of the inner surface of said back sheet around all four edges thereof to the inner surface of said front sheet so that said back sheet totally lies between said front sheet marginal tear lines and forms a sealed mailer envelope in combination with said front sheet, wherein said first adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet which are spaced around said top and bottom edges of said front sheet and inwardly of its said marginal tear lines, and said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet is spaced inwardly of said discrete adhesive dots; (h) an envelope opening tear line on said back sheet which extends between said top and bottom edges, said back sheet tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said back sheet's side edges so as to be at least approximately aligned with said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet; (i) an insert sheet member located between said front and back sheets which is positioned under said front sheet open window so that said insert sheet is visible through said window, said insert sheet being larger than said window but smaller than said back sheet; and (j) second removable adhesive means for removably affixing said insert sheet to the inner surface of said front sheet, wherein said second adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet which are spaced at least partially around its said window.

Claim 7

A mailer configuration comprising: (a) A front outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said front sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right marginal edges; (b) left and right marginal tear lines on said front sheet which extend between said top and bottom edges, each said left and right marginal tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from said left and right marginal edges, respectively, so as to create left and right marginal strips that can be separated from the rest of said front sheet; (c) a series of printer feed holes in each of said marginal strips; (d) an envelope opening tear line on said front sheet which extends between said top and bottom edge, said envelope opening tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said marginal tear lines; (e) an open window in said front sheet which is positioned between said envelope opening tear line and the other one of said marginal tear lines; (f) a back outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said back sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right side edges, where the distance between said back sheet side edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines and the distance between said back sheet top and bottom edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet top and bottom edges; (g) first removable adhesive means for removably affixing the periphery of the inner surface of said back sheet around all four edges thereof to the inner surface of said front sheet so that said back sheet totally lies between said front sheet marginal tear lines and forms a sealed mailer envelope in combination with said front sheet, wherein said first adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet which are spaced around said top and bottom edges of said front sheet and inwardly of its said marginal tear lines, and said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet is spaced inwardly of said discrete adhesive dots; (h) an envelope opening tear line on said back sheet which extends between said top and bottom edges, said back sheet tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said back sheet's side edges so as to be at least approximately aligned with said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet; (i) an insert sheet member located between said front and back sheets which is positioned under said front sheet open window so that said insert sheet is visible through said window, said insert sheet being larger than said window but smaller than said back sheet; and (j) second removable adhesive means for removably affixing said insert sheet to the inner surface of said front sheet, wherein said second adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet which are spaced at least partially around its said window.

Claim 8

The mailer configuration according to claim 1, wherein the distance between said back sheet side edges is less than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines.

Claim 9

The mailer configuration according to claim 1, which further includes a patch sheet member permanently affixed to the outer surface of said back sheet around at least three edges thereof so as to form a return envelope between said patch sheet and said back sheet.

Claim 10

The mailer configuration according to claim 7, wherein envelope sealing means is provided between said patch sheet and said back sheet near a fourth edge thereof.

Claim 11

A continuous web of plural, physically connected mailer configurations, each said mailer configuration comprising: (a) a front outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said front sheet being bounded by a transverse top edge, a transverse bottom edge, and longitudinal left and right marginal edges, where each of said transverse edges is connected along a tear line to a transverse edge of an adjacent mailer configuration; (b) left and right marginal tear lines on said front sheet which extend between said transverse top and bottom edges, each said left and right marginal tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from said left and right marginal edges, respectively, so as to create left and right marginal strips that can be separated from the rest of said front sheet; (c) a series of printer feed holes in each of said marginal strips; (d) an envelope opening tear line on said front sheet which extends between said transverse top and bottom edges, said envelope opening tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said marginal tear lines; (e) an open window in said front sheet which is positioned between said envelope opening tear line and the other one of said marginal tear lines; (f) a back outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said back sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right side edges, where the distance between said back sheet side edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines and the distance between said back sheet top and bottom edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet transverse top and bottom edges; (g) first removable adhesive means for removably affixing the periphery of the inner surface of said back sheet around all four edges thereof to the inner surface of said front sheet so that said back sheet totally lies between said front sheet marginal tear lines and forms a sealed mailer envelope in combination with said front sheet; (h) an envelope opening tear line on said back sheet which extends between said top and bottom edges, said back sheet tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said back sheet's side edges so as to be at least approximately aligned with said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet; (i) an insert sheet member located between said front and back sheets which is positioned under said front sheet open window so that said insert sheet is visible through said window, said insert sheet being larger than said window but smaller than said back sheet; and (j) second removable adhesive means for removably affixing said insert sheet to the inner surface of said front back sheets.

Claim 12

A continuous web of plural, physically connected mailer configurations, each said mailer configuration comprising: (a) a front outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said front sheet being bounded by a transverse top edge, a transverse bottom edge, and longitudinal left and right marginal edges, where each of said transverse edges is connected along a tear line to a transverse edge of an adjacent mailer configuration; (b) left and right marginal tear lines on said front sheet which extend between said transverse top and bottom edges, each said left and right marginal tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from said left and right marginal edges, respectively, so as to create left and right marginal strips that can be separated from the rest of said front sheet; (c) a series of printer feed holes in each of said marginal strips; (d) an envelope opening tear line on said front sheet which extends between said transverse top and bottom edges, said envelope opening tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said marginal tear lines; (e) an open window in said front sheet which is positioned between said envelope opening tear line and the other one of said marginal tear lines; (f) a back outside sheet member having outer and inner surfaces, said back sheet being bounded by a top edge, a bottom edge, and left and right side edges, where the distance between said back sheet side edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet marginal tear lines and the distance between said back sheet top and bottom edges is not greater than the distance between said front sheet transverse top and bottom edges; (g) first removable adhesive means for removably affixing the periphery of the inner surface of said back sheet around all four edges thereof to the inner surface of said front sheet so that said back sheet totally lies between said front sheet marginal tear lines and forms a sealed mailer envelope in combination with said front sheet; (h) an envelope opening tear line on said back sheet which extends between said top and bottom edges, said back sheet tear line being near to and spaced inwardly from one of said back sheet's side edges so as to be at least approximately aligned with said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet; (i) an insert sheet member located between said front and back sheets which is positioned under said front sheet open window so that said insert sheet is visible through said window, said insert sheet being larger than said window but smaller than said back sheet; and (j) second removable adhesive means for removably affixing said insert sheet to the inner surface of said front back sheets.

Claim 13

The mailer configuration according to claim 9, wherein said first adhesive means is formed as a series of discrete dots on the inner surface of said front sheet.

Claim 14

The mailer configuration according to claim 10, wherein said discrete adhesive dots are spaced around said top and bottom edges of said front sheet and inwardly of its said marginal tear lines.

Claim 15

The mailer configuration according to claim 11, wherein said envelope opening tear line on said front sheet is spaced inwardly of said discrete adhesive dots.