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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334719 | Banking envelope and method of use A banking envelope is made from a blank of material such as paper. The blank has a rectangular back panel, a front panel, a side flap opposite the front panel, and opposing end flaps. The assembled envelope has advertising material printed on the visible surfaces th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7270234 | Printable sleeve envelope and method of forming same A printable sheet (10) includes a blank (12) for an envelope having a central body panel (14), a top flap, a pair of opposing side panels, and a bottom flap (18). The envelope blank is capable of being removed from the printable sheet and... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7219829 | Carrier which is aesthetically irreversibly convertible from planar blank to closed package for coded card and methods for manufacture and use of the same A planar carrier for a coded card is substantially aesthetically irreversibly convertible from a substantially two-dimensional blank into a three-dimensional card enclosing gift package. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7160046 | Fastening system A fastening system comprising a stud (10) and a sheet of cover material (16); the stud (10) being formed with a groove (14), and the sheet of cover material (16) being formed with a hole (18 | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156288 | Laminated disc envelope with postcard appearance An envelope formed of top, bottom and center sheets. An aperture is cut in and intersects one end of the center sheet. The sheets are adhesively laminated to attach the center sheet's front surface to the top sheet's rear surface and attach the center sheet's rear s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147172 | Personal decontamination apparatus and method A personal decontamination apparatus includes an adapter valve attachable to a water source for mixing water with a concentrated decontamination fluid for rapid detoxifying washing of the skin of a user exposed to toxic chemical, biological or nuclear radioactive su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6726076 | Portable litter receptacle A portable litter receptacle for allowing smokers to discard their litter in a litter receptacle rather than throwing their buds on the ground. The portable litter receptacle includes a pouch member being collapsible; and also includes a support assembly being secur... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6588591 | Recloseable pack Recloseable dustproof pack 10 with tamperproof seal, which is intended for packaging low-thickness products 8 and is formed from cardboard, paperboard or a similar material, comprising a front side wall 1 and rear side wall 2 which are essentially rectang... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6499653 | Glueless folding envelope In accordance with the present invention, an envelope is provided. The envelope comprises a front wall, a bottom wall connected to the front wall along a lower fold line, and a rear wall connected to the bottom wall along a fold line. The wall section has... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6394497 | Document holder with a quick-release fastening device A document holder includes a casing and a lid for covering an opening of the casing. A quick-release device includes a strap engaging member fixed on the lid to define a strap engagement space with an entrance for access thereinto. A non-elastic strap has... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6354486 | Expansible document holder An expansible document holder includes a rectangular base wall, left and right lateral flaps connected to left and right lateral edges of the base wall, and lower and upper flaps connected to lower and upper edges of the base wall. The left and right late... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6340178 | Printable kit for making an original holder for flat objects A kit for making an original holder is disclosed. In the kit, a holder 10 of A4 size with a paper fastener 7 is divided into two and provided as two members 11 and 12. The member 11, consisting of a front panel 1 isolated from other portions of the holder... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6189773 | Envelope-type container, in particular for stockings and the like An envelope-type container (10), in particular for stockings and the like, is made with a dinked basically flat element (11). The flat element (11) presents lines of facilitated folding (12) which identify one first side (23) of the envelope-type containe... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6045035 | Interlocking mailing package A mailing package comprises a package body having a first section, a second section, and a third section, the first section connected to the second section by a first foldable joint; the second section is connected to a first end section through a second ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6024278 | Mailable advertising materials A mailable advertising article includes a planar blank having first and second planar surfaces, and first and second fold lines dividing the planar blank into a back wall portion, a protective flap adjacent the back wall portion along the first fold line,... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5984167 | Envelope with tab locks and cassette holder An envelope is disclosed which includes a back panel hingedly coupled with a front panel, where side panels foldably coupled with the back panel are folded over the front panel. The side panels are partially secured to the front panel each having a portio... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5725093 | Disk case A disk case has a pocket-shaped case body for accommodating a disk. Tongue pieces are provided at one edge of the case body, at the centers of opposite halves of the periphery of a disk insertion inlet thereat. These tongue pieces are formed so that one e... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5641115 | Combination greeting card and envelope A combination greeting card and envelope formed from a unitary sheet of material. The combination greeting card and envelope has a main card panel with a front face and a rear face, a pair of side doors, one each extending from side edges of the main card... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5337949 | Photo or art easel and self-mailer A combination photo or art easel and self-mailer comprising a main central four-sided panel having four contiguous sub-panels respectively reversibly foldably-connected to the edges of said central panel, one sub-panel having assembly instructions on one ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5102035 | Envelope with identification tab An envelope suitable for photo processing work is formed of front and rear panels connected together to form a pouch. The rear panel has a closure flap which is movable from an upright position to a closed position where it is folded down over the pouch. ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5086970 | Envelope for safely protecting documents An envelope includes a face and a base having a side edge integrally formed together and having a bottom edge welded together. A slot is formed in an upper edge portion of the face. A flap is integrally formed on an upper edge portion of the base and an e... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4971195 | Disc case A disk case comprised of a rectangular outer case member being opened at its upper side and made from soft synthetic resin sheet and an inner case member made from soft material selected from non-woven fabric, cloth, paper or synthetic resin sheet to rece... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4951863 | Double envelope construction for facsimile handling and method Double envelope construction for facsimile handling and method including a unitary generally rectangular sheet folded on itself along two spaced apart transverse lines with complementary printed indica installed on the same face of the central and one end... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4765485 | Re-usable mailer package A paperboard mailing envelope of the type having an interlocking tongue and slot formed one on the closure flap and one on the back panel. The tongue and slot are adapted to interlock to prevent undetected withdrawal of the locking tongue from the slot. A... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4727988 | Folded envelope and blank for forming same A suitably cut and scored blank adapted to be folded for forming a folded envelope and an envelope formed therefrom. The blank and envelope are formed from a sheet of foldable material such as paper cut and scored for defining a planar rectangular main bo... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4655388 | Diskette folder with strap fastener A diskette folder cut from a single piece of resilient, flexible material, such as leather, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride, and the like, and having a front and back panel, two spines or backings, a retaining flap, integral straps spaced a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4534582 | Adhesive labels An adhesive label for a container includes an instruction pamphlet 10 enclosed in a cover 11 adhesively secured by its rear face to the front face of a backing sheet 12, the rear face of which is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and carries a rem... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4240577 | Locking envelope An envelope which is closed and secured without adhesive for repeated use. A tuck, flap extension of the closure flap is infolded and tucked back in between the back panel and a lock flap partially overlying the back panel. The back panel and the lock fla... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4014434 | Folders and integral lock therefor Folders of paper or similar foldable material which comprise at least three panels adapted to be folded in an overlapping relationship are provided with integral means for interlocking two of the panels to maintain the folder in the folded construction. T... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3966113 | One piece box folder A one piece box folder that requires no tucking of flaps and can be erected from a one piece blank. The box is assembled from a unitary blank in which the panels are folded over and connected to one another by physical affixation such as hot melt glue, pr... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3955752 | Locking envelope An easily opened, non-adhesively closed envelope includes a closure flap extending from the top front edge thereof with a tuck flap extending from the outer edge of such closure flap. A locking flap is disposed in a downfolded, overlying manner from the t... | 05/11/1976 |
