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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7469816 | Digital media mailer A mailer primarily composed of three layers, or sheets, that are fastened on top of one-another. A back sheet forms the back of both the outgoing and return mail pieces. The back sheet includes the reclosable flap and further includes an opening to allow external vi... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7357423 | Multi-label mailing form including certified self-mailer A mailing form for facilitating the mailing of a document is disclosed. The mailing form includes a bottom ply of the mailing form and an interspersed between the first side of the bottom ply (i.e. inner side of the bottom ply) and the second side of the top ply (i.... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350689 | Reusable tamper evident envelope A reusable tamper-evident envelope includes a first substrate, a second substrate superimposed on the first substrate, at least one auxiliary substrate superimposed on and joined along one edge to the second substrate, and at least one seal along all but one edge jo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343357 | System and method for printing multiple postage indicia A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a custo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7266504 | System and method for printing multiple postage indicia An envelope having a window for allowing a printed postage indicia to show through is shown. According to a preferred embodiment, the postage indicia window may be provided with a glassine covering. Preferably the postage indicia may be put in a corner of a document... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7213844 | Envelope with integrated tracking labels An envelope with integrated tracking labels for forwarding on important documents where proof of delivery and reception is required is described herein. The envelope has a securing flap which is provided with a receipt tear panel formed in a free end section of the ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201305 | Postal outgoing and reply envelope form system A continuous feed, multipart, multilayer form having detachable pin feed edges on each side sized to fit a pin feed impact printer for producing a postal envelope system is disclosed. Each part of the multipart form may have a top sheet, an outgoing envelope, an inf... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7124117 | Method and apparatus for dynamically locating and printing a plurality of postage payment indicia on a mailpiece A processor based postage metering system includes structure for entering user input data including first and second fold configurations selected from a plurality of fold configurations; apparatus for accounting for postage dispensed by the processor based postage m... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090114 | Inline manufactured crossfold package and method Inline crossfold product and method that will provide substantially more insert sheet material than previous inline crossfold methods, and, additional inline crossfold packet configurations, is provided. A bound crossfold booklet, the equivalent of or a small catalo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086667 | Coloring book for children A coloring book for children including a plurality of page sets bound or stapled wherein a page set includes a pair of background sheets, each having a different background design, and a sharing page placed between the background sheets having basic designs on a fro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069253 | Techniques for tracking mailpieces and accounting for postage payment A method of preparing a mailpiece includes applying a mailpiece identification (MI) code that uniquely identifies the mailpiece, and applying a destination code to the mailpiece signifying at least part of an address. Tracking and accounting for such a mailpiece inc... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6966484 | Mailing and response envelope A mailing and response envelope for conveying an item from a sender to a recipient and back is disclosed. The envelope comprises a base panel, a sender address panel, and a recipient address panel. The sender address panel is affixed to the base panel by an adhesive... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962372 | Document enclosure mailing form for non-impact printing A mailing form for facilitating the mailing of a document is disclosed. The mailer comprises a ply having a front face and a back face, wherein the ply includes a first panel, a second panel, a third panel and a fourth panel of substantially the same area, each pane... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957766 | Envelope with enhanced opening capabilities and method therefor A method and apparatus for an envelope that includes a first portion of material, forming a first surface, a second portion of material, forming a second surface, the second portion being connected to the first portion at selected regions and a third portion of mate... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948742 | Promotional form with detachable element A promotional form is provided which includes a detachable element received within the surrounding margin of a base sheet, the base sheet being folded and sealed around one side of the detachable element to initially conceal a message, question or other indicia hidd... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945565 | Post card with foldable flap on multi-label mailing form for non-impact printer A form assembly formed by front and back plies for creating a postcard having printing on both faces from a single pass through a non-impact printing device. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6435404 | Return mailer A reusable mailer is provided whereby the mailer includes a front panel, back panel, and flap having a plurality of separable panels, whereby each panel is capable of closing and opening the mailer. The mailer may also include transparent sleeves for view... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6402022 | Mailing form for non-impact printing A mailing form, including an upper sheet of material adhesively fastened to a lower sheet, is configured for the printing of information on a single side during passage of the form through a non-impact printer. At a first end of the form, the upper and lo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6343736 | Reusable mailing envelope with tear-strip opening device A reusable envelope has a front address panel and a rear panel joined along three edges to form a pocket with an open top. A first extended sealing flap joined to the top edge of the address panel is provided with a tear strip formed by a line of perforat... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6217079 | Multi-part non-impact printer airbill form A multi-part, partially pre-printed form useful as an airbill has address information printed thereon by a non-impact printer. Different configurations of the form are described, including panels overlappingly affixed together by an adhesive having remova... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6129269 | Easy-opening reusable envelopes A two-panel easy-opening reusable envelope for use in an outward journey from a sender to a receiver followed by a return journey from the receiver to the sender or some other person includes a first panel, a second panel, and a reuse flap, the reuse flap... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5894986 | Mailing envelope incorporating decorative transparency An inexpensive mailing envelope with a window opening to which a decorative image-bearing sheet member is attached. The image-bearing sheet member may be transparent or semi-opaque, partially revealing the contents of the said envelope. The inclusion of a... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5875964 | Reusable business envelope A reusable business envelope having an initial mailing modality where it is initially used and a return mailing modality where it is again used. The envelope includes a front panel, a pair of side panels, a rear panel, a first detachable strip, a return f... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5826787 | Two-way mailer envelope An envelope having front and rear faces which are joined to form a pocket defined by an opening between respective upper edges of the front and rear faces. A flap is joined to the upper edge of the front face and may be folded to overlap a portion of the ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823423 | Envelope A blank for use in making an envelope has areas 6, 7 and 8 for forming a front panel, a rear panel and an intermediate panel of the envelope. The area 6 is formed with a window 20 through which an address, on the area 8, for a second use of the envelope c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5704543 | Window-envelope The present invention is related to an envelope (1) provided with at least one window (2), said envelope being intended for double-use as a reply envelope, too. Said window is provided with a detachable flap (3), whereby said window of the envelope can be... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5687904 | Envelope and a blank for making an envelope The envelope is constructed with cut outs or openings in the back ply to expose the glue on the folded over tabs secured to the back ply. An overlying panel is secured to the glue via the openings to facilitate processing in automated postal equipment. A ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5648143 | Heat resistant adhesives for adhering mailer windows A window-containing mailer is provided which is suitable for use in nonimpact printers using heated fuser rolls. A heat and moisture resistant adhesive which resists picking at temperatures encountered in the fusing rolls secures a transparent polymeric f... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5553774 | Pressure seal C-folded mailer A C-fold mailer comprises first, second and third panels foldable about a first foldline with the first and second panels in registration one with the other and a second foldline with the third panel overlying the back side of the first panel. Lines of co... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5516040 | Two way mailing envelopes The present invention includes a two way envelope that has a front panel, a rear panel, side flaps and a first mailing flap that seals the envelope during the first mailing like any other normal envelope. In addition to these standard features, the envelo... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5492271 | Reversible envelope A reversible envelope in which sealed, interior envelope spaces are formed from a front panel and from bottom and end panels attached to the front panel that are folded toward each other and attached to each other with a releasible glue and from a flap pa... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5425500 | Eccentric double parallel folded mailer An intermediate for a mailer type business form, and a mailer formed from the intermediate, have a fourth panel/ply of lesser width that the other three panels/plies, which forms a reply envelope flap. A cutout is formed in one of the panels/plies forming... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5421620 | Eccentric C-fold envelope with inserts for booklets and return mailers A C-fold mailer having a return envelope, booklet insert or both is disclosed. The mailer is formed from a relatively large web sheet having two transverse fold lines that separate the sheet into three rectangular sections. Discrete strips of heat seal gl... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5402934 | Z-fold mailer with window and return envelope An intermediate for a mailer type business form is formed from a quadrate sheet of paper which is Z-folded to produce a mailer type business form with a reply envelope. A large amount of area is provided for printing yet the reply envelope produced accept... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400957 | Reusable envelope The reusable mailing envelope is constructed from a blank comprising a front panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and a rear panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and being connected to the front panel along a first fold line. A... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5375763 | V-fold two-ply mailer An intermediate for a mailer type business form, and the mailer so produced, comprise face-to-face first and second plies which have aligned windows in them, with the outgoing address visible through both windows in the outgoing configuration of the maile... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5328092 | Reuseable mailer meeting postal requirements A reuseable mailer type business form has an initial mailing configuration addressed to an outgoing addressee, and a reply mailing configuration addressed to a reply addressee. The mailer complies with the postal requirement that no part of the outgoing a... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5290225 | Method of making a self mailer with return envelope formed from a single cut sheet A single sheet business form construction printable in an impact or a non-impact printer includes a base sheet of face stock having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides. The base sheet is adapted to receive a first line of weakenin... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5289972 | Single sheet z-fold mailer A single sheet intermediate for a mailer type business form is Z-folded into a reusable mailer having a return envelope. The Z-folding of the intermediate provides three panels of about the same size, and a cut out covered by a transparent patch may be pr... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5277361 | Reusable mailing envelope A reusable mailing envelope including: a panel including a front panel, a seal flap, a rear panel opposite the seal flap and first and second side panels, connected to the body section by fold lines; and reusable structure for allowing the envelope to be ... | 01/11/1994 |
