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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325377 | Apparatus for making pneumatically filled packing cushions System, method and material for making pneumatically filled packing cushions in which a plastic film material having two superposed layers joined together along first and second longitudinal edges is prefabricated at a first location by forming longitudinally spaced... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313879 | Slip proof protective holder for sheet material A protective holder for displaying a generally thin article includes a first member formed from a translucent material and a second member which is permanently attached to the first member to form a pocket open along one edge of at least one of the first member and ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300531 | Tape application device A device and a method for applying tape to one or more sheets of material in a moving line-up. The device can include a tape applicator, a sensor, a tape cutter, a tape gripper, an engagement-initiation press, and a hold-down portion. During intermittent operation, ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300044 | Personalized document and method for making same A method for producing a document suitable for mailing to a recipient including the steps of determining preferences of the mail recipient and compiling a selection of messages relating to recipient preferences in a format accommodating variable data printing. The c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264119 | Chained pouches system and method A storage system comprising two or more pouches, joined sequentially pouch-lip to pouch-lip by a flexible coupling portion, wherein each coupling portion flexes to permit manipulation of the joined set of pouches, combines advantageous modes of storage, display and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254931 | Method and system for creating mailpieces from a single continuous web of printed material A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes a continuous web having a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets is comprised of envelope she... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137943 | Sheet preparation module architecture and control methods Sheets can be manipulated for punching, perforating and/or folding. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be punched and/or perforated in various configurations. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be fol... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127844 | Reminder display envelope A reminder card having a printed message is printed directly on the mailing envelope on the rear lower portion of the envelope and is perforated for easy removal. The reminder card is slipped into a window pocket on the front face of the envelope to display the remi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7104942 | Side seamed plastic produce bag, method of making and dispenser for same A side seamed plastic produce bag includes a front wall and a taller back wall, first and second side edges sealed together and a seamless bag bottom. The taller back wall provides means for finding the bag opening. The bag is joined at the side edges to additional ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100348 | Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products The invention relates to a continuous strip of detachable consecutive interconnected products manufactured by folding, such as envelopes and the like, and to a process for manufacturing the said strip, two of those consecutive products being interconnected through a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7073704 | Secure window mailer and method of making A business form or mailer intermediate, includes a substrate sheet having first and second surfaces, first and second parallel longitudinal edges and first and second opposite ends, and at least a first transverse fold line formed in the substrate perpendicular to t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073551 | Stack pressing apparatus with integral glue dispenser In order to avoid the necessity of cropping the pages of a bound volume, uniformly sized printed pages having pre-glued edge surfaces are aligned within a stack and a press then presses the edge of the stack so as to compress the glue and adhere the pages together. | 07/11/2006 |
| 6994052 | Double icon page markers and method of page marking A marker and method of marking pages for subsequent revisit in accordance with a predetermined theme such as wedding, birthday or holiday gifts, home décor ideas and so forth, wherein the marker includes primary and a secondary icon designs to be positioned one beh... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6953207 | Sequentially placed shipping and packing label system A system for providing a shipping label and a packing list on a container is provided which enables rapid and automated sequential application of a packing list and a shipping label to the container. The shipping label is configured complemental to the packing list ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944988 | Bouquet container A plant container including a receptacle having a top opening for insertion of a plant therein and a top flap for selective folding over the top opening to cover the receptacle. A stack of these containers may be compactly stored in a collapsed flat state and then i... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6789725 | Printable envelope with L-shaped addition A paper assembly is formed having an envelope and a carrier portion, such that the overall assembly is a generally flat paper assembly having a length and width of a standard paper size such as 8½ in.×11 in. or A-4 size. The assembly, having a footprint equal to a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6749230 | Business form with imaging compatible punch-out card and method A business form with laser compatible punch-out card and the methods of making the combination. The card is permanently adhered to a perforated backer sheet, the periphery of which extends beyond the card and is coated with adhesive for application to the bottom sur... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6627033 | Contact adhesive patterns for sheet stock precluding adhesion of facing sheets in storage The invention includes methods and products which use contact adhesives to secure separate sheets of multiple ply documents to form finished documents, such as integrated letters and envelopes, billing statements, invoices, etc. Sheet material for product... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626755 | Laserable fold over carbonless form A carbonless form is provided that may be folded selectively into a duplicating state or a non-duplicating state. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a carbonless form is provided comprising a form sheet, a transverse fold line, an... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6559970 | Machineable envelope assembly and method of accurately printing indicia on envelopes A machineable envelope assembly includes an envelope and a strip releasably attached to the envelope. The strip extends out from the envelope flap when the strip lies flat relative to the envelope pocket panels to define with the panels a rectangle having... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6419150 | Pattern and method of assembling an envelope/page and mailer combination A single sheet stationery pattern and method for assembling an envelope/page includes a rectangular base sheet of face stock having a front, a back, a top, and a first (outside) and second (inside) sides, positioned so that the longest side of the rectang... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6409592 | White ink security feature for mailer type business forms A business form, particularly a mailer type business form, is constructed from a sheet of paper. The paper has first and second areas, the first area having security indicia positively imaged in non-fluorescent white ink. The second area, which is prefera... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6391260 | Instrument pouch for sterilization process and method of sterilizing an article A method for sterilizing an article in a sterilization unit, the method including placing the article within a foam plastic instrument pouch having a closed cell construction, and positioning the closed cell foam plastic instrument pouch containing the ar... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386442 | Business form or mailer with carbonless imaging A business form or mailer intermediate providing fold-over carbonless imaging is provided. The form or mailer includes separate CB and CF coating portions on a single sheet. When the form or mailer is folded about a fold line, the CB portion comes in cont... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375065 | Envelope assembly having registration lines A versatile envelope assembly that can be printed upon either before or after the resulting envelope is assembled. The resulting envelope can be used to store a wide variety of items, including compact discs and digital video discs, and can also provide a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6322106 | Business form or mailer with carbonless imaging A business form or mailer intermediate providing fold-over carbonless imaging is provided. The form or mailer includes separate CB and CF coating portions on a single sheet. When the form or mailer is folded about a fold line, the CB portion comes in cont... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309725 | Segmented roll product for enhanced cohesive A Z-fold mailer type business form intermediate using patterns of pressure activated cohesive has the cohesive in patterns for both sealing along the end and side edges of the final form in the form of discrete elements spaced from each other in such a wa... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6129387 | Pressure sensitive library card holder An intermediate for a card holder, the card holder produced from the intermediate, and a method of making the card holder, are provided which are particularly useful for easily and efficiently making and attaching a card holder to a library book, or other... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6095407 | Mailer blank A mailer blank adapted to be folded into a mailer has front and back sides and adhesive bands on the front side and on the back side for securing the blank in its folded configuration. At least one of the adhesive bands on the front side is aligned with a... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6079615 | Mailer assembly The mailer assembly is used for direct mail applications. Upon removal of tear strips at each side of the mailer assembly, an insert is formed from a panel secured within the mailer which is able to fall free of the mailer. The mailer assembly may be prov... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6015085 | Cohesive pattern for a continuous Z-fold mailer with reply envelope A mailer type business form intermediate, and business form produced from the intermediate, are provided which provide a reply envelope as part of the mailer yet avoid blocking of pressure activated cohesive patterns associated with the mailer during fan-... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5971260 | Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products The invention relates to a continuous strip of detachable consecutive interconnected products manufactured by folding, such as envelopes and the like, and to a process for manufacturing the said strip, two of those consecutive products being interconnecte... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971138 | Toiletries dispensing package A plurality of wipe-containing moisture-resistant flapped envelopes are interconnected end-to-end to form a train of envelopes stored in roll form and containing wipes or towelettes treated with cleanser or other skin-treating agent. Each flap is held clo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967403 | Remailable envelope and method for making a remailable envelope from a single blank A remailable envelope is formed from a single paper blank. The paper blank is first cut to yield a cut blank with an upper portion shaped as an originating legal sized envelope blank with a first back panel and a first front panel with a pair of side flap... | 10/19/1999 |
