Printed matter – Envelope
Patent
1998-08-10
2000-10-31
Wellington, A. L.
Printed matter
Envelope
283901, 283 71, 229 70, B42D 2700, B42D 1500
Patent
active
061390674
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a detachable stamp, particularly a promotional stamp, and to an envelope comprising such a stamp.
The technical sector of the invention is that of the manufacture of postal stamps and envelopes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Patent Application FR 94 06356 (Jacques MEERSSEMAN) describes a promotional envelope for correspondence, of which the front face comprises a zone devoted to the address, a zone devoted to franking and a zone devoted to promotional advertizing, which is disposed to the left of the front face with respect to the address zone, or beneath the address zone and which may be completed by a promotional mark on the back of the envelope which may be enlarged by one or two surfaces equivalent to the rear surface of the envelope, which is (are) detachable from the envelope.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide improved envelopes incorporating one or more stamps.
The invention consists in proposing an envelope (i.e. a flexible wrapping) for correspondence (i.e. for postal dispatch) made of paper or cardboard (or equivalent material) for sending in postal envelopes thin objects such as cards or letters, which is preferably of rectangular form, of which a so-called front wall comprises on its outer face a zone for writing the address and a zone for franking, which (front) wall comprises a stamp (or label) integrated in said wall, which wall comprises a zone (or part) of low resistance (i.e. whose mechanical strength is less than the average mechanical strength of the wall) which surrounds said stamp.
In other words, the solution to the problem raised consists in providing an envelope provided with a stamp (or label), which stamp is preferably of rectangular shape, of which one face comprises one or more graphic signs (of promotional and/or postal nature) which preferably comprises a regularly toothed border (or edge) which is integrated in one wall of the envelope and which comprises means for allowing and facilitating detachment thereof (for example by the presence of lines of least resistance) from the envelope, and consequently to facilitate conservation and storage by a stamp collector.
According to preferred embodiments, said zone (or line) of least resistance extends continuously around the stamp and is preferably constituted by a part of the wall of the envelope of which the thickness is smaller than the average thickness of the wall, which part of smaller thickness constitutes a hollow groove extending continuously around the stamp, which groove is preferably obtained by using a punch or cutter forming a pre-cutout around the stamp.
Alternately, said zone (or line) of least resistance extends discontinuously around the stamp, and is preferably constituted by a part of the wall of the envelope which is provided with a plurality of perforations made in the wall, which perforations are of small diameter (of the order of 1 millimeter or less than 1 millimeter) and are regularly spaced along a closed contour (or line) surrounding the stamp, which perforations are obtained by the action of one or more needles; said stamp may comprise parts in relief. The envelope may comprise a postal stamp integrated therein without relief, as well as a promotional stamp integrated therein in relief.
According to a preferred embodiment, the envelope comprises a detachable promotional stamp, said stamp being capable of being fixed or of adhering, for example of being stuck on a support; which stamp comprises a structure constituted by a thin sheet of paper provided with two faces, of which a first, inner face, is adhesive and of which a second, outer face, is marked with one or more graphic signs, which second face of the stamp may comprise prominent parts in relief; according to a preferred embodiment, said prominent parts are obtained by deformation of the structure of the stamp; said first face comprises concave or hollowed parts disposed in register with the parts in relief; the stamp and the envelope are preferably rectangular in shap
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Wellington A. L.
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