Method and apparatus for managing the delivery of mail items

Details Method and apparatus for managing the delivery of mail items Method and apparatus for managing the delivery of mail items

2005-06-29

2010-11-23

Pascua, Jes F (Department: 3782)

Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes

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C229S071000

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07837088

ABSTRACT:
A mailer provides a new way of securing the delivery of letters, packages, parcels, and/or other items of mail through the U.S. Postal Service. The mailer includes a container and a spacer attached to an inner surface of the container. The container is designed to hold items of mail having an aggregate thickness less than a minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The spacer has a predetermined thickness which causes the first and second sheets of the container to expand to a thickness which equals or exceeds the minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The mailer therefore allows otherwise unqualified mail items to be sent as First Class or special services mail.

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