Attachable mailer

Abstract

A mailer, for attachment to an object to be mailed, has an integrally constructed single sheet mailer having a detachable form and a recipient address label. The detachable form may be used with certified mailing as a return receipt post card.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001] The invention relates to mailers, and more particularly to a single-sheet mailer capable of being attached to a variety of different size objects including envelopes, magazines, and boxes. The mailer is also capable of being pre-printed or custom-printed in either one or two passes through a printer.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002] Continuous form webs have previously been separated into discrete forms and folded to form mailers with integral envelopes in which a sender may insert the contents they desire to mail. Such mailers have also included detachable postcards to be used as return receipts or mail receipts. These mailers, however, present two significant drawbacks. First, the sender is limited to the size of the envelope formed by the assembled mailer. Second, these constructions are typically complex in nature and time-consuming to assemble. This results in either a substantial cost in human resources to assemble and stuff such envelope mailers or a sub...

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Benefits of technology

[0013] The various embodiments of the invention are capable of being assembled and / or affixed to an object to be mailed in a simple and time-efficient manner. The mailer embodiments of the invention are also capable of affixation to any object to be mailed regardless of the size and type of the object to be mailed. Although the mailers are depicted according to the one-size-fits all paradigm, the mailers may also be designed to fit a specific size / type of object if such is required.

Problems solved by technology

These mailers, however, present two significant drawbacks.

First, the sender is limited to the size of the envelope formed by the assembled mailer.

Second, these constructions are typically complex in nature and time-consuming to assemble.

This results in either a substantial cost in human resources to assemble and stuff such envelope mailers or a substantial investment in machinery to automate this process.

This cost is compounded when the sender wishes to use a special form of mailing, such as certified mail, due to the additional fields which postal service forms require.

Manual preparation of such special mail is particularly labor-intensive when large quantities of such individualized mail, e.g., mass mailings, are generated.

Most prior art certified mailers employ a complicated construction in which various sections of the mailer seal to form an envelope.

These prior art mailers, such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,901,903, however, lack flexibility in dealing with different sized contents or packages because the mailer comprises two layers which are joined together to form an envelope that is capable of receiving contents of limited sizes.

Prior-art envelope mailers do not satisfy this need for multi-purpose mailers.

This system is cumbersome due to the multitude of labels and time-consuming process of peeling backings off of each label and then affixing the individual labels to the object to be mailed.

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