EP3049343A1 - Postal packet for containing one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular credit cards, tickets, discount coupons, advertising leaflets, and the like - Google Patents

Postal packet for containing one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular credit cards, tickets, discount coupons, advertising leaflets, and the like

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EP3049343A1
EP3049343A1 EP15750131.3A EP15750131A EP3049343A1 EP 3049343 A1 EP3049343 A1 EP 3049343A1 EP 15750131 A EP15750131 A EP 15750131A EP 3049343 A1 EP3049343 A1 EP 3049343A1
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packet
leaf
ticket
leaflet
postal
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French (fr)
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Carmine Mastalia
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/32—Opening devices incorporated during envelope manufacture
    • B65D27/34—Lines of weakness
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/04—Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
    • B42D15/045—Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
    • B65D73/0078—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being retained or enclosed in a folded-over or doubled card

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to the sector of design and manufacture of paper and cardboard products and in particular regards a postal packet designed to contain one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least one ticket such as a railway ticket, an air ticket, or a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, advertising leaflets, but also a credit card, or an electronic access key.
  • a postal packet designed to contain one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least one ticket such as a railway ticket, an air ticket, or a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, advertising leaflets, but also a credit card, or an electronic access key.
  • a postal packet designed to contain one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least one ticket such as a railway ticket, an air ticket, or a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, advertising leaflets, but also a credit card, or an electronic access key.
  • a ticket such as a railway ticket, an air ticket, or a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical
  • the main task of the present invention is to provide a packet designed to contain and conceal one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least a ticket or an advertising leaflet or information leaflet, preventing this from possibly coming out of the packet, unless the packet itself has evidently been tampered with.
  • the postal packet is a purposely designed packet simple to produce.
  • the above has been obtained by envisaging creation of the postal packet starting from a sheet that is preferably, but not exclusively, rectangular, is folded at the centre so as to define a front leaf, which is folded like a book on a rear leaf and is glued onto the inner face of the latter along the four peripheral edges so as to provide a sort of frame, which is more or less large, around an area that is not glued and defines a housing, in which, before completing gluing, it is possible to introduce a two-dimensional object, such as a ticket or an advertising leaflet, which is then accessible to the user thanks to a pre-determined tear- open line, on the front face of the packet, that enables the covering portion, which may not necessarily have a rectangular format, to be raised using a purposely provided lateral gripping tab.
  • the area of the rear leaf that does not undergo gluing which has the same format, is available for printing advertising wordings or illustrative or explanatory texts regarding the item inserted in the packet.
  • the space for the name and address of the addressee, as well as for stamping, is provided on the rear face of the packet.
  • the ticket can be taken out merely by tearing, pulling on the tab, the part of the front sheet that covers the housing along the tear-open line provided and raising the flap of the covering top leaf. Obviously, this renders evident any possible tampering of the packet by ill-intentioned persons.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view that shows the inner face of the two leaves into which the original sheet from which the packet forming the subject of the invention is obtained is folded;
  • Figure 2 is a front view of the postal packet forming the subject of the invention, in the closed configuration, ready for delivery;
  • Figure 3 is a rear view of the packet of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 shows the postal packet of Figure 2, after the non-glued front part has been torn open and it has started to be raised along the folding line, enabling extraction of an item that has been inserted;
  • Figure 5 shows a variant of the postal packet of
  • Figure 6 shows folding of the three-leaf item of Figure 5.
  • the postal packet forming the subject of the invention is made up of a sheet of a substantially rectangular shape that is preferably divided in two parts set side by side, i.e., a front part or leaf 2 designed to be folded like a book on the rear part or leaf 4 so that it can be set on top of the latter in order to cover it completely .
  • a non- adhesive area 8 that defines a housing where a ticket 10 or a leaflet 12 can be inserted before gluing remains free.
  • the same non-adhesive area may be used for carrying wordings or printed information.
  • a pre ⁇ set tear-open line L is provided that enables the top closing 2a to be raised by tearing so as to remove the contents easily.
  • the operation is facilitated by the fact that the part of the sheet without adhesive 2a has on the short side opposite to the one in which the tear-open line is not provided, a gripping tab 14, the outline of which follows the perforation line L on the same side.
  • the housing and the ticket or item inserted therein may in any case have formats different from the rectangular one, such as for example a circular or elliptical format, and may even assume fancy shapes, reproducing, for example, the profile of a flower, an animal, or a particular outline by appropriately shaping the pre-set tear-open line L that delimits the top closing 2a.
  • the ticket that the sender wishes to send is completely enclosed within the packet, and in view there are only the face of the top part 2 folded like a book with space dedicated to advertising information, and the rear part with a space 16 provided for the address of the addressee and an ample space for stamping.
  • a first advantage is represented by the fact that the fold of the top part 2 on the rear one 4 and subsequent gluing creates an envelope for the ticket contained therein, without any danger of the ticket possibly coming out of the packet accidentally or anybody managing to extract the ticket from the packet without tampering with it in an altogether evident way.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)

Abstract

A postal packet for containing one or more objects with two-dimensional development, such as, for example, a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, a credit card, a discount coupon, or an advertising leaflet or brochure, is constituted by a sheet of paper that is folded at the centre so as to define a front leaf that is folded like a book on a rear leaf so that it can be glued on the inner face of the latter along the four peripheral edges in order to provide a sort of frame, which is more or less large, around a non-glued area that constitutes a housing in which, before completing gluing, it is possible to introduce a two-dimensional object, such as a ticket or an advertising leaflet or the like, which is then accessible to the user thanks to a pre-set tear-open contour line that favours tear opening, on the front face of the packet, of the covering portion, using a purposely provided gripping tab available on one side.

Description

POSTAL PACKET FOR CONTAINING ONE OR MORE OBJECTS WITH
TWO-DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR CREDIT
CARDS, TICKETS, DISCOUNT COUPONS, ADVERTISING LEAFLETS, AND THE LIKE
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The present invention relates to the sector of design and manufacture of paper and cardboard products and in particular regards a postal packet designed to contain one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least one ticket such as a railway ticket, an air ticket, or a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, advertising leaflets, but also a credit card, or an electronic access key. By way of example, in what follows reference will be made to just one ticket or leaflet .
The main task of the present invention is to provide a packet designed to contain and conceal one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least a ticket or an advertising leaflet or information leaflet, preventing this from possibly coming out of the packet, unless the packet itself has evidently been tampered with.
Advantageously, the postal packet is a purposely designed packet simple to produce.
The above has been obtained by envisaging creation of the postal packet starting from a sheet that is preferably, but not exclusively, rectangular, is folded at the centre so as to define a front leaf, which is folded like a book on a rear leaf and is glued onto the inner face of the latter along the four peripheral edges so as to provide a sort of frame, which is more or less large, around an area that is not glued and defines a housing, in which, before completing gluing, it is possible to introduce a two-dimensional object, such as a ticket or an advertising leaflet, which is then accessible to the user thanks to a pre-determined tear- open line, on the front face of the packet, that enables the covering portion, which may not necessarily have a rectangular format, to be raised using a purposely provided lateral gripping tab. Advantageously, also the area of the rear leaf that does not undergo gluing, which has the same format, is available for printing advertising wordings or illustrative or explanatory texts regarding the item inserted in the packet.
The space for the name and address of the addressee, as well as for stamping, is provided on the rear face of the packet.
With this arrangement, the ticket can be taken out merely by tearing, pulling on the tab, the part of the front sheet that covers the housing along the tear-open line provided and raising the flap of the covering top leaf. Obviously, this renders evident any possible tampering of the packet by ill-intentioned persons.
A better understanding of the invention will be obtained from the ensuing detailed description, with reference to the attached drawings, which illustrate, merely by way of example, two preferred embodiments.
In the drawings :
Figure 1 is a perspective view that shows the inner face of the two leaves into which the original sheet from which the packet forming the subject of the invention is obtained is folded;
Figure 2 is a front view of the postal packet forming the subject of the invention, in the closed configuration, ready for delivery;
Figure 3 is a rear view of the packet of Figure 2;
Figure 4 shows the postal packet of Figure 2, after the non-glued front part has been torn open and it has started to be raised along the folding line, enabling extraction of an item that has been inserted;
Figure 5 shows a variant of the postal packet of
Figure 2 where the item inserted is constituted, merely by way of example, by a three-leaf brochure; and
Figure 6 shows folding of the three-leaf item of Figure 5.
The ensuing description refers, merely by way of illustration, to a ticket, but it is evident that it can be applied without any modifications also to other objects with two-dimensional development, such as for example credit cards, tickets, or leaflets and brochures.
With particular reference to Figures 1 to 3, the postal packet forming the subject of the invention is made up of a sheet of a substantially rectangular shape that is preferably divided in two parts set side by side, i.e., a front part or leaf 2 designed to be folded like a book on the rear part or leaf 4 so that it can be set on top of the latter in order to cover it completely .
Once the front leaf 2 has been set on top of the rear leaf, it has to be glued, with its inner face on the rear leaf along its four edges A, B, C, and D with more or less wide stretches that may differ according to the sides. For this purpose, these stretches are rendered adhesive by means of glues or the like, as highlighted in Figure 1 by the dotted area. A non- adhesive area 8 that defines a housing where a ticket 10 or a leaflet 12 can be inserted before gluing remains free. The same non-adhesive area may be used for carrying wordings or printed information.
Once the ticket or the leaflet has been introduced into this housing, the part of the sheet 2 without adhesive comes to constitute the top closing 2a of said housing, and what is inserted therein cannot be taken out except by removing said closing, as may be seen in Figure 2.
For this purpose, according to the invention illustrated, along three sides of said closing a pre¬ set tear-open line L is provided that enables the top closing 2a to be raised by tearing so as to remove the contents easily. The operation is facilitated by the fact that the part of the sheet without adhesive 2a has on the short side opposite to the one in which the tear-open line is not provided, a gripping tab 14, the outline of which follows the perforation line L on the same side.
It should be noted that the housing and the ticket or item inserted therein may in any case have formats different from the rectangular one, such as for example a circular or elliptical format, and may even assume fancy shapes, reproducing, for example, the profile of a flower, an animal, or a particular outline by appropriately shaping the pre-set tear-open line L that delimits the top closing 2a.
As may be seen in Figure 2, the ticket that the sender wishes to send is completely enclosed within the packet, and in view there are only the face of the top part 2 folded like a book with space dedicated to advertising information, and the rear part with a space 16 provided for the address of the addressee and an ample space for stamping.
A first advantage is represented by the fact that the fold of the top part 2 on the rear one 4 and subsequent gluing creates an envelope for the ticket contained therein, without any danger of the ticket possibly coming out of the packet accidentally or anybody managing to extract the ticket from the packet without tampering with it in an altogether evident way.
It is evident that the only way of taking out the ticket contained in the packet is to detach the tab 14, tear along the pre-set tear-open contour lines L the flap 2a of the leaf 2 covering the internal housing, and raise said flap 2a, which renders evident any attempt at tampering with the packet.
In a second embodiment of the invention (illustrated in Figure 4), it is envisaged that also the leaflet inserted 12 is glued with the back of its central part on the sheet 4 once it has been positioned within the housing 8. In this case, once the top closing 2a is opened, the leaflet may be opened completely, however remaining fixed to the back of the packet .

Claims

1) A postal packet designed to contain one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular at least a ticket for entrance or invitation to shows, musical or sporting events, a credit card, a discount coupon, or an advertising leaflet or brochure, said packet being characterized in that it is constituted by a sheet of paper that is folded at the centre so as to define a front leaf (2) that is folded like a book on a rear leaf (4) so that it can be glued on the inner face of the latter along the four peripheral edges in order to provide a sort of frame, which is more or less large, around a non-glued area (8) that constitutes a housing in which, before completing gluing, it is possible to introduce a two-dimensional object, such as a ticket (10) or a leaflet or other inserted item (12), which is then accessible to the user thanks to a pre-set tear-open contour line (L) that favours tear opening, on the front face of the packet, of the covering portion (2a) , using a purposely provided lateral gripping tab (14) .
2) The postal packet as per the preceding claim, characterized in that the pre-set tear-open contour line (L) that favours tear opening of the covering portion (2a) also involves said gripping tab (14) .
3) The postal packet as per the preceding claims, characterized in that the ticket (10) or the item inserted (12) can only be taken out following upon tearing along the pre-set tear-open contour line (L) starting from the tab (14) of the flap (2a) of the leaf covering the internal housing and raising thereof, which renders evident any attempt at tampering with the packet by ill-intentioned persons.
4) The postal packet as per the preceding claims, characterized in that the non-adhesive area that defines the housing (8) where a ticket (10) or a leaflet (12) can be inserted before gluing, may be used for carrying printed wordings or information, which are visible after removal of said ticket or leaflet.
5) The postal packet as per any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the leaflet (12) is a three-leaf one and is glued at the back on the non-glued area of the inner face of the leaf (4) .
6) The postal packet as per any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pre-set tear-open contour line (L) around the covering leaf (2a) that favours tearing thereof enables the desired shape to be bestowed on said leaf (2a) .
EP15750131.3A 2014-08-13 2015-08-03 Postal packet for containing one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular credit cards, tickets, discount coupons, advertising leaflets, and the like Withdrawn EP3049343A1 (en)

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ITRM2014U000133U ITRM20140133U1 (en) 2014-08-13 2014-08-13 ¿PICO POSTALE TO CONTAIN ONE OR MORE ITEMS WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR CREDIT CARDS, TICKETS, DISCOUNT VOUCHERS, PROMOTIONAL AND SIMILAR FOLDERS¿
PCT/IB2015/055894 WO2016024186A1 (en) 2014-08-13 2015-08-03 Postal packet for containing one or more objects with two-dimensional development, in particular credit cards, tickets, discount coupons, advertising leaflets, and the like

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