US1220796A - Money-transmitting envelop. - Google Patents

Description

J. R. SUTTER.

MONEY TRANSMITTING ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 31 I915- Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

INVENTOR Job/7 R 502761".

ATTONY JOHN B. SUTTER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MONEY-TRANSMITTING EN VELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed. September 3, 1915. Serial No. 48,885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. SUTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money-Transmitting Envelops; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates. to money transmitting envelops and has for its principal object to provide an improvement on the envelop disclosed in United States Patent No. 1,136,948, issued to William P. Faulkner on April 27, 1915, the principal object of the present invention being to provide an envelop of the character described with a folding pocket wherein the stitching may extend through all of the pocket flaps, wherein the body and pocket flaps are to facilitate the folding of the pocket without tearing the envelop, and to provide an improved arrangement of the body flaps whereby a more effective sealing may be secured.

In accomplishing these objects I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure I is a plan view of a blank from which the envelop is formed.

Fig. II is a perspective view of an envelop, showing the pocket formed and illustrating the arrangement of bank notes or securities, prior to the closure of the body flaps Fig. III is a similar view, showlng the pocket and end body flap folded.

Fig. IV is a plan view of the envelop as it appears after it is stitched and sealed.

Fig. V is a plan view of the pocket and contents of the envelop after the pocket has been severed from the body of the envelop.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

1 designates a blank from whioh the envelop is made and which comprises aback 2, having side flaps 34 and an end flap 5, the back being extended at the end opposlte the flap 5 to form the back 6 of the pocket 7. The back portion 6 of the pocket 7 is provided with side flaps 910, the inner edges of which are separated from the edges of the body flaps 3 4, where they join the backs 26, in order to provide a transverse folding portion 11 that will afford a fullness to the back whereby the pocket may be folded over onto the'body of the envelop for con ta ning banknotes, securities or the like, without tearing the material of which the envelop is composed.

The pocket side flaps 910 are oifset at their inner edges to form the recess 12 in the inner face of the pocket, and provide width for the edges of the pocket that will protect the contents without interfering with the folding of the pocket and its contents onto the body of the envelop. The back portion 6 also carries an end flap 14, having gummed edges 15, and which is of sufficient length to cover the greater portion of the pocket when the envelop is formed, so that when the envelop is stitched the thread will pass through the end flap, as well as through the side flapand the back of the pocket.

In order to separate the envelop to expose the contents thereof for inspection without breaking the SGELL'I provide the envelop with a line of easy severance, preferably consisting of a transverse line of perforations 18 that extend through the back and body flaps at a point that to which the end of the pocket extends when the envelop is formed, and in order to facilitate the severing of the envelop I provide a tearing cable 19 that extends over the inner faces of the body portion 2 and side flaps 3 4 adjacent the line of severance, and has projecting ends which are exposed when the envelop is sealed so that they may be'grasped to tear the envelop along the line of severance.

Assuming that the envelop is constructed as described, it may be furnished to a user in the flap blank, illustrated in Fig. I. Should the user desire to send a number of bank notes, securities or the like through the mails or by express, or in any other way, the securities are laid on the body portion of the envelop so that one end of the stack lies on the body part 6, adjacent the end flap 14. With the stack in place the pocket flaps 910 are folded over the end of the stack and sealed by the gummed edge 10 of the flap 10, and the end flap 14'is folded over the side flaps and gummed thereto, completing the pocket and inclosing the end of the stack therein.

With the end pocket formed as described, the pocket is folded over onto the body of the envelop, the fold being made along the neck 11, and the ofisetting of the pocket flap permitting the fold in the neck without strain on the back 6, the'recesses 12 enlarg ing the space while permitting the base portions of the flap to form edge walls for the pocket. When the pocket is folded over onto the body of the envelop, the end fiap 5 is foldedonto the stack and the flaps 3-4: folded onto the stack and'onto the end flap 5, the recesses 17-17 in the flap 4: exposing the end flap 5 at the back of the pocket 7,

7 so that the gummed edge of the flap 8 may thread may then be sealed in the ordinary manner. a c

The envelop is then forwarded to a consignee, who, upon receipt, tears the envelop along the line of severance, and examines the contents to detect possible errors. If an error is-detected he immediately returns the envelop with its contents, and with the seal unbroken, to the sender for correction of the i error,it being apparent that it would be impossible for a receiver or other person to remove any part of the contents without destroying the seal, owing to the fact that the contents are folded at the pocket end, and the stitching through two thickness of the stacked contents, and through the pockets and body of the envelop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1.' In an envelop, a back portion comprising body and extension members, and an end flap opposite the extension member, side and end flaps on the extension member forming an inwardly opening pocket at the end of the body member, side flaps on the body member for inclosing the said body member. and the pocket when the pocket is folded onto the body member; one of the body side flaps being cut away a short distance from the edge of the envelop to expose the envelop when the flap is in folded position, and the other body side flap having gummed edges to seal against the first named body side flap and against the exposed portion of the envelop.

2. An envelop comprising a back portion, having an extension, side flaps on said extension, an end flap on said extension, folded onto the side flaps and terminating near the inner edges thereof, side flaps on the body for inclosing said body portion and pocket, whenthe latter is folded onto said body, said body having a line of severance extending transversely across its back and side flaps, adjacent the inner end of the pocket, when the latter is folded within the body; one of the side flaps of the body being cut away at its ends to expose the end flap and said pocket, and the other side flap having gummed edges to seal against the far side flap and the exposed end flap and pocket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN R. SUTTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained fer five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of .Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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