US134142A - Improvement in envelopes - Google Patents

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J. W. HU FFEN GT9 N 8; A, BU SKMAN Envelopes.

No. 134,142. Patented 0 c,24,1872.

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JOHN W. HUFFINGTON AND ALEXANDER BUCKMAN, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT m ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,142, dated December 24, 1872; antedated December 18,

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Postal Envelope, of which the following is a specification In the country and out-of-the-way parts of a city or town it is often difficult to obtain postage-stamps. To obviate the inconvenience resulting from such difliculty is the object of this invention 5 which consists of adetachable pocket so formed on a letter-envelope that it may securely contain money to pay for the postage-stamp necessary to send the letter to its destination, and that it may be torn ofl' without opening the envelope; said pocket bein g intended to be torn off by the postmaster of the post-office wherethe letter is mailed, who will remove its contained money and stamp the letter.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view of the blank of the envelope and pocket Fig. 2 is a face view of the envelope sealed but with the pocket unsealed; and Fig. 3 is another view, showing the pocket also sealed.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspon ding parts in the several figures.

a is the front central or main portion of the envelope; b b are its side flaps; c is the bottom flap; and dis its seal-flap; all, except the seal-flap, substantially of the usual form. e f f9 9 designate the pocket formed on the middle portion of the edge of the seal-flap d. The front or central portion e of this pocket has formed on it two side flaps, ff, and also two front flaps, g 9, between which there is an intermediate tab, h. At the connection of the seal-flap d and the portion e of the pocket there is a line of small perforations, 'i c, to enable the said portion to be easily torn ofl. The gum or adhesive material for'sealing the envelope is applied to the seal-flap 0? inside of this line e, and some is also applied to the inside of the the tab h.

The envelope-blank, with pocketpiece attached, formed as above described and represented in Fig. 1, is gummed and folded in the usual manner-that is to say, the side flaps b b are folded over each other on the dotted linesi i; the bottom flap c is folded over them on the dotted line j; and the seal-flap d is folded over the dotted line k; all in the usual manner, and the adhesion of the bottom flap and seal-flaps is produced. The side flaps f f of the pocket piece are folded inward on the dotted lines l I, and the front flaps g g are folded inward on the dotted line m, thereby forming the pocket, which is closed by turning it over on the envelope, as shown in Fig. 3.

When the envelope is to be used, the sea1- flap is raised and the letter put into it in the usual way, and the said flap is then sealed. The pocket is then turned back to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the money put intojit. The tab his then moistened, and the pocket turned over to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the tab sealed. This sealing keeps the pocket closed and its contents secure till it reaches the post-office at which it is to be mailed, where the pocket is torn oif on the perforated line i by the postmaster, who takes out its contents and places a postage-stamp on the envelope.

Claim.

An envelope constructed with an exterior pocket formed of flaps e f g and tab h, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified. 7

JOHN W. HUFFINGTON. ALEX. BUOKMAN.

Witnesses FRED. HAYNES, R. E. RABEAU.

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