US1412335A - Envelope - Google Patents

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C. J. BRANSTEAD ENVELOPE.

APP LICATI 0N FILED JULYI3, 1920.

1,412,335. v Patented Apr. 11, 1922 IV/f/YESSES C/MFLES JB/iA/VSIEAQINVENTOR.

7MAMM I A TTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J'. BRANSTEAD, OLE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

ENVELOPE Application filed July 13,

-. This invention relates toenvelopes adapted to be used for job purposes and embodying means enabling a special record to be kept of the job to be done or completed.

A further object is to provide a device of .this character wherein the record card is adapted to be removably associated with an envelope so as to be removed or replaceable thereon at the will of the recorder, whereby the record of each envelope may bevaried in accordance with any changesor alterations subsequently to be made in connection with the job to be performed.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention may be said generally to reside in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 isa plan view of an envelope constructed in accordance'with this invention. 1

Figure 2 is a plan view of the record card, and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken on a horizontal plane through the center of Figure 1.

The envelopes to which. this invention is particularly applicable are such as are ordinarily employed in business or trade offices for the purpose offcontaining therein papers, documents or specimens of any sort upon which work of some character has been performed or is t be performed. However, it is evident that the scope of the invention enables it to be adapted to other uses, also, as for instance with files or "envelopes containing matter to he filed away for future reference. For the purpose of herein setting forth clearly the nature and objects of the invention, it may be assumed that the envelope is adapted to contain articles of jewelry such as rings, jeweled pins, etc., left in the possession of a jeweler for the purpose of repairs or alterations. In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the front; 2 the back and 3 the flap of the envelope, which may be formed of heavy paper, leather, or other material suitable to withstand wear and tear Specification of Letters Patent. Patented API. 11, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 395,867,

for a considerable period. It is preferably made oblong in shape and any fastening means 4: suitable for the purpose in view may be employed for enabling the flap to be fastened to the envelope when folded. An extra piece 5 may be glued or otherwise fastened to the back 2 as a reinforcement for the envelope and is provided with an end flap 6, on the side opposite to the envelope flap 3. If desired, the reinforcing strip 5 may be omitted altogether from the construction of the, envelope, in which event the flap 6 would be attached directly to the back of the envelope. The flap 6 is provided with a socket 7 which fits over the knob end of stud 8 in a manner usual to stud and socket fasteners. The stud is carried by the back wall 2 of the envelope to which it is fastened and projects rearwardly through the reinforcement, as shown. Extending transversely across the envelope adjacent to and parallel with the bottom edge is a strip 9, fastened to the front of the envelope as at '10, but loose across the back and opening from its inner edge 11. This strip, thus attached, provides a pocket 12 adjacent the bottom edge of the envelope on its rear face into which is adapted to be inserted the lower part 13 of a record card 14, illustrated to advantage in Fig. 2.

The record card is designed to rest up against the reinforced back of the envelope and is of a width not greater than the width of the envelope; while in length it is sufiicient to extend from within the pocket at the endof the envelope up to and beyond the locking stud 8; an opening 15 being provided in the card for the passage of the stud therethrough to permit the card to rest snugly against the face of the envelope. The card is adapted to bear indicia relevant to the matter enclosed within the envelope and would, of course,be appropriately lined, as at 16, for the proper marking of the necessary information upon the card; which information constitutes the record of the particular job. The pocket strip 9, it is to be noted, is likewise appropriately lined in correspondence with the lines of the record card and provides a sort of index or head for the record card when the latter is inserted in the pocket. The margin 13, left blank in the drawing, may either be left as shown or lined and indexed, like the strip 9 this being entirely within the discretion of the user and not hearing directly upon the merits of the invent-ion since the margin 13. would, in any case, be concealed within the pocket when the record card is in place and its function carried out by the indexed outer face of the pocket.

In explaining the use of the invention it may be'assumed that an article of jewelry, such for instance as a diamond ring, has been submitted to the jeweler for certain repairs. This ring'would be placed in an envelope 1 and a card 14 filled out; the name, address and character of the article, being properly recorded upon the card, together with a memorandum of any instructions to be observed, with respect to the character of the repairs to be made; the time when promised and the charges, being included in the record as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This card, it is evident, thus constitutes a complete record of the job and is associated with the envelope by inserting the margin 14 of the card within the pocket 12 and the perforated end over the stud 8, subsequent to which the card-holding flap 6 may be snapped shut, absolutely holding the card in place and safe from displacement so that there will be no possibility of its becoming lost or torn from frequent handling of the envelope or otherwise. The envelope may then be filed away among others, according to the job number given upon the upper right hand corner or in alphabetical order,

according to the name of the card, whichever system of filing is being followed.

Among many of the obvious advantages of this invention may be'mentioned the fact that the envelope may be readily opened or closed without interfering with or being in terfered by the record card which as has already been pointed out, rests snugly against the rear face of the envelope and is prevented from falling away from the envelope under all conditions, by reason of the stud 8 and the pocket 12 which tend to hold it in association with the envelope. When the flap is unbutton'ed the card can be instantly'removed and a new one substituted whenever required, while it is manifest that I of each, particular job maybe kept and changed or altered with the utmost simplicity and convenience to accord with the cus tomers last received instructions, so that when the job is taken up for attention, all the necessary and essential information is at "hand and available to the workman, to whom the job is assigned.

It is possible that various changes in the shape, size and form of the envelope may be resorted to, in the practical application of the invention, and it is therefore to be understood that all such changes and modifications are permissible as properly come within the scope of the invention defined in the subjoined claim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An envelope of the character described, including a front, back and a sealingfiap located at one end of said envelope the opposite end and sides being closed, an extra piece fastened to the back of said envelope having an end flap located on the side opposite said envelope flap, a socket formed in said end flap, a strip fastened to the front of said envelope adjacent and parallel to the bottom to provide a pocket, and a stud fixed to the back of said envelope and extending through said extra piece whereby a record card having an opening near its upper end to receive said stud may be held within said pocket and on saidstud, all as and in the manner shown.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. BRANSTEAD.

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