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J. W. FOLLETT & L. F. MARSH. LETTER SHEET ENVELOPE.

Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH 'VV. FOLLETT, OF NElV YORK, Y., AND LEXVIS F. MARSH, OF ERISTOL, ENGLAND.

LETTER- SHEET ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,413, dated March 25, 1890. Application filed December '7, 1888. erial No. 292,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J osnrn W. FOLLETT and LEWIS F. MARSH, citizens of Great Britain, and residents of New York, N. Y., and Bristol, England, respectively, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Letter-Sheet Envelopes, of which the followingis a specification.

Ourimprovement relates to what is kn own as letter-sheet envelopes, or such in which the envelope is integral with the letter-sheet, the two together being one continuous piece of paper.

The object of the improvement is to provide more letter-surface than in letter-sheet envelopes heretofore made, and to arrange for folding the letter in such a way as to conceal the writing without pasting at the sides, and to require for sealing no more trouble than the mere dampening of the paste or glue of ,the sealing-flap, as in ordinary envelopes without letter-sheets; also, tov provide on all parts of the letter-sheet envelope, except such as reserved for the address and the letter, advertisingspaces, by the income from which the expense of the letter-sheet envelopes will be covered, so that they may be given away to the public or sold at much lower price than ever heretofore.

The improvement will be hereinafter fully described, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an outside view of our improved letter-sheet envelope displayed. Fig. 2 is an inside view of the same displayed. Fig. 3 represents the same seen as in Fig. 2, with the side flaps folded upon the main body. Fig. 4: represents the same seen as in Fig. 3, but with the first fold made from the bottom or foot of the sheet. Fig. 5 is a view of the same, seen as in Fig. l, the second fold from the foot being made. Fig. 6 is a view of the same, seen as in Fig. 5, the third fold from the bottom or foot being made. Fig. 7 is a view of the same similar to Fig. 6, the sealing-flap being folded as when the letter is sealed.

A is the body of the sheet, and may be plain or ruled, as shown in Fig. 2, for receiving the letter of correspondence.

B is a side extension of the body A, and

may be ruled like the body or left plain, as

in Fig. 2, for increasing the letter-surface, or I it may be used for advertising-spaces, as may be desired.

0 is a side flap at the right of the body A, opposite to the extension B, and its surface is reserved for advertising.

Extending from the upper end of the body A (see Fig. 2) and of the same width as the body is the address-flap D, provided with the ordinary folding flap or lip E of ordinary envelopes. The inside of the address-flap D is divided into advertising-spaces.

The entire outer surface of the sheet, with the exception of the address-flap D, on which is printed in the upper right corner the post;- agestamp, is divided in advertising-spaces, as in Fig. 1, the letter a wherever it appears on the drawings indicating an advertising-space on the letter-sheet, and the position of the letters a, whether rightend up or reversed or written along vertical lines, as .shown in the respective spaces of the views on the drawings, indicate, respectively, the position of the type in the advertisements, the reversed letters in Fig. 1 appearing in their normal position when the letter is folded and sealed, as in Figs. 6 and 7.

The curved line 6 in Fig. 1 is to be printed on the sheet to indicate the position of the gummed flap E upon the outside of the body when the letter is sealed.

The dotted lines o a s m 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 on the drawings should be printed or indicated by perforations at intervals to indicate the lines along which the sheet is to be folded.

The letter having been written, the side extension B, which is pretty nearly of the same width as the body A, is first folded over the line 8 m upon the body A and its edge covered up by likewise folding the flap 0 upon it and the body along the lineon, as in Fig. 3. By these two folds the contents of the letter are covered or concealed from view and leaving exposed advertisements only. The thusfolded sheet is then folded from the bottom edge 1 1 first over the line 2 2, the fold appearing as in Fig. l, then over the line 3 3, the fold appearing as in Fig. 5, then again over the line 4.- l, the fold appearing as in Fig. 6, and, finally, the gummed flap E folded upon the body over the line 5 5, the edge of the flap coinciding With the dotted curved line 6 and the letter sealed,the reverse side thereof traced and the folding readily understood.

It Will also be seen that when the sheet is folded it cannot Without tearing be opened at the ends, (although not gummed there, as in ordinary letter-sheet envel0pes,) so as to expose to view the written contents.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, in aletter-sheet envelope, of the body A, the side extension B, nearly a the width of body A, the opposite narrower side extension 0, which extensions are of same height as body A and fold together on and cover the surface-of body A, the address-flap D on the top of body A and being the Width of the folded letter, and the ordinary envelopesealing flap E on the top of the address-flap D, all substantially as described.

,In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention We have signed our names. each in presence of tWo Witnesses, the 8th and 22d day of November, 1888.

JOSEPH WV. FOLLETT. LEWVIS F. MARSH.

Witnesses as to Joseph W. Follett:

A. W. ALMQVIST, JEAN A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses as to Lewis F. Marsh:

JOHN ROBINSON KELSEY, LoUIs H. LATHROP.

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