US835850A - Envelop. - Google Patents

Description

No. 835,850. l' PATENTED N0V.13,19o6. M. M. GOHN.

ENVBLOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1904.

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Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Applicationled November 8,1904. Serial No. 231.886.

provements in Envelops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tol an improved envelop of the type having a generally opaque surface with a more or less limited transparent area for the addressees name and address to show through.

The object of my invention is to provide an unpunctured envelop of this character which shall be simple and cheap to manufacture, practical in every Way, and which shall offer novel and unique possibilities for advertising.

` The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of arts, as hereinafter more fully described an claimed, having reference'to the accompanying drawings, in which-l Figure 1 shows an envelop embodying my invention, in which I employ a tinted or colored border around the Window-o ening to coverup-signs of creeping or leeding of the preparation into the surrounding body of the pa er. Fig. 2 represents an envelop with a di erent-shaped opening from that of Fig. ,1 and in which the entire face of the envelop around the window is assumed to have been imprinted or 'colored to give definition to the window-opening and obliterate signs of cree in the trans arency-producing preparation. Figs. 3 an 4 show modifications of the invention applied to advertising purposes. l

In carrying out my invention I take la blank sheet of paper or an envelop-blank of suitable strength and texture which is, say, semitransparent and apply to a portion of one side of the blank, generally on the inside, a preparation which has the property of rendering trans arent the portion to which it is applied. T e remaining portion or a part of the remaining portion of the blank which forms the face of the finished envelop A is then imprinted with a suitable opaque coloring-matter.

I employ a compound or preparation, such as paraflin-oil and resin or a grease, which produces the desired result of rendering a semitransparent paper transparent. This preparation is stamped or printed on or otherwise v applied to the blank to provide the transparency or Window of the desired design, and it is applied to such part of the blank Where the transparency is desired to appear on the face of the envelop, and it may cover a larger or a lesser space, according to the desired size of the trans arency or window.

Since tlie oily preparation has a tendency to creep or bleed" beyond the borders of the space imprinted by the stamp or die by which it is applied, and so lpossibly stain or discolor the rest of the enve op or give a ragged appearance to the Window-opening, it is preferred, even where the paper might ordinarily be deemed sufiiciently opaque, to apply some sort of coloring-.matter at least around the immediate borders of the transparency. This coloring-matter may be apphed sohd over the face of the envelop around the window, as in Fig. 2, or it may take the form of graduated tints or of being shaded, or the representation of a surrounding cloud effect, as indicated at 3 in Fig. 1. In any event the effect and object of the colored border is to give definition to the window-opening and obliterate or cover up the otherwise rough unfinished outline ofthe window resulting from the encroachments of the oil or grease or other substance beyond its desired limits.

Usually, and perhaps preferably, the preparation'and coloring-matter are applied on op posite sides of the blank, the preparation on the inside and the coloring on the outside.

Developing out of this idea of making an unpunctured envelop With a window or transparency for the addressees name to appear through is the idea of changing the form or outline of this transparency to correspond with the trade-mark, design, or advertised object of a merchant, manufacturer, advertiser, or other person, company, or rm. .In Figs. 3, 4 are shown possible modifications of this idea adapted to advertising purposes, in which the transparency'is made to assume the shape of some advertised article, trade-mark, or the like, together with certain letters or words, as 4, standing out uncolored and non-transparent in the generally opaque surrounding border.

. Fig, 3 shows a transparency in the sha e of a cucumber, the trade-mark of a wellknown manufacturer of a great many varieties of goods. Fig. 4 shows a cigar in transparency and the words Blanco-cigar in non-transparency on colored opaque field. he number of shapes this transparency may take is almost limitless. Different people IOO IIO

might use an envelop with a Window in the size of the trans arency, so as not in any Way.

to .interfere Wit the clear showing up of the addressees name inside. The essential feature in this connection is a window which in general outline is characteristic of a symbol of` trade. By symbol of trade is meant any desi such as mentioned above or trademar characteristic of certain goods or the product of a certain manufactory. Where thewindoW-opening is formed by the application of a grease or e uivalent compound to the envelop-blank, t e colored or shaded border is essential to the production of a window of properlydefined outline. I thus produce a most unique and at the same time inexpensive and effective advertising medium. Every one needs envelops. These advertisingenvelops can be made at small expense. They can be made of any shape or size'and made to t the stationery rather than the stationery made to fit the envelop.

They can be used not only for mailing but for sending out circulars and the like by messenger. The characteristically-sha ed windoW and the associated letters an colored background constitute a most striking advertisement to attract public attention-the object of all advertising.

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

As a new article of manufacture, an envelop with an unpunctured face of relatively opaque stock, said envelop-face having a portion to which a preparation has been applied to render such portion transparent, and

a colored or tinted order surrounding said transparent portion for the purpose of obliterating or concealing the eects of the tendency of the said preparation to creep into the 4surrounding o aque stock.

In testimony W ereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MAX M'. COHN.

Witnesses:

J M. ELLIS, S. THoM.

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