Patents by Inventor Kurt E. Volk, Jr.

Kurt E. Volk, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mailing cover with reply envelope and response device made from integral web
    Patent number: 4852795
    Abstract: A composite mailing wrapper suitable for use with a catalog or magazine is produced from an integral web and comprises front and rear cover sheets joined along a longitudinal fold line to which is detachably connected at least one preformed reply envelope, and optionally, at least one response device which is detachably connected to the envelope flap(s). When assembled to the catalog the envelope(s) and optional response device(s) are contained within the fold of the cover sheets. All of the elements comprising the composite wrapper can be personalized without risk of mismatching as they are produced from an integral web and are not detached from each other during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Kurt H. Volk, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt E. Volk, Jr.
  • Mailing cover with reply envelope and response device from integral web
    Patent number: 4726802
    Abstract: A composite mailing wrapper suitable for use with a catalog or magazine is produced from an integral web and comprises front and rear cover sheets joined along a longitudinal fold line to which is detachably connected at least one preformed reply envelope, and optionally, at least one response device which is detachably connected to the envelope flap(s). When assembled to the catalog the envelope(s) and optional response device(s) are contained within the fold of the cover sheets. All of the elements comprising the composite wrapper can be personalized without risk of mismatching as they are produced from an integral web and are not detached from each other during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Kurt H. Volk, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt E. Volk, Jr.
  • Method of producing mailer with self contained reply envelope
    Patent number: 4437852
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing articles suitable for mailing, comprising an outer envelope containing at least one enclosure and a pre-formed return envelope, wherein the outer envelope, enclosure and pre-formed reply envelope are prepared from one or more integral sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Kurt H. Volk, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt E. Volk, Jr., Everett H. Herbert, John W. Stenner
  • Method of making multiple enclosure mailer
    Patent number: 4067171
    Abstract: Methods for preparing multiple separate personalized enclosures such as lettersheets, forms, return-mail applications and the like, contained in an envelope, which enclosures and envelope are prepared from two or more integral sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Kurt H. Volk, Inc.
    Inventors: Everett H. Herbert, Randolph S. Lyon, Jr., Kurt E. Volk, Jr., Robert W. Wassmer