Disc mailer
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FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of a disc mailer of our new design in a fully folded, closed configuration, where the vertical running coiled lines are the edges of folded layers of sheet material that comprises the disc mailer, the dotted lines depict perforations in the material and the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the article of FIG. 1, the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the article of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a left-end view of the article of FIG. 1, the dotted lines depict perforations in the material;
FIG. 5 is a right-side view of the article of FIG. 1, the dotted lines depict perforations in the material;
FIG. 6 is a top view of the article of FIG. 1, the dotted lines depict perforations in the material;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the article of FIG. 1, the dotted lines depict perforations in the material;
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the article of FIG. 1 with the disc mailer in a flat, unfolded configuration, where the dotted line depicts a perforation in the material and the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of the article of FIG. 1 showing the side opposite that of FIG. 8, with the disc mailer in a flat, unfolded configuration, where the dotted lines depict perforations in the material and the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 10 is a right-end view of the article of FIG. 9 with the disc mailer in a flat, unfolded configuration, the left end view being identical thereto;
FIG. 11 is a top view of the article of FIG. 9 with the disc mailer in a flat, unfolded configuration, where dotted lines indicate perforations, the bottom view of the article of FIG. 9 being identical thereto;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the disc mailer in a partially folded configuration, where the dotted lines depicts a perforation and the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design; and,
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the article of FIG. 1 with the disc mailer in yet another partially folded configuration, where the dotted lines indicate perforations and the elements represented by dashed lines are environment and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a disc mailer, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 30, 2004
Date of Patent: Feb 6, 2007
Assignee: United States Postal Service (Washington, DC)
Inventors: Thomas C. Potter (Oak Hill, VA), Christopher M. Stratton (Springfield, VA), Hernan A. Borja (Merrifield, VA)
Primary Examiner: Louis Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Mark Cavanna
Attorney: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Application Number: 29/214,217
