Envelope Patents (Class 229/68.1)
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Patent number: 12188984Abstract: A circuit for post-binding testing of a 2.5D chiplet includes an interposer-dedicated TAP controller, an interposer test interface circuit and a chiplet test output control circuit. A chiplet test configuration register and its corresponding instructions are newly added for the interposer-dedicated TAP controller. The interposer test interface circuit uses an output control signal of the chiplet test configuration register to select the opening or closing of a test signal channel between an interposer and a chiplet. The chiplet test output control circuit uses the chiplet test configuration register to output a control signal for control of a test data output of the chiplet on the interposer.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignees: Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications, NANTONG INSTITUTE OF NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhikuang Cai, Guopeng Zhou, Haijun Shen, Binbin Xu, Jiafei Yao, Henglu Wang, Zushuai Xie, Jian Xiao, Zixuan Wang, Yufeng Guo
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Patent number: 12012273Abstract: A thermal insulation article for placement in a shipping container to hold an item includes a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container to be adjacent to and cover one or more of a floor, four side walls and cover of the container while leaving an interior space to receive the item. The thermally insulating pad includes a compostable panel that holds together as a single unit and is formed primarily of starch, and compostable or recyclable film forming a pocket and surrounding the panel to prevent water from reaching the panel within the pocket. The film is secured to the panel along a portion but not all of the opposite surfaces of the compostable panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Vericool World LLCInventor: Darrell Jobe
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Patent number: 11851243Abstract: An environmentally friendly food storage bag is disclosed. The bag may include a closing flap that can be secured by means of an adhesive strip which is exposed upon removal of a protective strip. The bag may be unsealed and resealed, permitting multiple uses. The bag may be disposed in the paper recycling stream or may be composted.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: 3GREENMOMS, BENEFIT LLCInventor: Kirsten Quigley
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Patent number: 10793319Abstract: An origami envelope and a method of constructing the origami envelope are enclosed. The origami envelope is quadrilateral in shape. The origami envelope comprises a top layer having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a bottom layer having an exterior side and an interior side opposite to the exterior side. The top layer extends to the exterior side of the bottom layer over a portion of the top envelope side to form a closure flap at the exterior side of the bottom layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Inventor: Bor-Jiun Huang
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Patent number: 10144190Abstract: A device for punching and scoring a medium includes a punch tool and a grooved score guide. The punch tool has a cutter configured to cut an edge of a sheet of the medium. The positioning edge is disposed on the device and configured to guide an edge of the medium and position the medium with respect to the punch tool. The grooved score guide is formed in the device and configured to match a scoring tool to create a score line in the medium. The arrangement between the punch tool and positioning edge is configured to cut a notch in the edge of the medium at a notch point. The grooved score line is disposed in relationship to the punch tool to create the score line in the medium from the notch point across the medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: American Crafts, L.C.Inventor: Tavnir John Carey
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Patent number: 9850031Abstract: Simulated commercial envelopes and methods of making are disclosed. An example envelope includes a first envelope portion having a front panel. A top flap is integrally formed with a top edge of the front panel about a first fold line, and a bottom flap is integrally formed with a bottom edge-of the front panel about a second fold line. A second envelope portion includes a rear panel free of any fold lines or flaps. The rear panel is to be secured to the front panel to form a pocket at least partially surrounding the mailer. The bottom flap is to be folded about the second fold line and to be secured to the rear panel on a side opposite the formed pocket. The top flap is to be folded about the first fold line and to be secured over the rear panel on the side opposite the formed pocket.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyInventor: Philip Medwell Brown
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Patent number: 9460427Abstract: A system for making commercial transactions through a paper document includes: a device (3) for reading and scanning the paper document containing information useful for a commercial transaction, the reading and scanning device (3) having an IP address; a user device (5); an interface (7), in particular a connection, between the reading and scanning device (3) and the user device (5), wherein the reading and scanning device (3) includes a software interface adapted to exchange data and/or the information with the user device (5) through the interface (7) and via the HTTP protocol.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Panini S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Fassiotto, Mirko Zanotel
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Patent number: 9396507Abstract: A marketing device that also functions as a useful object holder in an automobile is described herein. The marketing device can be placed on or attached to a prominent viewing position in the vehicle within easy reaching distance. The device can be placed on or attached securely so that the device will remain substantially in place during movement of the automobile. The device can have one or more dedicated areas for holding a useful object and marketing means. The dedicated areas can allow for free removal or placement of the useful device and marketing means. The useful object can draw the attention of an individual, causing repeated exposure to the marketing means and increasing the effectiveness of the marketing means.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Inventor: Lisa Shames
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Patent number: 9199427Abstract: A pad of labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Weidauer, Michael Wilkinson, Jeffrey Blackwell, Gene Bethards, Scott Aten, David Adler
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Patent number: 9110608Abstract: An approach is provided for secured mobile printing. A printing platform receives a printing request, generates authenticating information associated with the print request, and sends the authenticating information to a mobile device for retrieval of printed materials generated in response to the printing request.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Todd M. Willis
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Patent number: 8919560Abstract: A chewing gum disposal container is provided as simple, easy to use, and convenient apparatus for disposing used gum in areas where traditional methods of gum disposal are not readily available. The apparatus is provided as an envelope that forms an inner chamber. The inner chamber is utilized for receiving used chewing gum and is lined with an antimicrobial layer that reduces the transmission of infectious disease. The envelope utilizes a front section and a rear section in order to form the inner chamber. The front section provides a top flap that seals the inner chamber. Additionally the front section provides a visual identifier for distinguishing the particular apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Inventor: Derek L. Hopkins
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Publication number: 20140305998Abstract: Reference apparatus and storage and dispensing apparatus (such as for storing and/or dispensing the reference apparatus) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the reference apparatus may include a unitary planar material having a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel disposed between the first and second panels. The first and second panels may be configured to be folded between a folded position in which the first and second panels are parallel to the third panel, and an unfolded position in which the first and second panels are coplanar with the third panel relative to the folded position. One of the first and second panels may include an attachment portion configured to receive a receiving portion of the other of the first and second panels to secure the first, second, and third panels together in the folded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Jeffrey N. Olsen
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Publication number: 20140221871Abstract: A sample collection kit (10) for detecting the presence of the human papillomavirus in samples containing cervico-vaginal cells. The sample collection kit includes a pre-addressed envelope (12) containing a sample collection device (18) and a specimen processing card (14) having two testing surfaces (40a,40b), one of which is accessible on either side of the specimen processing card. In use, the sample collection device is inserted into the subject's vagina to collect a sample of cervico-vaginal cells and then the sample collection device is wiped against one of two testing surfaces on the specimen processing card to transfer the sample of endocervical cells to the processing card. Next, the subject disposes the specimen processing card in the pre-addressed envelope and forwards the pre-addressed envelope with the specimen processing card to a medical testing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventor: Jerome Belinson
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Publication number: 20140117071Abstract: A cushioning assembly includes a first sheet and a second sheet opposing the first sheet. A plurality of foam elements are between the first and second sheets and adhered to at least one of the first sheet interior surface and the second sheet interior surface. The aspect ratio of the plurality of foam elements is at least 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Sealed Air Corporation (US)Inventors: Charles Kannankeril, Peter Conroy, Nandini Shankaranarayan
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Patent number: 8701978Abstract: A two way mailer for conveying an item from a sender to a recipient and back is disclosed. The two way mailer comprises a base panel, a sender address panel, and a recipient address panel. The base panel and the sender address panel may be made from a single contiguous piece of material or from non-contiguous pieces of material. The recipient address panel is preferentially part of the same contiguous material as the base panel and the sender address panel. The sender address panel is affixed by at least one adhesive region to the base panel to form a pocket for containing the item during mailing. The size of the pocket eliminates free space and flushes the item with an edge of the pocket which first enters automated postal processing equipment. In this configuration, a fragile item may be conveyed from the sender to the recipient and from the recipient back to the sender without damage to the item.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyInventors: Dan Perrone, Laura Leigh Helfers, Jeffery W. Banks, Jon Bartelli
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Patent number: 8628116Abstract: Described is an apparatus that includes a transparent film having a plurality of non-overlapping pockets created therein, each of the pockets including at least one opening and being sized and shaped to receive a check therein. The apparatus also includes front and back indicators disposed on front and back faces of the film, respectively, and unique pocket indicators disposed on the pockets.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: EFT Network, Inc.Inventors: Steven Davis, Stephen A. Schutze
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Publication number: 20140001246Abstract: The pocket folder is made from a single sheet blank and has a pair of pockets and reinforced side edges. The pockets may be open pockets or one of the pockets may be closed while the other is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Marvin A. Makofsky, Robert Makofsky, Sari Makofsky McConnell
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Publication number: 20140001252Abstract: The mailer is made from a single blank. In one embodiment, the side flaps are folded over a front panel followed by folding over and securing of a back panel to the said flaps to form the mailer. The closure panel is folded over the front panel to close the mailer. In another embodiment, a back panel is folded over a front panel followed by folding over and securing of the side flaps to the back panel to form the mailer. The closure flap is folded over the back panel to close the mailer. In another embodiment, a blank forms a center seam mailer. Each embodiment has an improved corner construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Marvin A. Makofsky, Robert Makofsky, Sari Makofsky McConnell
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Patent number: 8590940Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Publication number: 20130110593Abstract: An envelope comprising a rectangular panel having parallel long and short sides with a front outer surface onto which a delivery address is made visible and a reverse side opposite the delivery address side. The envelope includes at least one third party advertising message on its reverse side. Ideally, a stamp cancellation for that envelope can be sold for additional third party advertising messages/promotions. The same applies to shipping boxes, packing boxes of movers and even those box-like containers in which foodstuffs are packaged after preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventor: James S. Fowler
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Patent number: 8376212Abstract: An automated flat mail piece comprising a bendable envelope and a bendable insert tray disposed inside the cavity of the bendable envelope that satisfies USPS requirements for automated flats. The insert tray has a rectangular base with a perforated line disposed centrally from each edge to its respective opposing edge, dividing the base into four segments. A flap is integrally connected to the base by two walls extending at substantially right angle from the base. A set of three bend-enabling score lines disposed co-linear with the longitudinal and transverse bend axes of the envelope enable lengthwise and widthwise bending of the envelope. Diagonal stress relief score lines cooperate with bend enabling score lines to lessen the effects of a crease. A stress relief score line is disposed diagonally extending from an outer bend-enabling score line at the envelope edge to a center bend-enabling score line.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Consolidated Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Peter G. Ashe, Glenn J. Marino, Craig A. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20120248177Abstract: A padded and recyclable paper envelope is comprised of a front wall, a rear wall, an open edge for access to an interior compartment of the envelope, and a closure flap to close the open edge. A corrugated board is adhesively secured over an inner face of the front wall and rear wall to protect an item disposed in the interior compartment between the reinforcing corrugated board surfaces. The envelope is formed from a single paper blank on which the corrugated board is adhesively secured. The envelope and the corrugated board are formed from recyclable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Pierre Beaulieu, Gilles Bruneau
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Publication number: 20120193402Abstract: The invention relates to a film 2 including at least one print layer 3 and a non-woven layer 4 having a density of less than 0.5 g/cm3.The invention also relates to a packaging product, especially an envelope, including such a film, and to a method for obtaining an above-described film, in which the film 2 is obtained by assembling, for example by extrusion-laminating or by laminating, a print layer and a non-woven layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: GASCOGNE LAMINATESInventors: Florian CHAPALAIN, David MARTINEZ
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Publication number: 20120132698Abstract: An assembly including a front panel is separated from a back panel by a panel fold line. Side flaps are disposed at opposing edges of the front panel and are each separated from the front panel by a flap fold line. The side flaps include a front flap surface with an adhesive material and a back flap surface opposite the front flap surface. The assembly is foldable about the panel fold line to dispose the back panel adjacent the front panel and foldable about the flap fold line to dispose the back flap surface adjacent a front surface of the back panel when the back panel is folded. In a folded position, the assembly forms a pocket between the front and back panels, and is adherable by the adhesive material to a separate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Continental Datalabel, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Wawrzyniak, Todd Davis
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Patent number: 8187685Abstract: The invention includes a composition comprising from 40 to 98 weight percent of at least one GPPS, from 0 to 98 weight percent of at least one HIPS, from 0.5 to 10 weight percent at least one styrene block copolymer, from 0.5 to 10 weight percent of at least one polypropylene wherein the combination of GPPS, HIPS, polypropylene and styrene block copolymer make up at least about 90 percent of the composition as well as a film made of the composition, an envelope window patch comprising the film, an envelope comprising the window patch, and a process for making the film.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Dow Chemical Technologies LLCInventors: Nichole E. Nickel, Eric K. Lee, Stephen J. Skapik, III, Donald J. Gromacki, Robert A. Gunther, James P. Maher
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Patent number: 8137781Abstract: An information sheet is held between an adhesive sheet and an adherend, and is partitioned into a first and second sheet portion by a first perforated-line. When the second sheet portion is folded at the first perforated-line position and overlapped on the first sheet portion, the edge portion side of the first sheet portion is protruded a predetermined amount out of the edge border of the second sheet portion to form an adhesive margin. The adhesive margin and a contra mating surface of the second sheet portion are stuck to an adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet. Respective surfaces on the mating side of the first and second sheet portions are printed with confidential information capable of being cut off along the first and second perforated-lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Lintec CorporationInventor: Akira Dangami
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Patent number: 8132711Abstract: A container with an opening on one end, with an adhesive flap to seal the container once the desired information and objects are placed therein; said container may then be affixed to a surface, thereby creating a convenient way to keep necessary emergency information both readily available and private.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Inventor: Tamara Ann Clark
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Patent number: 8127921Abstract: A package for an optical storage medium, comprising first and second parts; a window located in the first part; a third part sandwiched in a region between the first and second parts; wherein the first, second and third parts define a receptacle in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between the first and second parts; wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when the optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Sony DADC Austria AGInventors: Bernhard Wiesinger, Marcel Penning, Anton Brandauer
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Publication number: 20120018501Abstract: A printable and imprintable multi-component form is described that features detachable components including a correspondence piece, an envelope, and a variable element. The multi-component form can be formed from a single sheet of material such as paper, plastic, foil, or paperboard. The single sheet of material is constructed from a single ply of material. The correspondence piece can be a greeting card or a post card. The variable element can be a scrip, a customizable component, e.g., a wallet-sized photograph, or a product stamp. The scrip can be any non-monetary certificate exchangeable for currency, goods, or services including, for example, a gift card or a gift certificate. The assembled envelope can be used to mail the correspondence piece and variable element to a recipient. The detachable components can be separated from one another and from the sheet of material at a plurality of lines of separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventor: Richard Wilen
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Publication number: 20110284620Abstract: A mailer provides a new way of securing the delivery of letters, packages, parcels, and/or other items of mail through the U.S. Postal Service. The mailer includes a container and a spacer attached to an inner surface of the container. The container is designed to hold items of mail having an aggregate thickness less than a minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The spacer has a predetermined thickness which causes the first and second sheets of the container to expand to a thickness which equals or exceeds the minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The mailer therefore allows otherwise unqualified mail items to be sent as First Class or special services mail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventor: Charles Westray CRUTCHFIELD
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Publication number: 20110220706Abstract: A mailing envelope is disclosed, the envelope including an outer paper layer forming a pocket and an inner foil layer lining an inner surface of the outer paper layer within the pocket. The foil layer includes an aluminium foil having a thickness in a range of 6 to 10 ?m. Also disclosed is a mailing envelope including an outer paper layer forming a pocket and an inner foil layer lining an inner surface of the outer paper layer within the pocket, wherein the inner foil layer includes an aluminium foil coated with a lacquer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FREDRICKSON SECURE SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Benton, James Meaton, Simon Jones
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Publication number: 20110210160Abstract: Systems, methods, technologies, and devices for use as stand-alone products or products that interface with personal computers, MP3, or MPEG players are disclosed. Various devices and electronics for recording or loading of electronic information, in particular electronic media, such as audio and visual media or multimedia, on a variety of novelty products or devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a person can record directly to a memory module in the novelty product. In other embodiments, a person can upload multimedia data onto the novelty product via a data port, for storage and later playback on the novelty product. In some embodiments, a person can do both.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Dinotalk, Inc.Inventor: Bart Gentiel Vantieghem
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Patent number: 7950698Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Publication number: 20110125674Abstract: A device and method for preventing the dropping of money while change is being handed through a drive-through window from a cashier to a customer in an automobile. The cashier places the change is a specially designed envelope. The envelope has a pocket for holding the change and at least one third party ad is printed on the envelope. The cashier passes the envelope through the drive-through window. The customer grabs the envelope from the cashier and then removes the change from the envelope inside the automobile's interior. In a preferred embodiment, the envelope has shape characteristics and a printed image that relate to the business identity of the third party who paid for the ad. Also in a preferred embodiment, the fee paid by the third party ad purchaser surpasses the cost of the envelope to the fast food restaurant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventor: Scott A. Masters
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Publication number: 20110089226Abstract: A photo display incorporates a support hook(s) as a display adjunct. The hook is fabricated from a flat sheet of material. The material is capable of a high degree of flexing without breaking. Double-sided tape is employed to mount the sheet on a flat, vertical surface such as a wall or door. The sheet is sized to neatly present a display item. The display item may take the form of a photograph, an advertisement, a message, or the like. Other forms of the photo display employ adjuncts that permit easy mailing of a photograph or the like and support for displaying the photograph.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: DAVID J. MORRISON
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Publication number: 20110068153Abstract: The present invention provides for a mailer suitable for mailing a plurality of disks. This mailer is formed from a unitary sheet of foldable paperboard and is compatible with high-speed, automated mail handling equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventor: John Evans
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Publication number: 20110068154Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to an apparatus for forming and/or sealing an inflatable mailer. Particularly, the disclosed apparatus comprises an inflation assembly that comprises upper and lower support arms and at least one inflation nozzle. In addition, the disclosed apparatus comprises a sealing assembly comprising upper and lower support arms, upper and lower heat seal jaws, two solenoids, and at least one heat seal element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: SEALED AIR CORPORATION (US)Inventors: Charles Kannankeril, Ian M. Donegan
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Patent number: 7900966Abstract: A valet parking envelope includes a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel of the valet parking envelope preferably includes an identification number, vehicle owner area, a date/time area, a vehicle make/model area, a color area, a license plate area, emergency contact area and a valet driver area. A vehicle tag and an owner coupon are removably attached to a bottom of the valet parking envelope. The rear panel of the valet parking envelope includes a right side image of a vehicle, a top image of a vehicle and a left side image a vehicle. The valet parking envelope further includes a flap and a metal clasp. A vehicle key is preferably retained relative to the valet parking envelope with a length of string. A storage box with a lid may be used to retain a plurality of valet parking envelopes.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Global Real Estate Investment Project, LLCInventor: Robert Stennett
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Publication number: 20110049224Abstract: An automated flat mail piece comprising a bendable envelope and a bendable insert tray disposed inside the cavity of the bendable envelope that satisfies USPS requirements for automated flats. The insert tray has a rectangular base with a perforated line disposed centrally from each edge to its respective opposing edge, dividing the base into four segments. A flap is integrally connected to the base by two walls extending at substantially right angle from the base. A set of three bend-enabling score lines disposed co-linear with the longitudinal and transverse bend axes of the envelope enable lengthwise and widthwise bending of the envelope. Diagonal stress relief score lines cooperate with bend enabling score lines to lessen the effects of a crease. A stress relief score line is disposed diagonally extending from an outer bend-enabling score line at the envelope edge to a center bend-enabling score line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.Inventors: Peter G. Ashe, Glenn J. Marino, Craig A. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20110025037Abstract: A printable and imprintable multi-component form is described that features detachable components including a correspondence piece, an envelope, and a variable element. The multi-component form is formed from two plies of material such as paper, plastic, foil, or paperboard. The correspondence piece can be a greeting card or a post card. The variable element can be a scrip, a customizable component, e.g., a wallet-sized photograph, or a product stamp. The scrip can be any non-monetary certificate exchangeable for currency, goods, or services including, for example, a gift card or a gift certificate. The assembled envelope can be used to mail the correspondence piece and variable element to a recipient. The detachable components can be separated from one another and from the sheet of material of the form at a plurality of lines of separation such as perforations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventor: Richard Wilen
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Publication number: 20100320259Abstract: The present invention relates to a moulded part based on a fibrous carrier material of natural origin and a binder, wherein the carrier material is of natural origin and comprises fibres. Another object of the present invention is to recycle biological, organic residual flows in a useful manner, wherein the biological residual flows are further processed into a moulded part, which moulded part, if considered waste, can be disposed of via the green waste container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: HAYNEST B.V.Inventors: Gidy Henri Cor Geert Knoors, Arnoldus Henricus Adrianus Verberne
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Patent number: 7854369Abstract: An envelope includes a front wall and an overlying back wall. The front wall and the back wall are connected around mutual edges to form an enclosed pouch. One of the front wall and the back wall includes a message portion separable from remaining portions of the one of the front wall and the back wall. A release sheet is secured to an inside surface of the one of the front wall and the back wall overlying the message portion. The message portion comprises areas of removable adhesive or multiple reuse adhesive and is secured to the release sheet by the multiple reuse adhesive to form a repositionable note once removed from the one of the front wall and the back wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: MailAgain, LLCInventor: Richard Ignatius Keefe
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Patent number: 7837088Abstract: A mailer provides a new way of securing the delivery of letters, packages, parcels, and/or other items of mail through the U.S. Postal Service. The mailer includes a container and a spacer attached to an inner surface of the container. The container is designed to hold items of mail having an aggregate thickness less than a minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The spacer has a predetermined thickness which causes the first and second sheets of the container to expand to a thickness which equals or exceeds the minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The mailer therefore allows otherwise unqualified mail items to be sent as First Class or special services mail.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Inventor: Charles Westray Crutchfield
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Publication number: 20100282824Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to mailers for shipping objects, and more particularly to mailers comprising an outer pouch and an inner inflatable liner and an inflation pathway through which a portion of gas can be introduced into said inflatable liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Charles Kannankeril, Ian Donegan
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Publication number: 20100140338Abstract: Mailers for securing and protecting stress-sensitive or frangible articles for safe processing by automated postal processing equipment. The mailer may include a first panel adhesively bonded with a second panel to define a pocket between the first and second panels. The pocket is configured to receive an article. The second panel has a first edge and a second edge spaced from the first edge by a height of the second panel or a length of the second panel. The mailer further includes a flap with a first section attached along a fold line to the first edge of the second panel, a second section, and a line of weakening between the first and second sections. The first section is configured to fold along the line of weakening relative to the second section. The first and second sections are configured to fold along the fold line relative to the second panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: BUTLER LEASING CORPORATIONInventor: Todd N. Butler
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Patent number: 7726547Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunction and low-cost photoprint storage bag. When paper is die-cut along a pattern to produce development sheets, folds are created simultaneously, thereby achieving simple manufacturing. A multifunction photoprint storage bag can be realized by folding along folds on the die-cut development sheet, which is used as a photoprint storage bag and a photo stand, and further as a sealed letter by folding back in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Kimiko Tachikawa, Shigeaki Ueyama
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Publication number: 20100096283Abstract: A package for an optical storage medium, comprising first and second parts; a window located in the first part; a third part sandwiched in a region between the first and second parts; wherein the first, second and third parts define a receptacle in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between the first and second parts; wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when the optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: SONY DADC AUSTRIA AGInventors: Bernhard Wiesinger, Marcel Penning, Anton Brandauer
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Patent number: 7699352Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Michael J. Cummings
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Publication number: 20100089985Abstract: An envelope having a sound mechanism for storing a recorded or prerecorded audible signal or sound for playback upon opening the envelope, the sound mechanism including components of a sound circuit that are hidden within the back panel of the envelope and with an actuator provided to activate the sound upon the opening of the seal flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventor: Kelli Fusaro
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Patent number: RE44274Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff