Postal stamps and stickers for flyers

• US 20020024214A1
• Filed: 08/06/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas E. Wagner
• Original Assignee: Thomas E. Wagner
• Inventors: Wagner, Thomas E.
• Application Number:
  US09/923,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20020024214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 283/71
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/00 Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40; Seals; Postage or like stamps

Abstract

Postal stamps and flyer stamps, which may include a lower surface, one for imprinting with the usual postage stamp, while the other may be imprinted with advertising material, both of which have upper extending segments, separated by a perforated or otherwise fold line, for use for attachment to the upper free edge of a flyer, folded over to seal it into closure.

Claims

1. A combination postal stamp and sticker, the postal stamp and sticker being foldably connected together along contiguous edges, said postal stamps and its foldable sticker for use for adhering an envelope or flyer into closure for mailing and delivery, said postal stamp being imprinted with postal stamp indicia acceptable for transfer through the mails, while the sticker portion capable of folding over, for adhering the foldable flyer or envelope into closure during mailing.

2. The postal stamp of claim 1 wherein said postal stamp and sticker portion are separated by a line of perforation to form a fold line intermediate thereof.

3. The postal stamp of claim 2 wherein said foldable postal sticker being imprinted with indicia.

4. The postal stamp of claim 3 wherein said printed indicia may include advertising.

9. The postal stamp of claim 1 wherein said stamps and stickers are provided in roll form, and a dispenser capable of holding a roll of said postal stamps and stickers to provide for their dispensing.

10. The postal stamp of claim 1 wherein said postal stamps and foldable sticker are provided in sheet form.

13. The postal stamp of claim 10 wherein said postal stamps are provided adjacently along one or more rows in the sheet form, while said foldable stickers are provided adjacently below the rows of postal stamps.

14. The postal stamp of claim 1 wherein said postal stamps and foldable stickers are provided in roll form, said postal stamps and foldable stickers being alternately provided in the roll form for alternate dispensing of postal stamps and postal stickers during usage.

5. A postal sticker, said postal sticker being formed of two parts, said parts being foldably connected together along contiguous edges, said postal sticker for use for adhering an envelope or flyer into closure for mailing and delivery, said postal sticker on its two parts being imprinted with indicia acceptable for transfer through the mails, with both said sticker portions capable of folding over for adhering a foldable flyer or envelope into closure during mailing.

6. The postal sticker of claim 5 wherein said first and second postal sticker portions are separated by a line of perforation to form the fold line.

7. The postal sticker of claim 6 wherein said first and second foldable postal stickers include a surface capable of accepting indicia.

8. The postal sticker of claim 7 wherein said indicia may include advertising material.

11. The postal sticker of claim 5 wherein a series of said postal stickers are provided in roll form.

12. The postal stickers of claim 11 and including a dispenser for holding a roll of the postal stickers for use for dispensing of said stickers.

15. The postal stamp and sticker of claim 14 and including a dispenser, and wherein said postal stamps and postal stickers are dispensed from said dispenser in the roll form.