Protective envelope for optical data card
First Claim
1. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,a data card having a data storage area thereon,a planar base member having front, back and opposed side edges, anda cover assembly bonded to said base at said back edge and said opposed side edges thereby forming a pocket between said base and said cover assembly for insertion of said data card.said cover assembly being made up of a pair of fixed edge strips and at least one flap, said edge strips being spaced apart to define a data storage access area therebetween and being bonded to said base at said back edge and respective side edges, said edge strips projecting inwardly from the respective side edges and extending along substantially the entirety of the side edges, said flap being pivotally bonded to said base at said back edge and being disposed to selectively cover said data storage access area, said fixed edge strips each having a portion spaced apart from said base by the insertion of said data card to frictionally secure said data card when said flap is lifted.
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Abstract
A protective envelope having an adhesive flap which lifts open to expose a data storage area of a data card, allowing data to be read while the card remains protected in the envelope. The flap may be then closed over and readhered to the card. The envelope comprises a base and a cover panel bonded at three edges to form a pocket for card storage. The cover panel is made up of a pair of fixed edge stripes bonded to respective opposed side edges of the base and a liftable flap bonded to a back edge of the base. Envelope materials are preferably a transparent, flexible plastic, but only the flap need be flexible. The flap may extend beyond and fold over a front edge of the base and adhere to an underside of the base. An alternative embodiment of the envelope provides two flaps, bonded to respective front and back edges of a base, which open from the center.
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26 Claims
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1. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,
a data card having a data storage area thereon, a planar base member having front, back and opposed side edges, and a cover assembly bonded to said base at said back edge and said opposed side edges thereby forming a pocket between said base and said cover assembly for insertion of said data card. said cover assembly being made up of a pair of fixed edge strips and at least one flap, said edge strips being spaced apart to define a data storage access area therebetween and being bonded to said base at said back edge and respective side edges, said edge strips projecting inwardly from the respective side edges and extending along substantially the entirety of the side edges, said flap being pivotally bonded to said base at said back edge and being disposed to selectively cover said data storage access area, said fixed edge strips each having a portion spaced apart from said base by the insertion of said data card to frictionally secure said data card when said flap is lifted.
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10. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,
a data card having a strip of laser recordable material thereon, a planar base member having front, back and opposed side edges, a pair of fixed edge strips bonded to said base at said back edge and bonded along substantially the entirety of the respective side edges, said edge strips projecting inwardly from the respective side edges and each of said edge strips defining a slot between said edge strip and said base for insertion and retention of the data card, said edge strips being spaced apart to define a data card access area therebetween, and a flap pivotally bonded to said base at said back edge, said flap being repeatedly releasably secured in a first position to combine with said slots and said base to form a pocket for said data card and being pivotal at said back edge to selectively expose said data card access area, said card being laser readable in place in said envelope.
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16. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,
a data card having a strip of laser recordable material thereon, a base having front, back and opposed side edges, a pair of fixed edge strips bonded to said base at said back and front edges and at respective side edges, each of said edge strips defining a slot between said edge strip and said base for insertion and retention of the data card, said edge strips being spaced apart to define a data card access area therebetween, and two flaps bonded to said base at front and back edges respectively, both of said flaps being liftable from a center region between said front and back edges, said flaps disposed to selectively cover said data card access area.
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21. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,
a data card having a laser recordable material thereon, a base having front, back and opposed side edges, a pair of fixed edge strips bonded to said base at said back edge and respective side edges, each of said edge strips defining a slot between said edge strip and said base for insertion and retention of the data card, and a flap pivotally bonded to said base at said back edge and liftable for exposing at least a portion of said card inserted in said slots, said flap having an adhesive surface so as to be removably adherable to said strip, said card being readable in place in said envelope.
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26. A protective envelope for use with a data card comprising,
a data card having a strip of laser recordable material thereon, a base having front, back and opposed side edges, a pair of fixed edge strips bonded to said base at said back and front edges and at respective side edges, each of said edge strips defining a slot between said edge strip and said base for insertion and retention of the data card, said edge strips being spaced apart to define a data card access area therebetween, and two flaps bonded to said base at front and back edges respectively, both of said flaps being liftable from a center region between said front and back edges for exposing said data card access area said flaps each having an adhesive surface so as to be removably adherable to said strip of laser recordable material.
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