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Transaction card mailer and method of making

  • US 5,495,981 A
  • Filed: 02/04/1994
  • Issued: 03/05/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A card mailer comprising:

  • a generally rectangular envelope having a length and a width and a front face with a window; and

    an integral card/insert sheet section having a length and a width sufficient so that the sheet section is received in the envelope without folding and substantially without movement, the sheet section including a core, the core being printed in a first data field with a unique code in a machine readable format and in a second, separate data field with a name and mailing address of an individual assigned the unique code, the second data field being located on the sheet section aligned with and visible through the window of the envelope, the sheet section including an at least generally U-shaped scoring which scoring cuts at least sufficiently through the sheet section to define a generally rectangular card element removable from a remainder of the sheet section, the removable card element including at least the first data field with the unique code, the removable card element having a given material composition and the remainder of the sheet section immediately adjoining the scoring having a material composition identical to the material composition of the card portion, at least one portion of the sheet section including the removable card element being of a laminate construction with a predetermined plurality of layers including the core and another portion of the sheet product including the second data field with the name and mailing address being of fewer layers than the predetermined number of layers.

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