Packaged banded envelopes
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1. An envelope package comprising:
- a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together, the plurality of envelopes including at least 50 envelopes; and
two or more generally non-elastic bands extending around said plurality of compressed envelopes and retaining said envelopes in a state of compression, and wherein said plurality of envelopes, due to the state of compression thereof, exerts an expansion force of at least about ½
pound such that said plurality of envelopes are sufficiently compressed to generally seal ambient air out of said plurality of envelopes and to reduce absorption of moisture therein, further wherein each envelope is generally flat and planar in the absence of outside forces, and wherein said bands retain said plurality of envelopes in a limited state of compression such that none of the banded envelopes are bowed out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of that envelope.
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Abstract
An envelope package including a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, the plurality of envelopes being compressed together. The package further includes a generally non-elastic band extending around the plurality of compressed envelopes and retaining the envelopes in a state of compression. The plurality of envelopes exert an expansion force of at least about ½ pound such that the plurality of envelopes are sufficiently compressed to generally seal ambient air out of the plurality of envelopes to thereby reduce absorption of moisture and warpage thereof.
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21 Claims
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1. An envelope package comprising:
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a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together, the plurality of envelopes including at least 50 envelopes; and two or more generally non-elastic bands extending around said plurality of compressed envelopes and retaining said envelopes in a state of compression, and wherein said plurality of envelopes, due to the state of compression thereof, exerts an expansion force of at least about ½
pound such that said plurality of envelopes are sufficiently compressed to generally seal ambient air out of said plurality of envelopes and to reduce absorption of moisture therein, further wherein each envelope is generally flat and planar in the absence of outside forces, and wherein said bands retain said plurality of envelopes in a limited state of compression such that none of the banded envelopes are bowed out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of that envelope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An envelope package including:
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a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together; and two or more generally non-elastic bands extending around said plurality of compressed envelopes and retaining said envelopes in a state of compression, wherein said band retains said plurality of envelopes in a state of compression such that said plurality of envelopes are compressed at least about 10% from their uncompressed state such that said plurality of envelopes are sufficiently compressed to generally seal ambient air out of said plurality of envelopes and to reduce absorption of moisture therein, and further wherein the state of compression is limited such that none of the banded envelopes bow out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of a given envelope. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An envelope package comprising:
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a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together, the plurality of envelopes together defining a stack of envelopes having a center portion and two edge portions, said center portion having more layers thereat than either of said two edge portions due to a configuration of said individual envelopes; and two or more generally non-elastic bands extending around said plurality of compressed envelopes and retaining said envelopes in a state of compression, wherein each envelope is generally flat and planar in the absence of outside forces, and wherein said plurality of envelopes are held in a limited state of compression by said bands such that said stack of envelopes does display bowing about said center portion thereof due to the relative number of layers thereat, yet such that none of the banded envelopes are bowed out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of a given envelope.
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17. An envelope package comprising:
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a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together; and a pair or more of bands extending around the plurality of envelopes and retaining the envelopes in a state of compression such that the plurality of envelopes are compressed at least about 10% from their uncompressed state, the bands retaining the plurality of envelopes in a limited state of compression such that none of the banded envelopes are bowed out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of a respective envelope, at least one of the bands having a marking thereon indicating the orientation for processing of the plurality of banded envelopes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An envelope package comprising:
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a plurality of generally aligned envelopes, said plurality of envelopes being compressed together, the plurality of envelopes together defining a stack of envelopes, the plurality of envelopes together defining a stack of envelopes having a center portion and two edge portions, said center portion having more layers thereat than either of said two edge portions due to a configuration of the individual envelopes; and a pair or more of spaced-apart bands extending around the stack of envelopes and retaining the envelopes in a state of compression, the stack of envelopes displaying an amount of bowing in the center portion thereof due to the difference in the number of layers at the center portion relative to either of the two edge portions, the bands retaining the plurality of envelopes in a limited state of compression such that none of the banded envelopes are bowed out of plane by more than about 1/40 of the length of a respective envelope.
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