US2330619A - Combined mailing wrapper and cover for magazines and the like - Google Patents

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Sept. 28, 1943. c ME 2,330,619

COMBINED MAILING WRAPPER AND COVER FOR MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE Filed March 14. 1942 INVENTOR. 32 A Rev C PwwE/PA NZ ,4 "-3 gilt/f M TTOR EYS Patented Sept. 28, 1943 COMBINED MAILING WRAPPER, AND-COVER,

FOR MAGAZINES AND *THE IiIKE.

, J g k qme eN wie k N-, Application March 14,1942;Serial No.*4S4, 7-35 "ZLQIaims. (cum-e81 My present invention relates generalgly :8,

combined cover and mailing wrapper 1101', abook or a magazine or merchandise of ,a .similar character. a a a 7 My invention was developed initially for use with books and magazines 7 and I have therefore illustrated my invention as so embodied and will makemy disclosure by reference tosuch embodiment. This manner of disclosure is not intended to be limitative unless so specifically expressed in the claims.

In one aspect the general object of my invention is the provision witha protecting cover for a book magazine or the like, of an arrangement whereby this protecting covermay serve initially to package a book or magazine for mailingpurposes. n i

From another aspect my invention ,relatesto an arrangement whereby a mailing wrapperor package for a book magazine or the like, may

thereafter serve as a protecting coverthe'refor.

In the embodiment illustratedin the drawing I show the attainment of my obiectiveasfollows: I associate with a wrapper .so dimensioned that it can be foldedabouta book ormagaz'ine to form a protecting cover therefor with lend flaps folded under the top and bottom ncoversnof the. book or magazine, an additional flapforming member 'so characterized and dimensioned and related to the aforementioned wrapper that when the wrapper is folded, thisthird'fiap can be caused to span the open end of the book or magazine to thereby complete theypackaging of the book or magazine for mailingpurposes.

For the attainment of these objects andeuch other objects as may hereinafter appear orube pointed out I have illustrated one form-of my invention wherein: Y 7

Figure 1 shows one embodiment 'of my mailing wrapper and cover in perspective before folding;

Figure 2 shows it in its relation to aemagazine when serving as a wrapper for mailin purpeses;

Figure 3 shows the mailing wrapper-,of Figure 2 opened so that it becomes .a ,bookcover;

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 44 of Figure 2, and i Figure 5 is a section similar to that of Figure 4 of a modified embodiment.

Upon reference to Figure 1 it will be observed that my combined mailing wrapper or packagin wrapper and cover comprises what I shall term the magazine cover forming member to which the refernce character A has been applied and an extra or added flap member whereby it and"the cover forming member may serve initially to package or wrap thebook or magazine for mailing purposes.-

I here 'prem se -that the book or magazine cover 5 formingpart A maybe formed of a material or so devised that it can readily be folded about the bool z or magazine toform aprotecting cover 'therefonduring the use thereof, and that. its dimensionstariefthose dictated primarily by the .10 iz b ih b ki m in with m i i to b e emp loyed and that it may be folded thereabout in any preferred or desired manner to form aprotecting cover thereforasfor example in the manr ershowa n ur n t be m fu lshownjfer example in Figure 3. For convenience of de s,cription 1 will refer to the parts l'ii .and [I [defined inJFigure 1 between the central fold line CQan dthe fold linesDDand EEto each side thereof as the book .or magazine cover en- ,gagmgportions ofv the wrapper and theendpor- 'tionsQilZ and I3 .as the flap portionsywhich as shown inFigure 4 are intended tobe folded to engage around and underthe top andbottom covers, (in- G; of the magazine; Mite complete the "protecting engagement of the jcover; about the magazine.

,Referring again to Figurel of the. drawing it ,will beobserved that the flap B is shown, as comprised of portions, l5 and l6, and that the line whichudelimitsthese portions approzimateslthe .jfolld line DD which defines the /flap l2. It will ,furtherbe qbserved that the part 15 of the flap BQis, secured to the parti0 of the govern in any preferred or desired mannerL-as by adhesive but that;the portion I6 thereof is free and unattachedf For reasons that will, beshortlyunderstoOd-the width, of the portion 16. of the ,flap B. is su'chthat when the wrapperlA is folded into its cover engaging relatioln }with the, maga- ,zine asaforementioned,{the portionjiifi which fin fact is carried, by and extends from) the book "or i magazine .eover engaging portion [0 L of .the wrapper, canbe caused to -span the open end of the magazine or book and to be engaged with the other magazine or book cover engaging por- I tion II and to be secured thereto in any preferred or desired manner, again as by adhesive 20. As a result of this arrangement the cover A and the wrapper B when folded and related to a magazine or book as aforementioned and as shown in Figure 2, completes the packaging of the magazine or book whereby it can be transmitted through the mail. It will be understood that the wrapper B while shown as secured to the cover portion H] in Figure 1 can be secured equally well to the other cover portion I l in that figure.

The'packaged magazine of Figure 2 can be opened in any preferred or desired manner as for example bytearing' through the portion I6 Where it spans the open end of the magazine in v the showing of Figure 2. To facilitate this oper-- ation I show in that figure the-incorporation' fferes with the convenient use of the book. For convenience I may employ tear strings 32 and 33 at the tear lines 36! and 3! to assist in this operation.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combined cover and mailing wrapper for a magazine book and the like of a readily foldable material, said wrapper comprising: (a) a main section foldable about a magazine along a line transverse and intermediate of its width to a tear string 25. By reference to Figures l and 2 it will be observed that this tear string is shown as located approximately along thefold" line DD although this is not essential; This tear;

string 25 is operated by using the extending end 26 thereof to tear through the flap portion 5- so that the mailing wrapper assumes the condition shown in Figureif wherein it-has become essentially a protecting cover for the magazine.

U A magazine generally diiiers] from a. book in the respect that the former is relatively thin and has covers which are almost as flexible as the printed sheets. This permits the magazine to be bent, folded and compressed at its open edge. This significance of'these factors is that the portion It which is required to span the open end of the magazine may generally be relatively narrow. I have attempted to show this in Figure 4. As a result when the package is openedas by pulling on the draw string 25, the spanning portion which remains attached to the cover member-ll in Figure 4 will also be relatively narrow andlwillinterfere very little if any with the normaluse' of the'magazine. The situation is somewhat different where the packaging of a book is concerned because a book generally has a ,thick-.

ness of the order of 2 /2" or more and therefore will require a spanning portion in the flap of a width equal to that thickness. The provision for tearing through this spanning portion disclosed in Figures Zand 4 will leavefa freely hanging flap portion of a'width approximately equal to the thickness of the book. To meet this situation my invention contemplates "that the arrangement for opening the package be such that the'jspanning portion is substantially entirely removed and for the attainment'of this objective I provide in Figure 5, an arrangement so that the flap B? can be torn through along two'parallel lines spaced apart a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the book. These two parallel tear lines" can be provided in any preferred or desired manner. 'In Figure 5 Ishow the two tear lines 30 and 3| so positioned on the fiap'B that when ther fiap B is secured in position 'as'shown in'Figure 5to complete the book packaging, the tear lines 30 and filwill'be located approximately'in .line with the side edges of the front and back covers of the book." There- 'iore' severingthefiap B"a1ong"these two tear lines,'will resultin a'separation of that portion of the flap B which spans the open end of the book; In this way opening the package does not leave a hanging portion which impairs or interembrace the bound edge of the magazine and to overlie and protect the respective cover members thereof; (b) flap portions extending from the opposite side edges of said main section and adapted to be folded around the edges of the respective cover members into engagement with the inner surfaces thereof; and (c) a third flap .member carried by said wrapper and extending jlaterally beyond the main'section to overlie one .of said'fiapportion'slto an extent so that when the'w'rapper is in position to embrace the back andvcover members of a magazine with the two first'lmentio'ned flap portions in the aforementioned .enfolding relation to the cover members of the magazine, the third flap can be caused to extend from one cover member and be secured to the other cover member to thereby COll'lplete a closed mailing wrapper for the magazine,

whereby upon destruction of the Wrapper closure efiected by this third fiap; the wrapper can then remain to serve as a cover for the magazine.

2.Acombined cover and mailing wrapper for a' book made of'readily foldable material, said wrapper comprising a main section foldable about a book along a line transverse and intermediate of its width to cause said wrapper to embrace the bound edge of the book and to overlie and protect the respective covers of the book, said wrapper comprising also flap portions extending from the opposite side edges of said main section and adapted to be folded around the edges 'o'flsaid'cover members and to engage with the inner surfac'es thereof, said wrapper comprising athird flap member extending laterally "beyond the main section to an'extent so that when the wrapper, embraces the back and cover members with the'two first mentioned flaps in the aforementioned enfolding relation thereto, the third flap can be caused to extend from one cover member and be secured to the other cover member to thereby spacethe open end of the book and complete a closed mailing wrapper therefor, whereby'upon destruction of the wrapper closure effected by this third flap, the wrapper can then remain to serve as a cover for the magazine, said third flap having its top and bottom edges co-terminus with the'top and bottom edges of the Wrapper cover element with which it is associated; and means whereby the spanning portion can be removed by tearing along parallel lines positioned approximately at the free side edges of theback and front book cover members.

HARRY 'C. POMERANZ;

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