Envelope assembly

Abstract

A stuffed, sealed envelope assembly has superimposed front and back plies with insert material within the envelope unattached to the plies so as to be freely disposed therein. At least one cut line or a line of perforations is provided in one of the envelope plies in the vicinity of an edge of the insert to facilitate opening of the envelope for exposing the insert for extraction. An outline of a simulated flap is applied to the outer surface of the one envelope ply so as to overlie or be delimited by the cut line or line of perforations. Other seam lines may be applied to the same outer surface so as to give the impression, together with the flap outline, of a folded-flap envelope construction. The envelope assembly is therefore capable of being opened for exposing the insert in a manner similar to that of a folded-flap construction. Alternatively, superimposed lines of perforations defining a removable tear strip are provided in the plies along a marginal edge of the plies between such marginal edge and an edge of the insert material lying adjacent thereto. The envelope assembly is accordingly opened for exposing the insert upon removal of the tear strip as in a folded-flap envelope construction.