Title: Business reply form

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1. A business reply form for use between a sender and a recipient comprising:

a first sheet foldable in one direction;

a second sheet foldable in said one direction and shorter than said first sheet;

each sheet having outer and inner sides and top and bottom edges and said sheets being secured together along their top edges;

first tear lines spaced from the top and bottom edges of each sheet and defining first tear strips;

a second tear line spaced from said first tear line at the top edge of said second sheet defining a second tear strip;

a first layer of adhesive for securing the outer side of the first tear strip at the top edge of said second sheet with the inner side of the first tear strip at the bottom edge of said first sheet when both sheets are folded in said one direction;

a second layer of adhesive for securing the inner side of the first tear strip at the bottom edge of said second sheet with the inner side of the second tear strip at the top edge of said second sheet when said second sheet is folded in a direction opposite to said one direction;

an address space on the inner side of said second sheet;

and a window in said first sheet in registration with said address space.

2. A business reply form according to claim 1 wherein said first layer of adhesive is on the outer side of said first tear strip at the top edge of said second sheet.

3. A business reply form according to claim 2 wherein said second layer of adhesive is on the inner side of said first tear strip at the bottom edge of said second sheet.

4. A business reply form according to claim 3 wherein said layers of adhesive are contact adhesive and wherein each layer is covered by a removable peel-away protective strip.

5. A business reply form according to claim 1 wherein said second layer of adhesive is on the inner side of said first tear strip at the bottom edge of said second sheet.

6. A business reply form according to claim 1 wherein said first sheet contains information for said recipient and wherein said second sheet contains a questionnaire to be completed and returned by said recipient to said sender.

7. A business reply form according to claim 6 wherein said outer side of said first and second sheets each contain the address of said sender.

8. A business reply form according to claim 1 wherein said first and second sheets are initially formed from first and second webs of paper, respectively, each web having spaced apart lateral edges which define said top and bottom edges of said sheets.

9. A business reply form for use between a sender and a recipient comprising:

a first information sheet foldable in one direction;

a second questionnaire sheet foldable in said one direction and being shorter than said first information sheet;

each sheet having outer and inner sides, top and bottom edges, and upper and lower sections separated by a fold line, and said sheets being secured together along their top edges;

first tear lines spaced from the top and bottom edges of each sheet and defining first tear strips;

a second tear line spaced from said first tear line at the top edge of said second sheet thereof and defining a second tear strip;

a first layer of contact adhesive covered by a removable peel-away strip on the outer side of the first tear strip at the top edge of said second sheet for engagement wiht the inner side of the first tear strip at the bottom edge of said first sheet when both sheets are folded in said one direction;

a second layer of contact adhesive covered by a removable peel-away strip on the inner side of the first tear strip at the bottom edge of said second sheet for engagement with the inner side of the second tear strip at the top edge of said second sheet when said second sheet is folded in a direction opposite to said one direction;

an address space on the inner side of said second sheet;

and a window in said first sheet in registration with said address space.

10. A business reply form according to claim 9 wherein said first sheet contains information for said recipient and wherein said second sheet contains a questionnaire to be completed and returned by said recipient to said sender.

11. A business reply form according to claim 10 wherein said outer side of said first and second sheets each contain the address of said sender.

12. A business reply form according to claim 11 wherein the lower section of said first sheet contains said window and contains the preprinted address of said sender on the outer side thereof, and wherein the lower section of said second sheet contains the preprinted address of said sender on the outer side thereof.

13. A business reply form according to claim 12 wherein preprinted postage is provided on the outer side of the lower section of said first and second sheets.

14. A business reply form according to claim 12 wherein said inner side of said lower section of said first sheet includes a space for entry by sender of specific information for recipient.

Other info:

Inventors: Lucas, Roland T. (Milwaukee, WI, US)

Application Number: 856214
Filing Date: 1977-12-01
Publication_date: 1978-07-25
Assignee: St. Luke's Hospital Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Primary Class(es): 229/304 229/92.3, 462/55
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1551660	Sep, 1925	Gove	229/92.
1639566	Aug, 1927	Johnson	229/92.
2341788	Feb, 1944	Jones	282/22.
2400356	May, 1946	Kerr et al.	282/22.
2985464	May, 1961	McFarland	229/73.
3073509	Jan, 1963	Schuessler	229/92.
3250456	May, 1966	Schuessler	229/92.
3507519	Apr, 1970	McNabb	229/73.
3843042	Oct, 1974	Mayne	229/73.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Garbe, Stephen P.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Nilles; James E.