Tamper-Evident Reusable Mailing Envelope

Abstract

A tamper-evident reusable mailing envelope comprising an outer envelope with a sealing flap and an inner slide pouch in which is positioned a letter or other correspondence to be mailed. The slide-pouch comprises an addressor pocket and an addressee pocket into which the address of the addressor and the address of the addressee, such as in the form of their respective business cards or preprinted address cards, may be inserted so as to properly address the envelope from the addressor to the addressee. Upon receipt by the addressee, the addressee may respond by simply repositioning the business cards from the respective address pockets such that the original addressee's business card is now positioned in the addressor pocket and the original addressor's business card is positioned into the addressee pocket.

1 . A mailing envelope, comprising in combination:
 an envelope including a front surface and a foldable flap for closing and opened end of said envelope; said front panel of said envelope including at least one address window;   a slide-pocket for insertion within said envelope;   said slide-pocket including at least one address positioned to be in alignment with said addressing window of said envelope when said slide-pocket is inserted within said envelope;   said addressing pocket including address information on a sheet of material inserted therein; and   at least one bar window formed through said front panel of said envelope for receiving an adhesive stamp which adheres to a portion said front panel of said envelope and to a portion of said slide-pocket inserted therein.   
     
     
         2 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said pocket comprises a transparent pocket. 
     
     
         3 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said addressing pocket comprises a pocket frame. 
     
     
         4 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said pocket comprises corner slots for receiving corners of said material. 
     
     
         5 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , further including another bar opening formed in said flap of said alignment with said bar opening in said front panel of said envelope. 
     
     
         6 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein said flap comprises a cut-out portion proximate to an area to contain addressor mailing information. 
     
     
         7 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 5 , including two of said bar openings defining a middle bar segment therebetween. 
     
     
         8 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 7 , further including a tool with a rotating hip for facilitating tearing of the postage stamp adhered across said mid-bar segment. 
     
     
         9 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , further including an insertion tool for facilitating the insertion of said material into said pocket. 
     
     
         10 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said front panel of said envelope is transparent and wherein said pocket is affixed to an interior surface thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 10 , wherein said material comprises a sheet of material with a perforated portion including address information that may be removed and inserted into said pocket. 
     
     
         12 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , further including a specially-configured sheet of stationery including a pre-perforated addressor portion with optionally the addressor's mailing information preprinted within the addressor's perforated portion, thereby allowing the addressor to use the stationery to correspond with the intended addressee by placing the addressee's address information in the addressee portion such that upon fan-folding the stationery and inserting it into the envelope, the respective addresses are visible through the windows. 
     
     
         13 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , further including an opening tool having a rotatable tip portion. 
     
     
         14 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , optionally including corner slots allowing a business card to be inserted therein. 
     
     
         15 . The envelope assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , further including an insertion tool.