IP Library Granted Patent US 7,297,383
Granted Patent B2
US 7,297,383 · App. 10/912,800 · Granted Nov 20, 2007

Newspaper cover with attached advertising overlay and detachable coupon and process

Assignee: Mexico Plastic Company
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Patent No.
US 7,297,383
App. No.
10/912,800
Granted
Nov 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combination paper cover and attached overlay with a detachable advertising coupon attached to the overlay. A method of making the cover and overlay using a folded sheet of heat sealable material for the cover and a printed single sheet of a heat-sealable material for the overlay in which the single sheet is placed over the folded sheet with a free end projecting past the folded edge of the cover, the edge is perforated to form a line of weakness to define the coupon, and the cover and overlay are heat sealed together along their side edges and formed into individual units simultaneously.

Claims (18)

1. A combination newspaper cover and attached overlay comprising:

a sleeve defined by a single sheet of flexible heat sealable polymeric material having a fold at one end to define, closed end, and an open end with closed side edges, and an overlay of a single sheet of flexible heat sealable material, said

overlay having side edges aligned with the side edges of the sleeve and attached to the sleeve by heat seals only along the sleeve side edges,

the overlay also having a free end portion which extends past the closed end of the sleeve and means defining a line of severance to allow the free end portion to be severed from the remainder of the overlay, the sleeve open end accepting a newspaper after the overlay is attached.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the free end portion of the overlay has an advertising coupon formed thereon.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein the free end of the overlay is defined by a line of weakness whereby it is readily severable from the remainder of the overlay.

4. The combination of claim 1 including advertising indicia on an outside surface of the overlay.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein the side edges of the sleeve are formed by heat-seals co-extensive with the overlay side edge heat seals.

6. A combination paper cover and attached overlay comprising:

a sleeve defined by opposed substantially coextensive sides and having a closed end, an open end and closed side edges, and

an overlay which extends over substantially the entire length of the sleeve and is attached to the sleeve only along its side edges,

the overlay also having a free end portion which extends past one end of the sleeve and is defined by a line of weakness whereby it is severable from the remainder of the overlay.

7. The combination of claim 6 wherein the free end portion of the overlay has an advertising coupon formed thereon.

8. The combination of claim 6 wherein the sleeve is adapted to contain a newspaper.

9. The combination of claim 6 including advertising indicia on an outside surface of the overlay.

10. The combination of claim 6 wherein the sleeve is a single sheet of thin flexible polymeric material with the closed end being formed by a fold line and the closed end is adjacent to the free end portion of the overlay.

11. The combination of claim 10 wherein the side edges of the sleeve are formed by heat-seals.

12. The combination of claim 11 where the side edges of the overlay are heat-sealed to the side edges of the sleeve.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: MEXICO PLASTIC COMPANY D/B/A CONTINENTAL PRODUCTS
To: CONTINENTAL PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 061712/0947 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2004
From: FUEMMELER, CARL D.
To: MEXICO PLASTIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 015671/0341 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6049388900 · Aug 8, 2003
Related Publication 20050031810A1 · Feb 10, 2005