Sean E O'Brien

US Patent:

50711679, Dec 10, 1991

Filed:

Jul 27, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/558665

Inventors:

Sean R. O'Brien - Glen Ellyn IL

Assignee:

Avery International - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B42D 1500

US Classification:

283 79

Abstract:

A shipping and return mailing label includes three parts: (1) a shipping label, (2) a return label, and (3) an intermediate card connected to the two labels by lines of perforations, with the front face of all the parts of the label assembly being exposed as the label assembly is mounted on a backing sheet, so that, for example, bar codes may be directly printed on each of the three parts. The return label is coated with adhesive on its rear side, the card may be free of adhesive, and the shipping label may be of greater extent than the return label and the card, and may have stripes of adhesive located on its three free edges, so that the entire assembly, following printing, may be folded in a Z-shaped manner, and secured to a carton to be shipped. Following receipt of the carton, the customer may remove the shipping label along perforation lines which are provided, and have access to the card for instructions, or to use it as a return postcard, thereby exposing the return label, so that the goods may be shipped back to the original shipper, if desired.