US194076A - Improvement in ticket-envelopes - Google Patents

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J. H. C ULVERL TICKET ENVELOPES.

NO. 194,076. "Patgnted Aug. 14,1877- \Vit nesses Inventor v N. PETERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. n 0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. CULVER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TlCKET-ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 1,076, dated August 14, 1877; application filed June 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CULVER, of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented an Improved Ticket-Envelope; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a ticket or-card venvelope which is so constructed that one entire side forms a flap or leaf, while the opposite side forms an open-faced ticket or card holder, so that the flap or leaf can be opened to expose the face of a ticket or card contained in the ticket or card holder, the object of which is to permit the ticket or card to be inspected or.exhibited by the owner of the ticket or card without removing it from the envelope or disturbing its position.

To make my envelope I take a piece of card-board or other stiff piece of paper, or other suitable material, and out it out to the proper shape, as follows, reference being had I to the accompanying drawings:

One half of the envelope (marked Alforms the ticket or card holder, while the other half, B, forms the flap or cover. The part B is intended to fold over the part A, and can either bean extension of one end or of one side, as desired. In the present instance I have represented it as an end extension.

The part A, I make a little larger than the part B, and I cut it a little wider on each side, in order to form it into a ticket or card holder.

(I then cut a notch, C, (shown at Fig. 1,) out of each corner of the part A at the end opposite the flap B, and fold the end extension F between these notches over toward the closed side of the envelope. Afterward I fold the side extensions G over on the same side, as represented at Fig. 2, thus forming a folded-down edge, extending around two sides and one end of the part A, under which the edges of the ticket orpard can he slipped from the open side, thus securing it in the envelope with its uppermost face entirely exposed. I then cut out a notch, E, from each outer corner of the flap or leaf B, so that the portion between the notches will pass between the folded side edges of the part A, and slip in under the turned-down piece, which extends across the end of the piece A. This not only forms a fastening for the flap, but locks the side and end folds down. I thus provide a cheap and simple ticket-envelope, which will be very convenient, as the holder of the ticket need never remove itfrom the envelope. He can exhibit it to a door-keeper by simply raising the flap or leaf so as to expose the face of the card or ticket, thus preserving the ticket in a clean and neat condition.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi The Within-described ticket-envelope, consisting of the part A, having the side flaps G, folded over the notched extension-flap F, and

the notched flap B, secured under the extension-fiap F, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

J, H. CULVER. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN L. BOONE, OLWYN 'I. STACY.

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