Flavoring mechanism for a tobacco related material

#The present disclosure relates to flavoring mechanisms for a substrate material (e.g., a tobacco-related material) disposed within a container and methods of use thereof. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a container including a mechanism for flavoring products that may be made or derived from tobacco, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco-related materials, and are intended for human consumption.

#Tobacco may be enjoyed in a so-called “smokeless” form. Particularly popular smokeless tobacco products are employed by inserting some form of processed tobacco or tobacco-related material into the mouth of the user. See for example, the types of smokeless tobacco products, formulations, ingredients, and processing methodologies set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 1,376,586 to Schwartz; U.S. Pat. No. 3,696,917 to Levi; U.S. Pat. No. 4,513,756 to Pittman et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,528,993 to Sensabaugh, Jr. et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,624,269 to Story et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,991,599 to Tibbetts; U.S. Pat. No. 4,987,907 to Townsend; U.S. Pat. No. 5,092,352 to Sprinkle, III et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,387,416 to White et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,668,839 to Williams; U.S. Pat. No. 6,834,654 to Williams; U.S. Pat. No. 6,953,040 to Atchley et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,032,601 to Atchley et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,694,686 to Atchley et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,810,507 to Dube et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,819,124 to Strickland et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,861,728 to Holton, Jr. et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,901,512 to Quinter et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,168,855 to Neilsen et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,336,557 to Kumar et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,469,036 to Strickland et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,627,828 to Strickland et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,940,344 to Crawford et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 9,155,772 to Gao et al.; U.S. Pat. Pub. Nos. 2004/0020503 to Williams; 2007/0062549 to Holton, Jr. et al.; 2008/0029116 to Robinson et al.; 2008/0029117 to Mua et al.; 2008/0173317 to Robinson et al.; 2008/0196730 to Engstrom et al.; 2009/0065013 to Essen et al.; and 2013/0206153 to Beeson et al.; PCT Pub. Nos. WO 04/095959 to Arnarp et al.; and WO 10/132,444 to Atchley; each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

#Representative smokeless tobacco products that have been marketed include those referred to as CAMEL Orbs, CAMEL Strips and CAMEL Sticks by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; GRIZZLY moist tobacco, KODIAK moist tobacco, LEVI GARRETT loose tobacco and TAYLOR'S PRIDE loose tobacco by American Snuff Company, LLC; KAYAK moist snuff and CHATTANOOGA CHEW chewing tobacco by Swisher International, Inc.; REDMAN chewing tobacco by Pinkerton Tobacco Co. LP; COPENHAGEN moist tobacco and RED SEAL long cut by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company; and Taboka by Philip Morris USA.

#Having thus described the disclosure in the foregoing general terms, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:

#FIG. 1 illustrates a container including a sensory precursor delivery device according to one aspect of the present disclosure;

#FIG. 2 illustrates an exploded view of the container of FIG. 1 according to one aspect of the present disclosure;

#The present disclosure will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to exemplary aspects thereof. These exemplary aspects are described so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Indeed, the disclosure may be expressed in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the aspects set forth herein; rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. As used in the specification, and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, “the”, include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

#The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus configured to provide a sensory precursor composition to a substrate material, and more particularly to a substrate material disposed within a container. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the container 5 includes a top cover 10 and a body portion 20. The top cover 10 and the body portion 20 are configured to operably engage one another in a reciprocal arrangement so as to substantially enclose an internal space 22 defined by the body portion and the top cover. In some aspects, the container 5 includes a sensory precursor delivery device 30 that is configured to retain a sensory precursor composition therein. Additionally, the sensory precursor delivery device 30 may be configured to dispense the sensory precursor composition to the internal space 22 of the container 5. For example, the sensory precursor delivery device 30 may include an actuating element 36, which in response to actuation, may cause the sensory precursor delivery device 30 to dispense the sensory precursor composition to the internal space 22 of the container 5.

#The dimensions of the containers described herein can vary without departing from the disclosure. However, in some preferred aspects, the containers can be described as having a cylindrical size suitable for handheld manipulation and operations, as shown in FIG. 1. Exemplary dimensions for such handheld generally cylindrical containers include diameters in the range of about 50 mm to about 130 mm, and more typically about 60 mm to about 115 mm. Exemplary wall thicknesses include the range of about 0.5 mm to about 4.75 mm, and more typically about 0.8 mm to about 4.6 mm. Exemplary depths for handheld containers, in some aspects, range from about 5 mm to about 50 mm, more typically about 8 mm to about 45 mm, and most often about 15 mm to about 40 mm.