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US 10,420,366 B2Granted
Tobacco articles and methods
AssigneeU.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
InventorsJames Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Abstract
Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.
Claims13
A tobacco article, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical body including,
- a porous matrix defining a frusto-conical channel therein, and
- an outer shell surface substantially impermeable to migration of tobacco constituents, the outer shell surface at least partially surrounding the porous matrix;
- and
- tobacco disposed in pores of the porous matrix so that, when air is passed through the porous matrix, a noncombusted tobacco, a noncombusted tobacco constituent, or both the noncombusted tobacco and the noncombusted tobacco constituent is introduced into the air,
- wherein the porous matrix is integrally formed with the outer shell surface.
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