Pouch material for smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsAndrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, William J. Burke
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Abstract
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 10 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
Claims23
A smokeless tobacco product comprising:
- a pouch including,
- a non-woven fabric including a polymer and a colorant, the colorant being configured to increase a hydraulic permittivity of the non-woven fabric, the non-woven fabric having a basis weight ranging from about 10 grams per square meter (gsm) to about 30 gsm;
- and
- smokeless tobacco within the pouch.
A pouch for a pouch product, the pouch comprising:
- a non-woven fabric including polyurethane and a colorant, the colorant being configured to increase a hydraulic permittivity of the non-woven fabric, the non-woven fabric having a basis weight ranging from about 10 grams per square meter (gsm) to about 30 gsm.
A non-tobacco product comprising:
- a pouch including,
- a non-woven fabric including a polymer and a colorant, the colorant being configured to increase a hydraulic permittivity of the non-woven fabric, the non-woven fabric having a basis weight ranging from about 10 grams per square meter (gsm) to about 30 gsm;
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- a non-tobacco cellulosic mixture within the pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.