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US 10,827,780 B2Granted
Tobacco product tip
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsJeffrey A. Swepston, Marc D. Belcastro, Christopher L. Simpson, John D. Thomson, Patrick S. McElhinney
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Abstract
A tobacco product tip assembly. The tobacco product tip assembly includes a tip portion comprising a tip wall defining an inhalation chamber; the tip portion extending into a body portion comprising a body wall defining an insertion chamber, the insertion chamber being in communication with the inhalation chamber; the body wall comprising a mechanical fastener. A tobacco product assembly and a process for producing a tobacco product assembly are also included.
Claims18
A tobacco product tip comprising:
- a tip including a wall defining an inhalation chamber;
- a body including a wall defining a tobacco insertion chamber in fluid communication with the inhalation chamber, the wall defining the tobacco insertion chamber being configured to mechanically engage a tobacco product;
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- a thread-like protrusion extending from the wall of the body and into the tobacco insertion chamber, the thread-like protrusion having a height sufficient to protrude into the tobacco product and having a barbed tip that extends from the wall of the body and into the tobacco insertion chamber and that is disposed at a distal end of the tobacco insertion chamber.
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A tipped tobacco product comprising:
- a tobacco product tip, the tobacco product tip including,
- a tip including a wall defining an inhalation chamber,
- a body including a wall defining a tobacco insertion chamber in fluid communication with the inhalation chamber, the wall defining the tobacco insertion chamber being configured to mechanically engage a tobacco product, and
- a thread-like protrusion extending from the wall of the body and into the tobacco insertion chamber, the thread-like protrusion having a height sufficient to protrude into the tobacco product and having a barbed tip that extends from the wall of the body and into the tobacco insertion chamber and that is disposed at a distal end of the tobacco insertion chamber,
- the tobacco product being disposed at least partially within the body and engaging the thread-like protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.