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US 11,252,988 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.
Claims19
A tobacco article comprising:
- a porous matrix having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- tobacco in pores of the porous matrix;
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- an outer shell fully surrounding the porous matrix, the outer shell including,
- a main portion,
- a first end cap configured to be separated from the main portion so as to expose the first end portion, and
- a second end cap configured to be separated from the main portion so as to expose the second end portion, the main portion between the first end cap and the second end cap.
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