Method and apparatus for custom rolling a smokable product
AssigneeBlunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.
InventorRon Tully
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Abstract
A product and method of making thereof for the consumption of smokable substances such as tobacco or herbs. The product is comprised of smokable materials such as tobacco, homogenized tobacco, natural leaf materials, vegetable materials, herbal materials, paper, cellulose, and other smokable materials and has a connected form mandrel which is used during the rolling process and disconnected after substantial completion of the rolling process.
Claims15
1-13. (canceled)
A kit for creating a custom rolled smokable product, comprising:
- (a) at least one form mandrel;
- (b) at least one smokable sheet, the at least one smokable sheet being in a partially pre-rolled state, with a longitudinal containment volume and edges that can be moved apart to provide access to the containment volume for adding a smokable filler to the longitudinal containment volume;
- (c) the at least one form mandrel being connected to and supporting the at least one smokable sheet in the partially pre-rolled state, wherein the at least one form mandrel has an opening and the connection is made by the at least one sheet being partially inserted into the opening;
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- (d) the smokable filler added to the longitudinal containment volume, wherein the connected form mandrel substantially remains in the longitudinal containment volume, wherein the form mandrel can be disconnected from the at least one smokable sheet and/or custom rolled smoking article by sliding the form mandrel relative to at least one smokable sheet.
A method of constructing a rolled smokable product comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a sheet of smokable material wherein the sheet is detachably connected to a form mandrel, and the sheet is rolled into a shaped tube that has an interior bore and at least two edges that can be moved apart providing access to the interior bore so that smokable fill material can be added to the interior bore;
- (b) wherein, without filling the interior bore with smokable fill material, the shaped tube and detachably connected form mandrel is packaged inside a wrapper for sale to a consumer, with the form mandrel supporting the pre-rolled sheet in the rolled state inside the wrapper;
- (c) constructing a rolled smokable product from the shaped tube of step “b” by removing the shaped tube and the detachably connected form mandrel from the wrapper, moving apart the two edges, and filling the interior bore with smokable fill material, and using the connected form mandrel to roll to the sheet and smokable fill material into a rolled smokable product;
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- (d) wherein the at least one form mandrel is used during step “c” to create tensile force in the sheet of material.
A method of constructing a rolled smokable tube product filled with smokable filler comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a sheet comprised of smokable material, wherein the sheet is detachably connected to a form mandrel and rolled into a shaped tube about the connected form mandrel, with the rolled sheet having an interior bore and two edges that can be moved apart to provide access to the interior bore and allow smokable fill material to be added to the interior bore, wherein the sheet and connected form mandrel are packaged in a wrapper for sale to a consumer, and without filling the interior bore with smokable fill material;
- (b) removing the packaged rolled sheet and connected form mandrel from the wrapper, moving apart the two edges and filling the interior bore with smokable fill material, and using the connected form mandrel to create a tensile force in the sheet and construct a rolled smokable tube product by rolling the sheet with smokable filler into a rolled smokable tube whose interior bore is filled with smokable filler;
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- (c) after step “b” disconnecting the form mandrel from the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.