Smoking article and method
AssigneeBlunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.
InventorDaniel S. Sinclair, Jr.
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Abstract
A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled to a tube or shell or tube-like shape and then packaged in an unfilled or partially filled condition, one end portion of the tube or shell or tube-like shape being at least partially closed. In one embodiment, multiple sheets are rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged with one end closed or partially closed. In another embodiment, a rod that assists in loading tobacco into the shell cavity is provided. In one embodiment, the plug takes the form of a mouthpiece.
Claims24
A tobacco article, comprising
- a) a sheet of material that provides a tubular shell having first and second ends, and a tube cavity that enables containment of tobacco filler material, the sheet being comprised of tobacco material;
- b) a plug of material that at least partially closes the first end of the shell;
- c) a removable form casing at least partly inserted in the tube cavity to reinforce the tube cavity, the sheet of material being wrapped around the form casing:
- d) wherein the sheet of material is sealed in a tubular shell shape so that it cannot be unrolled without damaging the sheet;
- e) a sale package that contains the sheet, the form casing and the plug, wherein the form casing occupies at least a part of the cavity;
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- f) wherein while in the sale package, the tube cavity being unfilled with tobacco filler material from the second end of the tubular shell to the plug.
A tobacco article, comprising
- a) a sheet of material that is flexible and configured to be rolled into a tubular shell having a cavity that enables containment of tobacco material, the sheet being of a smokable material;
- b) a plug of material that closes at least partially one end of the shell;
- c) wherein the sheet of material that is sealed so that it cannot be unrolled without damaging the sheet;
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- d) a package that contains the sheet and plug in an unfilled condition.
A tobacco article, comprising
- a) a first sheet that is a laminate of a first layer that includes tobacco material and a second layer;
- b) a removable form casing:
- c) wherein the laminate is flexible and is wrapped around the form casing and rolled into a generally tubular form having a cavity, the form casing reinforcing the cavity;
- d) wherein an outer one of the layers is sealed so that it cannot be unrolled without damaging it;
- e) a plug that at least partially closes one end of the tubular form;
- f) a sale package that contains the sheets, the plug and form casing;
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- g) wherein in the sale package, the cavity is completely unfilled with a tobacco filler.
A tobacco article, comprising
- a) a layer that includes tobacco material formed in an elongated shell having a cavity;
- b) a plug that at least partially seals the cavity at one end portion of the shell;
- c) wherein the sheet is flexible and enabling it to be rolled into a generally tubular form;
- d) a rod that enables a user to compress tobacco placed in the cavity;
- e) a sale package that contains the layer, plug and rod;
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- f) wherein while in the sale package, the cavity is unfilled with a tobacco filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.