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US 8,424,541 B2Granted
Tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsDanielle R. Crawford, Karen Brooks, Kenneth A. Newman, William R. Sweeney, Fernando L. Chappell, Sr.
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Abstract
Provided is a tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product that provides and engaging and flavorful experience to a user. The pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper and an inner filling material. The inner filling material can include a non-tobacco, botanical component, at least one functional ingredient and a solid flavor component dispersed throughout the inner filling material. The pouch product delivers multiple textures to the user's mouth.
Claims19
A tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product comprising:
- a porous pouch wrapper;
- and
- a tobacco-free inner filling material contained within said porous pouch wrapper comprising:
- a non-tobacco, botanical component;
- at least one capsule, wherein said at least one capsule includes (a) an effervescent;
- (b) a vitamin;
- (c) a soothing ingredient;
- (d) an energizing ingredient and/or (e) a chemesthesis agent and wherein the at least one capsule includes tapioca, the tapioca being operable to sequester flavors and/or functional ingredients;
- a solid flavor component comprising a first flavor strip;
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- a lining interposed between said porous pouch wrapper and said inner filling material, wherein said lining is made of a second flavor strip, the second flavor strip being tapioca based,
- wherein said at least one capsule and said solid flavor component are dispersed amongst said non-tobacco, botanical component,
- wherein said inner filling material is tobacco-free and the oral flavor delivery pouch delivers flavor upon placement in a user's mouth, and
- wherein the tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch delivers flavor for about 1 minute to about 60 minutes when placed in a user's oral cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.