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US 8,556,070 B2Granted
Container device for tobacco articles
AssigneeU.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
InventorsDavid Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Abstract
Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.
Claims28
A tobacco product package device, comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall, a side wall that extends in an axial direction from the bottom wall toward a connection rim, and a top opening that is at least partially defined by the connection rim, the container defining an interior space that is in communication with the top opening, at least a portion of the side wall being outwardly convexly curved away from the interior space;
- a tobacco product arranged in the interior space of the container;
- a metallic lid that releasably engages the container to enclose the tobacco product in the interior space, the metallic lid including a lid wall that is integral with a skirt, wherein the skirt provides a releasable engagement with the connection rim;
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- a resilient gasket affixed to an interior surface of the lid wall proximate to the skirt to provide a moisture barrier and a non-hermetic seal between the metallic lid and the container when the metallic lid is releasably engaged with the container, wherein the resilient gasket comprises a strip of polymer material affixed directly onto a perimeter channel of the lid wall, and wherein the non-hermetic seal permits venting of byproduct gases from the container when the metallic lid is releasably engaged with the container.
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A tobacco product package device, comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall, a side wall that extends in an axial direction from the bottom wall toward a connection rim, and a top opening that is at least partially defined by the connection rim, the container defining an interior space that is in communication with the top opening, at least a portion of the side wall being outwardly convexly curved away from the interior space;
- a tobacco product arranged in the interior space of the container;
- a metallic lid that releasably engages the container to enclose the tobacco product in the interior space, the metallic lid including a lid wall that is integral with a skirt, wherein the skirt provides a releasable engagement with the connection rim;
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- a resilient gasket affixed to an interior surface of the lid wall proximate to the skirt to provide a moisture barrier and a non-hermetic seal between the metallic lid and the container when the metallic lid is releasably engaged with the container, wherein the resilient gasket comprises a strip of polymer material affixed directly onto a perimeter channel of the lid wall, and wherein the container includes one or more vent structures formed proximate the connection rim, the vent structures providing a path for gas exchange between ambient air and the interface between the gasket and the container.
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A tobacco product package device, comprising:
- a container defining an interior space and having a bottom wall, a side wall that extends from the bottom wall toward a connection rim, at least a portion of the side wall being outwardly convexly curved;
- a tobacco product for oral consumption arranged in the interior space of the container;
- a lid that encloses the tobacco product in the interior space of the container, the lid including a lid wall that is integral with a skirt, wherein the skirt is releasably engaged with the connection rim;
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- a resilient gasket deposited on an interior surface of the lid wall to provide a moisture barrier and a non-hermetic seal between the lid and the container when the lid is secured to the container, the resilient gasket abutting with the connection rim of the container when the lid is secured to the container, wherein the moisture barrier inhibits the migration of moisture to and from the container when the lid is secured to the container, and wherein the non-hermetic seal permits gas exchange between ambient air and the interior space when the lid is secured to the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.