Smoking article and method
AssigneeBlunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.
InventorDaniel S. Sinclair, Jr.
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Abstract
A smoking article provides a purchased, as-built cigar that can be disassembled to form multiple cigars, enabling a consumer to make his or her own cigars using custom tobacco filler. The as-built cigar is capped as part of its construction, preferably at one end or at both ends. A smoker removes the cap or caps to enable smoking of the as-built cigar or disassembly into layers. Each layer can then be rolled with a smoker's custom tobacco. The inner layer contains tobacco filler. Upon disassembly, the inner layer and tobacco filler can be smoked. Alternatively, the inner layer can be pulled apart at a provided serration to discard the tobacco filler and then filled and rolled with a smoker's custom tobacco filler material.
Claims20
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of layers of smokable material that include inner, middle and outer layers, said inner and middle layers being inner and outer concentric tubes, each tube having tube ends;
- b) filling the inner tube with tobacco fill material;
- c) wrapping the outer layer about the concentric tubes;
- d) covering at least one end of the assembly of tubes and outer layer with an end cover that prevents discharge of the tobacco fill material from a tube end, wherein the end cover is in the form of twisted material that is part of the outer layer which end cover is manually rupturable;
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- e) wherein the cigar constructed in steps “a” through “d” is packaged for sale in packaging.
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of layers of smokable material that include inner, middle and outer layers, said inner and middle layers being inner and outer concentric tubes, each tube having tube ends;
- (b) filling the inner tube with tobacco fill material;
- (c) wrapping the outer layer about the inner and outer concentric tubes;
- (d) covering at least one end of the assembly of tubes and outer layers with a cover that prevents discharge of the tobacco filler material from a tube end, wherein the cover is in the form of twisted material that is part of the outer layer forming a “pig-tailed” type rolled area;
- (e) providing a manually rupturable connection between the cover and the assembly of step “d”;
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- (f) wherein the cigar constructed in steps “a” through “e” is packaged for sale in packaging.
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