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.
Claims18
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 smokable material;
- (b) a plug of material that at least partially closes the first end of the shell wherein the plug is removable from the tubular shell and once removed no longer at least partially closes the cavity, the plug having interior and exterior portions, the interior portion at least partially located in the interior of the tube cavity, and the exterior portion at least partially located outside of the interior of the tube cavity;
- (c) a removable form casing at least partly inserted in the tube cavity to reinforce the tube cavity:
- (d) 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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- (e) 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 first sheet that is a laminate of a first layer that includes a first smokable material and a second layer of a second smokable material, the first smokable material being different from the second smokable material;
- (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;
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- (f) a sale package that contains the sheets, the plug and form casing.
A tobacco article, comprising:
- (a) a sheet that includes tobacco material formed in an elongated shell having a cavity;
- (b) a plug that at least partially closes the cavity at one end portion of the shell;
- (c) wherein the sheet is flexible and rolled into a generally tubular form;
- (d) a removable form casing at least partly inserted in the cavity to reinforce the cavity:
- (e) a rod that enables a user to compress tobacco placed in the cavity;
- (f) a sale package that contains the layer, plug and rod;
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- (g) wherein while in the sale package, the cavity is unfilled with a tobacco filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.