Packaging container for a tobacco product
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsAndries D. Sebastian, Percy D. Phillips
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Abstract
A packaging container for a tobacco product is provided. The packaging container comprises a housing including a flexible wall portion having an electrical device printed or placed on an exterior surface thereof, and a power source contained within the interior of the housing and configured to power the electrical device. The flexible wall portion comprises a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device, and a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into an interior of the housing.
Claims20
A packaging container comprising:
- a housing including a flexible wall portion having an electrical device printed or placed on an exterior surface thereof, the flexible wall portion comprising:
- a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device;
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- a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into an interior of the housing;
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- a power source contained within the interior of the housing and configured to power the electrical device.
A method for controlling a packaging container, the method comprising:
- providing the packaging container comprising a housing including a flexible wall portion having an electrical device printed or placed on an exterior surface thereof, and a power source contained within an interior thereof, the flexible wall portion comprising a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device, and a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into the interior of the housing;
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- powering the electrical device using the power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.