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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Scott Atchley, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
James M. Rossman, Richmond, VA (US);
Munmaya K. Mishra, Manakin Sabot, VA (US);
Assignee:
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24F 23/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 7/04 (2019.01); D04H 1/04 (2012.01); D04H 1/46 (2012.01); D04H 1/48 (2012.01); D04H 1/49 (2012.01); D04H 1/492 (2012.01); D04H 1/498 (2012.01); D04H 1/728 (2012.01); D04H 3/005 (2012.01); D04H 3/105 (2012.01); D04H 3/11 (2012.01); D04H 3/16 (2006.01); D04H 5/02 (2012.01); D04H 5/03 (2012.01); D04H 5/08 (2012.01); D06M 13/00 (2006.01); D01F 2/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/425 (2012.01); D04H 1/4258 (2012.01); D04H 1/4291 (2012.01); D04H 1/4374 (2012.01); D04H 1/4382 (2012.01); D04H 1/42 (2012.01); D06M 101/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 23/02 (2013.01); A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/04 (2013.01); B32B 9/02 (2013.01); B32B 9/047 (2013.01); D01F 2/00 (2013.01); D04H 1/04 (2013.01); D04H 1/42 (2013.01); D04H 1/425 (2013.01); D04H 1/4258 (2013.01); D04H 1/4291 (2013.01); D04H 1/4374 (2013.01); D04H 1/4382 (2013.01); D04H 1/46 (2013.01); D04H 1/48 (2013.01); D04H 1/49 (2013.01); D04H 1/492 (2013.01); D04H 1/498 (2013.01); D04H 1/728 (2013.01); D04H 3/005 (2013.01); D04H 3/105 (2013.01); D04H 3/11 (2013.01); D04H 3/16 (2013.01); D04H 5/02 (2013.01); D04H 5/03 (2013.01); D04H 5/08 (2013.01); D06M 13/00 (2013.01); D06M 13/005 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0223 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0238 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0246 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0261 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2262/04 (2013.01); B32B 2262/062 (2013.01); B32B 2262/065 (2013.01); B32B 2262/12 (2013.01); B32B 2262/14 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7163 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2307/734 (2013.01); B32B 2307/75 (2013.01); D06M 2101/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.