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Patent No.:

US 12151260 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2023

Polymer encased smokeless tobacco products

Applicant:

Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Nathan Carroll, Chester, VA (US);

Shannon Maxwell Black, Richmond, VA (US);

Yan Helen Sun, Midlothian, VA (US);

William J. Burke, Nashville, TN (US);

Christopher Joseph Dinovi, Ruther Glen, VA (US);

David Phillips, Richmond, VA (US);

Jason Andrew Macko, Richmond, VA (US);

Robert Smith, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Assignee:

Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Michael P Rodriguez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/10 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24F 23/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01); B65B 9/10 (2006.01); B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 53/02 (2006.01); B65B 63/02 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/108 (2013.01); A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/186 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24F 23/00 (2013.01); B05D 1/007 (2013.01); B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B65B 9/10 (2013.01); B65B 29/02 (2013.01); B65B 53/02 (2013.01); B65B 63/02 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

Methods for encasing bodies including smokeless tobacco or a tobacco substitute with a polymeric casing can include coating a compressed body with microfibers, applying tubular casings to compressed bodies, printing netting and webs on compressed bodies, injection molding around compressed bodies, applying a webbing to compressed bodies, placing compressed bodies into a skin forming bath, and including thermoplastic polymers in a compressed body.

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