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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Stephen J. Bellamah, Midlothian, VA (US);
William T. Griffin, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Dominic J. C. Howard, New Canaan, CT (US);
Robert T. Mitten, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Stephen J. Bellamah, Midlothian, VA (US);
William T. Griffin, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Dominic J. C. Howard, New Canaan, CT (US);
Robert T. Mitten, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A three-piece pocket-size container for holding a consumer product such as smokeless tobacco product in an interior volume of a perimeter band which has a base locked to a lower rim portion and an openable cover on an upper rim of the perimeter band. When closed, the cover, the perimeter band and the base form a flush exterior sidewall of the container. The base and cover can be metal and the perimeter band can be transparent (clear, tinted or colored) or opaque plastic to provide a container that maintains product freshness, and is easily opened and closed.