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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Stephen K. Guerrera, Holliston, MA (US);
Edward Joseph Goldman, Foxborough, MA (US);
David J. Smith, Needham, MA (US);
Malcolm E. Taylor, Warner, NH (US);
Robert Francis Kovar, Wrentham, MA (US);
Stephen K. Guerrera, Holliston, MA (US);
Edward Joseph Goldman, Foxborough, MA (US);
David J. Smith, Needham, MA (US);
Malcolm E. Taylor, Warner, NH (US);
Robert Francis Kovar, Wrentham, MA (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A cigarette or other tobacco product package may be constructed with a sealed outer overwrap. The overwrap may be multi-layered and configured to contain an internal pressure higher than an ambient external air pressure. The multilayer overwrap may be assembled to a cigarette or other tobacco product pack in two or more layers adhered together during assembly.