Smokeless tobacco product user package

• US 20040217024A1
• Filed: 04/29/2003
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB (Swedish Match AB)
• Original Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB (Swedish Match AB)
• Inventors: Hodin, Fredrik, Arnarp, Jan, Lundin, Jorgen
• Application Number:
  US10/426,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20040217024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/256
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 23/00 Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0472 the band being wound in flat spiral, folded in accordion or the like

Abstract

A smokeless tobacco product user package (10). To further improve the packaging of smokeless tobacco doses so that the tobacco product at each single instance can be made more easily accessible to the user in a wider range of desired amounts the package comprises a plurality of product portions (18) arranged in a spaced relation one after another. The portions (18) are sealed in pockets (20) between layers of flexible sheet permeable to tobacco ingredients. The layers of sheet are bonded together face to face outside said portions (18) and form a band (12) joining the portions (18) together. The band (12) is also separable between adjacent portions (18) selectable by the user.

Claims

1. A smokeless tobacco product user package (10), comprising:

a plurality of product portions (18) arranged in a spaced relation one after another;

said portions (18) being sealed in a pocketed manner between layers of flexible sheet (14, 16) permeable to tobacco ingredients;

said layers of sheet (14, 16) being bonded together face to face outside said portions (18);

said layers of sheet (14, 16) forming a band (12) joining the portions (18) together; and

said band (12) being separable between adjacent portions (18) selectable by the user.

2. The package according to claim 1, wherein the smokeless tobacco product is an oral snuff.

3. The package according to claim 1, wherein each of said portions (18) has a weight of approximately 0.05 to 0.3 g.

4. The package according to claim 1, wherein the surface of each portion is covered by a powder material having a white or other light color.

5. The package according to claim 1, wherein said band (12) is made tearable between said selectable portions (18).

6. The package according to claim 4, wherein said band (12) has perforations (22) between said selectable portions (18).

7. The package according to claim 1, further comprising:

a container (28) for storing said portions (18);

said container (28) having a opening (34) for exposing an end of said band outside the container and allowing withdrawal of said snuff portions from said container (28).

8. The package according to claim 7, wherein said container (22;

32) has cutting means (32) for cutting said band (12) between said selectable portions (18).

9. The package according to claim 6, wherein said cutting means comprises a knife edge (32) operable on closing a closure (30) for said opening (34).