Fabric Having Tobacco Entangled with Structural Fibers
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1. A smokeless tobacco product comprising,smokeless tobacco;
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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.
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1. A smokeless tobacco product comprising,
smokeless tobacco; - and
structural fibers forming a network, in which smokeless tobacco is entangled, to form a tobacco-entangled fabric, said structural fibers having a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of using a smokeless tobacco product, the method comprising:
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opening a container that defines a moisture-tight interior space containing at least one smokeless tobacco product, the smokeless tobacco product comprising a smokeless tobacco and structural fibers, the structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled to form a tobacco-entangled fabric, the structural fibers comprising a material having a different composition from the smokeless tobacco, wherein tobacco-entangled fabric has an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent; removing at least a piece of the smokeless tobacco product; and placing said at least a piece of the smokeless tobacco product in an adult tobacco consumer'"'"'s mouth.
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34. A method of making a smokeless tobacco product, the method comprising:
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bringing smokeless tobacco into contact with structural fibers; intermingling the smokeless tobacco and the structural fibers to form a tobacco-entangled fabric, wherein tobacco-entangled fabric has an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent; and cutting, folding, or rolling the tobacco-entangled fabric to form the smokeless tobacco product. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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