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Smokeless tobacco packaging system and method

  • US 9,468,233 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2011
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a container including a lid and a base that defines an interior space; and

    a plurality of preformed smokeless tobacco products having a substantially similar shape and being disposed in the interior space of the container, each of the preformed smokeless tobacco products comprising moist smokeless tobacco and a binder, one or more of the preformed smokeless tobacco products being compressed between the lid and the base in response to engagement of the lid and the base and relaxation of said one or more of the preformed smokeless tobacco products from a compressed state so as to secure said one or more preformed smokeless tobacco products in a substantially stationary position within the interior space.

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