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Container for smokeless tobacco product

  • US 9,717,272 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2013
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A container defining a modified internal environment, the container comprising:

  • a cover;

    a body portion configured to engage the cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, the body portion comprising a side wall, a bottom wall and an intermediate wall, the intermediate wall dividing the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment; and

    an environment modification material received in the second compartment and configured to act through the intermediate wall upon an atmosphere within the first compartment, the environment modification material providing moisture and removing moisture from the atmosphere within the container, depending on a level of humidity in the atmosphere in the container, in order to maintain a relative humidity in the container;

    wherein the cover is configured to releasably engage the body portion such that the first compartment is accessible and the intermediate wall and the bottom wall are irreleasably secured to the side wall such that the second compartment is inaccessible.

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