Container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10463071-B2
Application number	US-201414785568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2013
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A container for a consumable recipient product. The container also contains a non-consumable donor product carrier which contains a donor product which emits a substance to impart a characteristic to the recipient product in the container. The donor product carrier includes a barrier layer, disposed between the donor product and the recipient product, through which the substance can travel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. In combination, a container and a product, comprising:
the container comprising a chamber;
a consumable recipient product in the chamber of the container, the recipient product being a smokeless tobacco product; and
a non-consumable donor product carrier in the chamber comprising a donor product emitting a substance to impart an organoleptic characteristic to the recipient product in the container when the donor product carrier is placed in the chamber with the recipient product;
said donor product comprising a botanical substance comprising an organic sensate plant substance at least partially including herb or plant matter, and
said donor product carrier comprising a barrier layer containing the donor product and disposed between the donor product and the recipient product, through which the substance can travel.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer is permeable or semi-permeable.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the non-consumable donor product carrier comprises a pouch which includes said barrier layer, said pouch containing said donor product.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the non-consumable donor product carrier is disposed in the chamber of said container, said chamber also containing said consumable recipient product.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container further comprises a secondary chamber and said non-consumable donor product carrier is disposed in said secondary chamber prior to first opening of the container.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the non-consumable donor product carrier comprises a removable sealing wrap.

7. The container of claim 1 , wherein the non-consumable donor product carrier is visually different to the consumable recipient products.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container contains more than one recipient product.

9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container contains a plurality of donor product carriers.

10. The container of claim 1 , wherein the recipient product is a snus tobacco product.

11. The container of claim 1 , wherein the substance emitted by the donor product is a sensate substance to impart the organoleptic characteristic to the recipient product in the container.

12. The container of claim 1 , wherein the substance emitted by the donor product is a moisturising substance to provide moisture to the recipient product in the container.

Assignees

• British American Tobacco Investments Ltd

Inventors

• Rushforth David
• Gibson Paul
• Sommarstrom Eva

Classifications

• A24F23/00

  Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco · CPC title

• B65D81/2076

  in an at least partially rigid container · CPC title

• A24B15/301

  by aromatic compounds · CPC title

• A24B15/30

  by organic substances {(A24B15/281 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A24B15/303

  Plant extracts other than tobacco · CPC title