Container comprising a first chamber and a second chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11291237-B2
Application number	US-201414785598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2013
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A container is disclosed which has a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall. The separating wall is configured so that at least one substance emitted by a donor product received in the second chamber is conveyed from the second chamber into the first chamber through said separating wall. In this way, a characteristic of the donor product is imparted to a recipient product in said first chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container comprising a main body comprising a base wall and upstanding side wall, a first chamber defined in a space within the main body, and a main lid removably attachable to the main body to close the first chamber, and a tobacco product within the first chamber, wherein the main lid comprises a recess that, when the main lid is attached to the container, protrudes into the first chamber and a second chamber is defined within said recess, and a secondary lid, the secondary lid being attachable to the main lid to close the second chamber, a wall of said recess being a separating wall configured so that at least one substance emitted by a donor product received in the second chamber is conveyed from the second chamber into the first chamber through said separating wall to impart a characteristic to the tobacco product in said first chamber, wherein the separating wall comprises a permeable or semi-permeable membrane through which the substance is conveyed, and wherein an opening of the recess is flush with a top surface of the main lid.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the first chamber contains two or more tobacco products.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the recess in the main lid comprises a disposal chamber and a dividing wall that separates the disposal chamber from the second chamber within the recess.

4. The container of claim 3 , wherein the secondary lid forms a seal between the disposal chamber and the second chamber when the secondary lid is attached to the main lid.

5. The container of claim 3 , wherein the secondary lid includes a protrusion configured such that when the secondary lid is attached to the container the protrusion extends either into the disposal chamber or into the second chamber.

6. The container of claim 3 , wherein the second chamber comprises a plurality of sub-chambers.

7. The container of claim 6 , wherein the sub-chambers are arranged circumferentially around an edge of the disposal chamber.

8. The container of claim 7 , wherein the dividing wall is configured to allow moisture to move between the disposal chamber and the sub-chambers.

9. A container comprising a main body comprising a base wall and upstanding side wall, a first chamber defined in a space within the main body, and a main lid removably attachable to the main body to close the first chamber, wherein the main lid comprises a recess that, when the main lid is attached to the container, protrudes into the first chamber and a second chamber is defined within said recess, and a secondary lid, the secondary lid being attachable to the main lid to close the second chamber, a wall of said recess being a separating wall configured so that at least one substance emitted by a donor product received in the second chamber is conveyed from the second chamber into the first chamber through said separating wall to impart a characteristic to a recipient product in said first chamber, wherein the separating wall comprises a permeable or semi-permeable membrane through which the substance is conveyed, and wherein an opening of the recess is flush with a top surface of the main lid.

10. The container of claim 9 , wherein the first chamber contains one or more recipient products.

11. The container of claim 9 , wherein the second chamber contains one or more donor products.

12. The container of claim 9 , wherein the recipient product is a snus tobacco product.

13. The container of claim 9 , wherein the substance emitted by the donor product is a sensate substance to impart an organoleptic characteristic to the tobacco product or to a recipient product in the container.

14. The container of claim 9 , wherein the substance emitted by the donor product is a moisturising substance to provide moisture to the tobacco product or to a recipient product in the container.

15. The container of claim 9 , wherein the donor product is a non-tobacco organic substance.

Assignees

• British American Tobacco Investments Ltd

Inventors

• Rushforth David
• Gibson Paul
• Sommarstrom Eva

Classifications

• B65D2209/00

  Provisions for used articles · CPC title

• A24F23/00

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

• A24B15/282 Primary

  by indirect addition of the chemical substances, e.g. in the wrapper, in the case · CPC title

• B65D51/28 Primary

  with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D85/804

  Disposable containers or packages with contents which are {mixed,} infused or dissolved in situ {, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package (B65D65/46 takes precedence; tea infusers A47G19/16; spoons or stirrers comprising beverage additives A47G21/04)} · CPC title