US 11,884,433 B2
Container comprising a plurality of portion packets of a product for oral use
Patrik Söderström, Alingsås (SE); and Daniel Hafstad, Frillesås (SE)
Assigned to SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Swedish Match North Europe AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,459.
Application 17/330,459 is a division of application No. 16/344,168, granted, now 11,046,464, previously published as PCT/EP2017/077467, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16197948 (EP), filed on Nov. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380288 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 23/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/08 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B65B 39/12 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 5/08 (2013.01) [B65B 5/061 (2013.01); B65B 5/101 (2013.01); B65B 29/00 (2013.01); B65B 39/007 (2013.01); B65B 39/12 (2013.01); A24F 23/00 (2013.01); B65B 2220/18 (2013.01); B65B 2230/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising a plurality of portion packets of a product for oral use, wherein said portion packets comprises a pulverulent filling material enclosed by a packaging material,
wherein each portion packet of said plurality of portion packets is configured to be placed and retained in an oral cavity of a human,
said container comprising a bottom wall and a side wall together defining a storage volume, in which said portion packets are contained, said container having a height direction (H),
said portion packets having a pillow-like shape, said shape comprising two parallel short edges and two parallel long edges, which are perpendicular to said short edges,
said portion packets being arranged such that one portion packet partly overlaps with an adjacent portion packet,
characterized in that
said portion packets are arranged in a first sequence being a full circle, a semi-circle or any other part of a circle, and
said portion packets are arranged such that only one of said two parallel short edges of each said portion packet abuts said bottom wall of said container.