US 12,127,585 B2
Container
David Rushforth, London (GB); Paul Gibson, London (GB); and Eva Sommarstrom, London (GB)
Assigned to BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 14/785,590
Filed by BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2014, PCT No. PCT/GB2014/051169
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2015,
PCT Pub. No. WO2014/170654, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 23, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 1307024 (GB), filed on Apr. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2016/0058069 A1, Mar. 3, 2016
Int. Cl. A24F 23/00 (2006.01); A24F 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 25/02 (2006.01); B65D 25/14 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 25/00 (2013.01) [A24F 23/00 (2013.01); B65D 25/02 (2013.01); B65D 25/14 (2013.01); B65D 51/24 (2013.01); B65D 81/2069 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smokeless tobacco product container comprising:
a main body;
a removable lid;
a chamber defined by the main body and the removable lid;
wherein when the main body is push-fit to the removable lid, a hermetic seal is established therebetween, thereby sealing the chamber from an outside environment;
a polymer material infused or impregnated with a sensate substance, said polymer material being a polymer foam and making up at least a portion of the container, the container being provided with an inner layer which is made from the polymer material which is integrally formed with the container so that said sensate substance is provided without a separate member; and
a smokeless tobacco product;
wherein the sensate substance is a volatile substance that can be released into the chamber while the chamber is hermetically sealed, such that the volatile substance evaporates and permeates within the chamber and imparts an organoleptic characteristic to the smokeless tobacco product;
wherein the portion comprises an insert which is received in the container, said insert being made from the material which contains the sensate substance which is released into said chamber, and wherein the chamber has a recess that is recessed from an internal surface of the container, the insert being received in the recess.