US 12,137,734 B2
Package for a tobacco-containing material and related packaging method
Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Clayton, NC (US); Percy D. Phillips, Pfafftown, NC (US); Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Winston-Salem, NC (US); James William Rogers, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Craig T. Demarest, Oakridge, NC (US)
Assigned to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,313.
Application 15/909,747 is a division of application No. 14/979,999, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, granted, now 9,936,729, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 17/235,313 is a continuation of application No. 15/909,747, filed on Mar. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,006,665.
Application 14/979,999 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/515,598, filed on Oct. 16, 2014, granted, now 9,968,130, issued on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235751 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 51/16 (2006.01); A24F 23/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/26 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 23/00 (2013.01) [B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 29/00 (2013.01); B65D 81/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package, comprising:
a container, comprising:
a body portion comprising a bottom wall and a side wall defining an internal space accessible via an opening and in which a product is received;
a cover configured to removably engage the body portion so as to cover the opening and substantially enclose the internal space; and
a two-way valve assembly in fluid communication with the internal space and configured to relieve pressure from an atmosphere within the internal space of the container and to allow the selective entry of a fluid into the internal space;
wherein the valve assembly comprises a plurality of selectively fluid-impervious layers and is coupled to at least one of the cover or body portion of the container and is configured to vent from the atmosphere of the internal space into an external environment surrounding the container.