IP Library Granted Patent US 9,113,658
Granted Patent B1
US 9,113,658 · App. 12/388,758 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Smoking product and method of making

Inventor: Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr. (Mandeville, LA)
Assignee: Blunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.
A24C5/46
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Patent No.
US 9,113,658
App. No.
12/388,758
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

Provided are materials for making a hand rolled smoking article having a novel sheet. The sheet can include a rectangular portion and an irregular shaped portion. The sheet can be manufactured from tobacco leaf or foil, homogenized tobacco paper, or conventionally available rolling paper. The sheet can be filled with a filler material and rolled to form a cigar or cigarette.

Claims (34)

1. A smoking article, comprising:

(a) a sheet of combustible material;

(b) a perforation that divides the sheet into first and second sections;

(c) the first section being a generally rectangular section having long and short sides;

(d) the second section being attached to the rectangular section on one of the long sides via the dividing perforation with the second section extending the entire length of the attached long side, the second section being not rectangular;

(e) the rectangular section defining a section that can be rolled into a tube, the tube having a diameter sufficiently large to hold a user's tobacco filler material; and

(f) a tobacco filler that fills the tube.

2. The smoking article of claim 1 , wherein the second section has an edge that is in the shape of a part of an ellipse.

3. The smoking article of claim 1 , wherein the second section has an edge that is in the shape of a part of a circle.

4. A smoking article, comprising:

(a) a sheet of material having a plurality of sides and a perforated line that extends from one of said sides to another of said sides,

(b) the perforated line separating the sheet into first and second sections;

(c) wherein each of the sections can be rolled into a tube having a diameter sufficiently large to hold a user's tobacco filler material;

(d) wherein one of the sections has two sides that form an acute angle; and

(e) a tobacco filler that fills a selected one of the tubes.

5. The smoking article of claim 4 , wherein the sections include a rectangular section.

6. The smoking article of claim 4 , wherein one of the sections is in the shape of a triangle.

7. The smoking article of claim 4 , further comprising additional perforated lines facilitating the creation of one or more cut corners on the sheet.

8. The smoking article of claim 4 , wherein the perforated line has a semicircular shaped portion.

9. The smoking article of claim 8 , wherein the sheet includes first and second ends, and the semicircular shaped portion extends from the first to the second end.

10. The smoking article of claim 8 , wherein the sheet includes first and second ends, and the semicircular shaped portion does not extend from the first to the second end.

11. The smoking article of claim 8 , wherein the sheet includes first and second ends, and the semicircular portion contacts the first end but does not contact the second end.

12. A smoking article, comprising;

a) a sheet of material having multiple sides;

b) a perforated line that extends from a first side to another side generally opposite the first side;

c) the perforation enabling the sheet of material to be separated into first and second sections by cutting the sheet at the perforated line;

d) the first section having a generally rectangular shape and defining a section that can be rolled into a tube, the tube having a diameter sufficiently large to hold a user's tobacco filler material;

e) the second section being of a shape that is not rectangular, having two sides that form an acute angle; and

f) a tobacco filler that fills the tube.

13. The smoking article of claim 12 , wherein the second section is generally triangular in shape.

14. The smoking article of claim 12 , wherein the second section is generally trapezoidal in shape.

15. The smoking article of claim 12 , wherein one of the sections has one or more cut corners.

16. The smoking article of claim 12 , wherein one of the sections has one or more corners and one or more additional perforated lines positioned next to the corners that enable the formation of one or more cut corners.

17. The smoking article of claim 12 , wherein the perforated line extends from the first side to another side generally opposite the first side and generally parallel to the first side.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2025
From: NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC
To: GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071082/0365 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2025
From: GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
To: NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 070460/0214 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2023
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.; NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 065588/0858 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE OMITTED ASSIGNOR NAME AND OMITTED PATENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055273 FRAME 0456. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded May 23, 2023
From: NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC; NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064049/0102 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE OMITTED ASSIGNOR NAME AND OMITTED PATENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055273 FRAME 0592. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC; NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
To: GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063725/0880 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
To: BAYCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055273/0456 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
To: GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055273/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF UNDIVIDED 50% INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: BLUNT WRAP U.S.A., INC.
To: NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 052907/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2009
From: SINCLAIR, DANIEL S., JR.
To: BLUNT WRAP U.S.A., INC.
Reel/Frame 023061/0177 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11139432 · May 27, 2005
Provisional Application 60575473 · May 28, 2004