IP Library Granted Patent US 8,389,034
Granted Patent B2
US 8,389,034 · App. 13/219,268 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Chewable pouch for flavored product delivery

Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond, VA); Dennis Geib (Richmond, VA); Bruce Waymack (Prince George, VA); William R. Sweeney (Richmond, VA); Cindy Hayes (Midlothian, VA); Danielle R. Crawford (Chester, VA)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,389,034
App. No.
13/219,268
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a disintegrable or non-disintegrable oral flavor delivery product. The product includes a disintegrable or non-disintegrable chewable pouch with a plurality of perforations. The pouch encloses a non-tobacco flavor product that can be in a gel, semi-liquid, and/or liquid form. A user chews, sucks, and/or manipulates the pouch to cause the enclosed flavor product to leach out of the perforations into the user's mouth.

Claims (10)

1. A chewable pouch product containing no tobacco or tobacco derived products which delivers flavor orally for about 2 to about 30 minutes comprising:

a chewable pouch having at least two layers, each of said layers impregnated with at least one flavor, and each of said layers having at least one perforation therein;

said chewable pouch further comprising a non-tobacco flavor product wherein said chewable pouch encloses said non-tobacco flavor product and said chewable pouch is orally manipulated to selectively release said non-tobacco flavor product through said perforations in said chewable pouch material; and

said chewable pouch material is a disintegrable and/or dissolvable material.

2. The chewable pouch product of claim 1 , wherein said disintegrable and/or dissolvable chewable pouch material is selected from the group consisting of gelatin, carrageenan, starch, alginate, food grade casings including meat casings, and combinations thereof.

3. The chewable pouch product of claim 1 , wherein said at least two layers are sealed together.

4. The chewable pouch product of claim 3 , wherein said at least two layers include different flavorants and/or different embedded flavor materials.

5. The chewable pouch product of claim 3 , wherein said at least two layers are made of different materials.

6. The chewable pouch product of claim 3 , wherein said at least two layers have the same thickness.

7. The chewable pouch product of claim 3 , wherein said at least two layers have different thicknesses.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 12155547 · Jun 5, 2008
Provisional Application 60929029 · Jun 8, 2007
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