IP Library Granted Patent US 9,433,240
Granted Patent B2
US 9,433,240 · App. 14/817,334 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Smoking article and method

Inventor: Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr. (Mandeville, LA)
Assignee: Blunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.
A24C3/00A24C5/40A24D1/02A24D1/022A24F15/00B65D85/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,433,240
App. No.
14/817,334
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled and packaged, at least one sheet including cellulose. In one embodiment, cellulose and tobacco sheet material are separately rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged. In another embodiment, the sheet is a laminated sheet of tobacco and cellulose layers that can be optionally wrapped around (or pre-rolled inside) a form casing. These sheets can be filled with custom tobacco to make one or more new cigars for an end user. In another embodiment, a complete cigar filled with tobacco material can be disassembled by an end user to produce tobacco and cellulose sheets, enabling the end user to form two new cigars using his or her own custom tobacco.

Claims (21)

1. A method of fabricating a plurality of cigars comprising:

(a) providing a cigar, the cigar comprising:

(i) a cigar shell;

(ii) the shell having a longitudinal axis and bore with first and second longitudinal ends, and a first smokable filler in the shell;

(iii) the shell comprised of a pair of separable sheets, having first and second sheets;

(iv) a light glue seal that holds the shell together;

(v) wherein a user can grip the shell at the first and second ends, twist in opposite directions which directions are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, causing the shell to open and the first and second sheets to separate; and

(vi) a package that contains the shell;

(b) removing the shell from the package;

(c) gripping the shell on the first and second ends;

(d) twisting the first and second ends in opposite directions in directions substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, causing the light glue seal to break, the shell to open, and the first and second sheets to separate;

(e) forming a first custom cigar with the first sheet; and

(f) forming a second custom cigar with the second sheet.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second tobacco filler is used in step “e”.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second tobacco filler is used in step “f”.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first smokable filler is a tobacco filler and it is used in steps “e” and “f”.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein step “a” the first sheet is homogenized tobacco material.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein step “a” the second sheet is cellulose.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein step “a” the second sheet is transparent.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein step “a” the package includes a tube.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the tube includes a detachable cap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: SINCLAIR, DANIEL S.
To: BLUNT WRAP U.S.A., INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 13926166 · Jun 25, 2013
Continuation 13182957 · Jul 14, 2011
Continuation 12108946 · Apr 24, 2008
Provisional Application 60915994 · May 4, 2007
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