IP Library Granted Patent US 12,317,918
Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,918 · App. 17/677,432 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Wrapper for aerosol delivery products and aerosol delivery products made therefrom

Inventors: Bruno Stefani (Le Mans, FR); Lanig Le Bec (Tregunc, FR)
Assignee: SWM Holdings US, LLC
A24D1/02A24D1/20D21H17/64D21H17/68D21H19/34D21H21/34
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Patent No.
US 12,317,918
App. No.
17/677,432
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wrapper well suited for use in aerosol delivery products, such as heat but not burn sticks is disclosed. The wrapper includes a base web made from cellulosic fibers combined with filler particles. The base web can be coated on at least one side with a permeability reducing composition and/or treated with a flame retardant salt. The base web is constructed with a basis weight, bulk, and permeability so as to produce aerosol delivery sticks with low combustion characteristics.

Claims (25)

1. A wrapper for a heat but not burn stick comprising:

a base web comprising cellulosic fibers combined with a flame retardant filler, the base web having a first side and a second and opposite side, the flame retardant filler being present in the base web in an amount of from about 18% to about 55% by weight, the base web having a bulk of less than about 1.7 cc/g, a basis weight of greater than 50 gsm to about 85 gsm, and having a permeability of about 55 mL/min or less.

2. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a coating disposed on the first side of the base web, the coating comprising a permeability reducing composition.

3. A wrapper as defined in claim 2 , wherein the coating of the permeability reducing composition is continuous, the first side of the base web having a surface area and wherein the coating covers greater than about 20% of the surface area of the first side of the base web.

4. A wrapper as defined in claim 2 , wherein the coated base web has a permeability of less than about 20 mL/min.

5. A wrapper as defined in claim 2 , wherein the permeability reducing composition comprises a microcrystalline cellulose, an alginate, a starch, a carboxyl methylcellulose, or mixtures thereof.

6. A wrapper as defined in claim 2 , wherein the coating further comprises a phosphorus-based flame retardant.

7. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flame retardant filler comprises silicate particles or clay particles.

8. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flame retardant filler comprises kaolin particles.

9. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flame retardant filler comprises aluminum hydroxide particles.

10. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flame retardant filler comprises particles having an average particle size of from about 0.1 microns to about 30 microns.

11. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the base web has been calendered.

12. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the base web has a bulk of less than about 1.3 cc/g.

13. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the base web has a permeability of less than about 30 mL/min.

14. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flame retardant filler comprises kaolin particles, aluminum hydroxide particles, or mixtures thereof.

15. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wrapper is a single layer wrapper.

16. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wrapper includes a plurality of layers, the base web comprising one of the layers.

17. A wrapper as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wrapper further comprises a phosphorus-based flame retardant.

18. A wrapper as defined in claim 17 , wherein the phosphorus-based flame retardant is impregnated into the base web.

19. A wrapper as defined in claim 17 , wherein the phosphorus-based flame retardant comprises a sodium phosphate, a potassium phosphate, an ammonium phosphate, or mixtures thereof.

20. A wrapper for a heat but not burn stick comprising:

a base web comprising cellulosic fibers combined with a filler, the base web having a first side and a second and opposite side, the filler being present in the base web in an amount of from about 18% to about 55% by weight, the base web having a bulk of less than about 1.7 cc/g, a basis weight of greater than 50 gsm to about 85 gsm, and having a permeability of about 55 mL/min or less, and wherein the wrapper further comprises a coating disposed on the first side of the base web, the coating comprising a permeability reducing composition combined with a phosphorus-based flame retardant.

21. An aerosol delivery product comprising:

a column of an aerosol generating material; and

a wrapper as defined in claim 1 , the wrapper surrounding the column of the aerosol generating material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2026
From: MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
To: SWM HOLDINGS US, LLC
Reel/Frame 075647/0154 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062748/0279 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63152140 · Feb 22, 2021
Related Publication 20220264937A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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