US 2016O157515A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2016/0157515 A1 Chapman et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 9, 2016

(54) SMOKELESS TOBACCO POUCH (52) U.S. Cl. CPC ...... A24B 13/00 (2013.01) (71) Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem,inston-Salem, NC (US(US) (57) ABSTRACT (72) Inventors: Paul Stuart Chapman, Winston-Salem, NC (US); David Troy Turfler, A pouched product adapted for release of a releasable com Collierville, TN (US) ponent therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include a water-permeable fabric pouch formed so as to (73) Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company define a cavity therein, a composition contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the composition (21) Appl. No.: 14/561,736 comprising one or more releasable components that are 22) Filed: Dec. 5, 2014 released from the composition under mouth conditions and (22) File ec. 5, that are capable of movement through the water-permeable Publication Classification fabric pouch, and a release modifying agent adapted to react with at least one of the one or more releasable components in (51) Int. Cl. the composition and thereby modify the release thereoffrom A24B I3/00 (2006.01) the water-permeable fabric pouch.

200 215

220 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 1 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

1 OO 115

FIG. 1 120 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 2 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

200 215

220 FIG 2 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 3 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

3OO 315

320 FG, 3 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 4 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

4OO 415

FIG. 4 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 5 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

500 515

520 FIGSA Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2016 Sheet 6 of 6 US 2016/O157515 A1

FIG. 5B US 2016/0157515 A1 Jun. 9, 2016

SMOKELESS TOBACCO POUCH 0101189 to Boldrini; 2010/0101588 to Boldrini; 2010/ O199601 to Boldrini; 2010/0200005 to Fallon; 2010/0252056 FIELD OF INVENTION to Gruss et al., 2011/0284.016 to Gunter et al., 2011/0239591 to Gruss et al., 2011/0303511 to Brinkley et al., 2012/ 0001. The present disclosure relates to products made or 0055493 to Novak III et al. and 2012/0103349 to Hansson et derived from tobacco, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco, al.; and PCT Pub. Nos. WO 2008/081341 to Winterson et al. and are intended for human consumption. In particular, the and WO 2008/146160 to Cecil et al.; which are incorporated disclosure relates to a fleece that may be combined with herein by reference. Additionally, Snus products can be manu Smokeless tobacco to form a pouched product Suitable for oral factured using equipment such as that available as SB 51-1/T. SC. SBL 50 and SB 53-2/T from Merz, Verpackungmaschinen GmBH, BACKGROUND 0005 Certain types of products employing pouches or 0002 Various products intended for oral use employ mois that contain tobacco substitutes (or combinations of ture permeable pouches or Sachets. See for example, the types tobacco and tobacco Substitutes) also have been proposed. of representative Smokeless tobacco products, as well as the See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,167.244 to Kjerstad and various Smokeless tobacco formulations, ingredients and pro U.S. Pat. No. 7,950,399 to Winterson et al.; and US Pat. Pub. cessing methodologies, referenced in the background art set Nos. 2005/0061339 to Hansson et al., 2011/0041860 to Essen forth in U.S. Pat. Pub. Nos. 2011/0303511 to Brinkley et al. et al. and 2011/0247640 to Beeson et al.; which are incorpo and 2013/0206150 to Duggins et al; which are incorporated rated herein by reference. herein by reference. During use. Such pouches or Sachets are 0006 Certain types of product employing pouches or inserted into the mouth of the user, and water soluble com Sachets have been employed to contain nicotine. Such as those ponents contained within those pouches or S