Smoking article and method

摘要

A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled to a tube or shell or tube-like shape and then packaged in an unfilled or partially filled condition, one end portion of the tube or shell or tube-like shape being at least partially closed. In one embodiment, multiple sheets are rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged with one end closed or partially closed. In another embodiment, a rod that assists in loading tobacco into the shell cavity is provided. In one embodiment, the plug takes the form of a mouthpiece.

主权项

1. A tobacco article, comprising:
(a) a sheet of material that provides a tubular shell having first and second ends, and a tube cavity that enables containment of tobacco filler material, the sheet being comprised of smokable material; (b) a plug of material that at least partially closes the first end of the shell wherein the plug is removable from the tubular shell and once removed no longer at least partially closes the cavity, the plug having interior and exterior portions, the interior portion at least partially located in the interior of the tube cavity, and the exterior portion at least partially located outside of the interior of the tube cavity; (c) a removable form casing at least partly inserted in the tube cavity to reinforce the tube cavity: (d) a sale package that contains the sheet, the form casing and the plug, wherein the form casing occupies at least a part of the cavity; and (e) wherein while in the sale package, the tube cavity being unfilled with tobacco filler material from the second end of the tubular shell to the plug.