Smoking article

US10136671B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited · GB

Inventors

• Karl Kaljura · London, GB
• Philip Russell Fawcus · London, GB
• Stuart Dunlop · London, GB
• Adrian MORDUE · London, GB
• Nick Harding · London, GB
• Ian Dunckley · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24D3/17
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A smoking article comprises a first part, a second part movable relative to the first part. At least one of the first or second parts comprises a section of sheet material wrapped around one or more rod articles, wherein the section of sheet material comprises a circumferentially leading edge and/or a trailing edge. The circumferentially leading edge and/or a trailing edge is angled to a longitudinal axis of the smoking article. The section of the first part or second part comprising the angled edge is configured to be rotatable relative to the other of the first or second part, the relative rotational position of the first and second parts configured to control a property of the smoking article.