Patents by Inventor Randall Allison Hoots

Randall Allison Hoots has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cigarette with improved tobacco substrate
    Patent number: 6378528
    Abstract: An improved substrate for use in smoking articles is produced by infusing aerosol forming material into tobacco. The infusion can take place in one or multiple steps. Preferably, about 10% to about 40% by weight of aerosol former, such as glycerin is infused into strip tobacco at elevated temperatures. The tobacco containing the aerosol former may then be dried, equilibrated to ambient conditions and/or blended with tobacco which does not have added aerosol former. Preferably the resulting material is again infused with an additional about 5% to about 15% by weight of aerosol former, at elevated temperatures. The new substrate material, and the method for making it, result in a substrate which has reduced migration of aerosol former and substantially improved manufacturing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Gary Roger Shelar, Chandra Kumar Banerjee, Billy Tyrone Conner, Randall Allison Hoots