Patents by Inventor Travis M. Swede

Travis M. Swede 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).

  • Publication number: 20230257188
    Abstract: A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Travis M. Swede, M. Shane Hatcher
  • Patent number: 11661268
    Abstract: A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Travis M. Swede, M. Shane Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20170265517
    Abstract: A system and method for using a plurality of micro-beads that possess multiple flavor layers to provide a user of a smoking article a plurality of flavors that change as the flavor layers are exhausted throughout the smoking experience. When an aerosol flows over the plurality of micro-beads, the outermost flavor layer of each respective micro-bead mixes with the drawn in aerosol and is brought to the user to create a distinct, but flavor layer specific, aerosol. Further provided is the individual micro-bead compartment being attached to a reservoir of liquid that is able to be heated, vaporized, and moved through the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis M. Swede, Isabel Ammerman, Chelsea Cooke, Candice Cunningham, Chen Song, Anthony Taylor
  • Publication number: 20170113865
    Abstract: A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Travis M. Swede, M. Shane Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20160227835
    Abstract: A package containing cigarettes includes a box having a lower body portion defining a base, an upper body portion defining a lid, and a tear strip. The base includes a base bottom wall, a base front wall, and a base rear wall. The lid includes a lid top wall, a lid front wall, and a lid rear wall. The tear strip is adhesively coupled to the lid front wall and the base front wall, and an outer surface of the lid and the lower body portion is exposed to be touched by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Travis M. Swede