Patents by Inventor Pierre WANNER

Pierre WANNER 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).

  • Extinguisher package for a smoking article
    Patent number: 10420369
    Abstract: A package for a smoking article is provided, including a base layer and an elongate recess each having first and second ends; a cover layer having first and second ends and overlying the elongate recess, the cover layer and the elongate recess together defining a cavity configured to receive the smoking article. Each of the first end of the elongate recess and the first end of the cover layer includes a thermally insulating portion. A maximum width of the first end of the cavity between the base layer and the cover layer is greater than a corresponding maximum width of the second end of the cavity. The cover layer is moveable between an open position in which the smoking article can be removed from the cavity and reinserted, and a closed position in which the cover layer can substantially seal and extinguish the smoking article within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Pierre Wanner
  • EXTINGUISHER PACKAGE FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170325501
    Abstract: A package for a smoking article is provided, including a base layer and an elongate recess each having first and second ends; a cover layer having first and second ends and overlying the elongate recess, the cover layer and the elongate recess together defining a cavity configured to receive the smoking article. Each of the first end of the elongate recess and the first end of the cover layer includes a thermally insulating portion. A maximum width of the first end of the cavity between the base layer and the cover layer is greater than a corresponding maximum width of the second end of the cavity. The cover layer is moveable between an open position in which the smoking article can be removed from the cavity and reinserted, and a closed position in which the cover layer can substantially seal and extinguish the smoking article within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Pierre WANNER