Patent ID: 8117807
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A24F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of packaging smokeless tobacco products comprising: machine stamping a pan-shaped base having a bottom joined to an upward wall and machine curling an upper edge on the upward wall inwardly to form an inwardly curled edge; injection molding a plastic perimeter band having an upper rim portion to accept a cover and a lower rim portion to snugly line an interior of the base upward wall, and a protruding bulwark between the upper and lower rim portions, the perimeter band having a plurality of protrusions around a periphery of an exterior of the lower rim portion to engage and permanently lock the curled upper edge on the upward wall; pressing the perimeter band lower rim portion into the base until the inwardly curled edge expands over the protrusions and snaps into a gap between the protrusions and the bulwark; at least partially filling a space within the perimeter band with smokeless tobacco product; covering the upper rim portion of the perimeter band with a cover having a downward wall that fits snugly around the upper rim portion with a parting line between opposed edges of the downward wall and the protruding bulwark of the perimeter band; sealing the parting line with a tear strip to form a pocket-size container.