Rolling Papers with Discrete Adhesive Areas

Abstract

A rolling paper has a rectangular region being one side surface of the rolling paper, the rectangular region having a first and a second long edge of a first length and a first and a second short edge of second length, a first adhesive strip having a first width less than one-fourth of the second length along the full length of the first long edge, and a second adhesive strip of a third length less than one-half the first length of the first long edge, and a second width less than one-fourth of the second length, the second adhesive strip along the second long edge, one end of the second adhesive strip abutting the first short edge.

Claims

1. A rolling paper, comprising: a rectangular region being one surface of the rolling paper, the rectangular region having a first and a second long edge of a first length and a first and a second short edge of a second length; a first adhesive strip applied along the full length of the first long edge, having a first width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length; and a second adhesive strip applied along the second long edge separate and isolated from the first adhesive strip, which is of a third length less than one-half the first length of the first long edge, and has a second width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length, and wherein one end of the second adhesive strip abuts the first short edge.

2. The rolling paper of claim 1 wherein the adhesive strip is an adhesive requiring moistening to be active.

3. A rolling paper, comprising: a rectangular region being one surface of the rolling paper, the rectangular region having a first and a second long edge of a first length and a first and a second short edge of a second length; a first adhesive strip applied along the full length of the first long edge, having a first width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length; and a second adhesive strip applied along the second long edge separate and isolated from the first adhesive strip, Which is of a third length less than one-half the first length of the first long edge, and has a second width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length, and wherein one end of the second adhesive strip abuts the second short edge.

4. The rolling paper of claim 3 wherein the adhesive strip is an adhesive requiring moistening to be active.

5. A rolling paper, comprising: a rectangular region being one surface of the rolling paper, the rectangular region having a first and a second long edge of a first length and a first and a second short edge of a second length; a first adhesive strip applied along the full length of the first long edge, having a first width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length; a second adhesive strip applied along the second long edge separate and isolated from the first adhesive strip, which is of a third length less than one-half the first length of the first long edge, has a second width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length, and wherein one end of the second adhesive strip abuts the first short edge; and a third adhesive strip applied along the second long edge separate and isolated from both the first and the second adhesive strips, which is of a fourth length less than one half the first length of the first long edge, has a third width in the direction of the first short edge which is less than one-fourth of the second length, and wherein one end of the third adhesive strip abuts the second short edge.

6. The rolling paper of claim 3 wherein the adhesive strip is an adhesive requiring moistening to be active.

7. A method for rolling a cigarette, comprising: supporting a rolling paper having a rectangular region being one side surface of the rolling paper with the rectangular region facing upward, the rectangular region having a first and a second long edge of a first length and a first and a second short edge of a second length, a first adhesive strip having a first width in the direction of the first short edge less than one-fourth of the second length, the first adhesive strip along the full length of the first long edge, and a second adhesive strip implemented on the rectangular region separate from and isolated on the rectangular region from the first adhesive strip, the second adhesive strip of a second width in the direction of the first short edge less than one-fourth of the second length, the second adhesive strip along the second long edge, one end of the second adhesive strip abutting either the first short edge or the second short edge; moistening the first and the second adhesive strips activating adhesion; placing a tip or a filter on the second adhesive strip, an axis of the tip or filter in the direction of the length of the second adhesive strip such that the tip or filter adheres to the second adhesive strip; placing a line of smokable material along the second long edge in line with the tip or filter; and rolling the rolling paper from the second long edge around the tip or filter and the line of smokable material until the rolling paper forms a cylinder held in shape by the first adhesive strip.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the tip or filter is placed with a portion of the tip or filter extending beyond the first or the second short edge.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the second adhesive strip is the full length of the second long edge.

10. The method of claim 7 having a third length less than one-half the first length of the first long edge.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] FIG. 1A is a plan view of a rolling paper with specific adhesive areas in one embodiment of the invention.

[0015] FIG. 1B is a plan view of a rolling paper with specific adhesive areas in an alternative embodiment of the invention.

[0016] FIG. 1C is a plan view of a rolling paper with specific adhesive areas in another embodiment of the invention.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a plan view of a rolling paper with specific adhesive areas with a tip or filter secured to the rolling paper by adhesive in an embodiment of the invention.

[0018] FIG. 3 is the plan view of FIG. 2 with smokable material added to the rolling paper.

[0019] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a rolled cigarette with a tip or filter extending a short distance from one end in an embodiment of the invention.

[0020] FIG. 5 is the perspective view of FIG. 4 with an end opposite the tip or filter twisted closed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] FIG. 1A is a plan view of a rolling paper 101 in one embodiment of the present invention, the rolling paper being rectangular with two long edges and two short edges. Rolling paper 101 has an adhesive strip area 103 along one long edge, which is common in the art. Rolling paper 101 also has an adhesive area 102a along a relatively small portion of a length of the rolling paper on a long edge opposite adhesive strip area 103, proximate one width edge of the rolling paper. The adhesive in one embodiment may be an adhesive that may be moistened, much like adhesives used on envelope flaps and stamps.

[0022] FIG. 1B is a plan view of a rolling paper of the same dimensions as the rolling paper of FIG. 1A in an embodiment of the invention, with two discrete adhesive areas 102a and 102b on the long edge opposite adhesive strip 103, one of which is adjacent to one end of the rolling paper and the other adjacent the other end.

[0023] FIG. 1C is a perspective view of a rolling paper in an embodiment of the invention with discrete adhesive areas covering the entire length of rolling paper on both opposite ling edges.

[0024] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the rolling paper of FIG. 1A with a cylindrical tip filter 104 placed on adhesive area 102a after activating the adhesive by moistening. Note that in this view the tip filter extends over the left edge of the rolling paper. This not a limitation, as the tip filter might be placed to extend out even further, or less, or may be completely within the dimensions of the rolling paper. The adhesive holds the tip filter 104 on the rolling paper during subsequent operations in rolling a cigarette, as described below.

[0025] FIG. 3 illustrates the rolling paper of FIG. 2 with smokable material 105 added along the lower long edge of the rolling paper, from tip filter 104 to the opposite end of the length of the rolling paper. The rolling paper with the tip filter in place and the smokable material added is now ready to be rolled into a cigarette.

[0026] From the circumstance of FIG. 3 a user moistens strip 103 and proceeds to roll the rolling paper into a cigarette from the lower long edge, until the outside of the rolled cylinder meets the adhesive strip 103. This completes the roll and the adhesive strip 103 holds the cigarette together in a cylinder shape.

[0027] FIG. 4 illustrates rolling paper 101 rolled up with tip filter 104 extending out one end of the rolled cylinder, which also now encloses the smokable material, forming a rolled cigarette 401.

[0028] FIG. 5 illustrates the rolled cigarette of FIG. 4 with one end of the paper cylinder, opposite the end with the tip filter, twisted as shown at end 402.

[0029] The skilled person will understand that the adhesive area 102a as seen in FIG. 1 will serve to hold tip filter 104 in place as the cigarette is rolled around the tip filter and the smokable material. In the embodiment shown by FIG. 1B a user has a choice of which end of the rolling paper to use to place the tip filter and hold same in place. This is a choice for a left-handed or a right-handed person. In the embodiment shown by FIG. 1C the user can still choose the end for the tip filter, and adhesive area 102c will also act to help hold the smokable material in place while the cigarette is rolled.

[0030] A skilled person will understand that the embodiments and procedures described above are entirely exemplary, and that there may be many variations within the scope of the invention. The invention is limited only by the scope of the claims.