Press kit
Fact sheet
- What it is
- A cereal bag with a crumb catcher. A slotted heat seal about an inch above the bottom seal lets crumbs and sugar dust fall into a small compartment, so the last bowl pours clean. Tear the corner to pour the crumbs out on purpose.
- Patent
- US 9,221,584 B2, “Cereal bag with crumb collector.” Filed June 2, 2014; granted December 29, 2015; term runs to June 2, 2034. Google Patents.
- Inventor
- Vadim Kleyner, entrepreneur and inventor, CEO of Smartland.
- Based in
- Cleveland, Ohio.
- The campaign
- People vote at nomorecrumbs.org for the cereal that should get the crumb catcher first. No cereal company makes it yet.
- The background
- The story, 2014 to today. For packaging and licensing details, see the manufacturers page.
Photos and diagrams
Free to use with coverage of No More Crumbs. Credit: Smartland.

The crumb compartment on the working prototype. Download full size (JPG)

The slotted seal holding cereal dust back. Download full size (JPG)

Pouring the crumb compartment out on purpose. Download full size (JPG)

The two seals, redrawn from the patent. Download (PNG)

How it’s made on a form-fill-seal line. Download (PNG)
The numbers
Campaign launched ; results publish at 1,000 verified votes.
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Contact
Press questions: vadim.k@smartland.com, or use the form.