US 10,770,913 B2 · Re-charging pack for an e-cigarette

Abstract

Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette, the pack comprising:

a pack battery;
an opening for receiving an e-cigarette inserted by a user into the pack;
a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the pack using the pack battery;
and
a user-activated switch or button on an exterior of the pack,
wherein the pack is responsive to a user activation of the switch or button to begin re-charging the e-cigarette which has been inserted into the pack using the pack battery and the re-charging mechanism,
and wherein the pack further comprises multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to provide a user with an indication of a charging status of the pack battery, whereby having a greater charge in the pack battery leads to an increased number of the LEDs being illuminated.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/263,362Filed 31 Jan 2019 · continuation

Priority

GB 1413124.724 Jul 2014

Published

US 2019/0181675 A113 Jun 2019

Granted

8 Sep 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

A24F 9/16
Accessories for smokers' pipes: protective coverings or cases for pipes or parts thereof
A24F 40/65
Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially…:…
A24F 40/90
Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially…:…
A24F 40/95
Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof: structurally associated with cases

Family

PCT/GB2015/052129Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jul 2017

US 2019/0181675 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jun 2019

Application15/328,099Parent of this continuation

US 10,236,708 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2017/0222468 A1Published application

US 10,770,913 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Re-charging pack for an e-cigarette

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Abstract

Claims14