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US 11,712,061 B2Granted
Electronic cigarette carrier
AssigneeFontem Ventures B.V.
InventorRamon Alarcon
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Abstract
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to carrying and dispensing electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarette components, and electronic cigarette accessories; and more particularly for dispensing an electronic cigarette while one or more electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette components remain secured within a carrier.
Claims13
An electronic cigarette carrier for enclosing, and accessing an electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette carrier comprising:
- an electronic cigarette enclosure that extends from within the electronic cigarette carrier to an exterior surface, the electronic cigarette enclosure configured and arranged to enclose the electronic cigarette therein;
- an interface formed along a length of the electronic cigarette enclosure, the interface configured and arranged, in response to a first compression force applied transverse to a plane of the interface, to direct the first compression force across the interface, thereby deforming a portion of the electronic cigarette enclosure that is configured to reduce the frictional coupling between the electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette enclosure, and allowing a user to extract the electronic cigarette from the electronic cigarette enclosure;
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- a retention feature coupled to the exterior surface of the electronic cigarette carrier adjacent the electronic cigarette enclosure, the retention feature configured and arranged to deform in response to contact with the electronic cigarette, the deformation facilitating extraction of the electronic cigarette from the electronic cigarette enclosure;
- and wherein the retention feature is configured to actuate when the electronic cigarette is inserted into the electronic cigarette carrier and enclose a portion of the electronic cigarette enclosure when the electronic cigarette is retracted into the electronic cigarette enclosure.
2 more elements
A system for enclosing and accessing an electronic cigarette comprising:
- an electronic cigarette;
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- an electronic cigarette carrier including a top portion comprising a compliant material, a bottom portion comprising a non-compliant material that is less compliant than the compliant material of the top portion, and an electronic cigarette enclosure formed between the top and bottom portions, and an opening extending between the electronic cigarette enclosure and a first exterior surface of the electronic cigarette carrier;
- an access mechanism formed by the top and bottom portions, the access mechanism configured and arranged to frictionally couple the electronic cigarette to the electronic cigarette enclosure, and in response to a first compression force applied transverse to an interface of the top and bottom portions of the electronic cigarette enclosure, the top portion deforms relative to the bottom portion reducing the frictional coupling between the electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette enclosure, allowing the electronic cigarette to exit the electronic cigarette enclosure via the opening, and further allowing the electronic cigarette to be retracted into the electronic cigarette carrier through the opening.
1 more element
An electronic cigarette carrier for enclosing, and accessing an electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette carrier comprising:
- an electronic cigarette enclosure that extends from within the electronic cigarette carrier to an exterior surface, the electronic cigarette enclosure configured and arranged to enclose the electronic cigarette therein;
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- a retention feature coupled to the exterior surface of the electronic cigarette carrier adjacent the electronic cigarette enclosure, the retention feature configured and arranged to
- deform in response to contact with the electronic cigarette, the deformation facilitating extraction of the electronic cigarette from the electronic cigarette enclosure;
- deform in response to contact with the electronic cigarette to facilitate insertion of the electronic cigarette into the electronic cigarette enclosure;
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- enclose a portion of the electronic cigarette enclosure when the electronic cigarette is retracted into the electronic cigarette enclosure;
- a top portion made of a compliant material;
- a bottom portion made of a non-compliant material that is less compliant than the compliant material of the top portion;
- a hinge rotatably coupling the top and bottom portions;
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- an interface between the top and bottom portions that extends coaxially with a length of the electronic cigarette enclosure;
- wherein the top and bottom portions form the electronic cigarette enclosure, and the top and bottom portions are configured and arranged to frictionally couple the electronic cigarette to the electronic cigarette enclosure;
- wherein the top and bottom portions and the interface are configured and arranged, in response to a first compression force applied transverse to a plane of the interface, to direct the first force across the interface thereby deforming the top portion relative to the bottom portion, which is configured to reduce the frictional coupling between the electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette enclosure, releasing the electronic cigarette from the electronic cigarette enclosure via the retention feature, and further allowing the electronic cigarette to be retracted into the electronic cigarette carrier via the retention feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.