Electronic cigarette carrier

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;
• 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 (10), the deformation facilitating extraction of the electronic cigarette (10) from the electronic cigarette enclosure, and
• enclose a portion of the electronic cigarette enclosure when the electronic cigarette is retracted into the electronic cigarette enclosure;
• top and bottom portions which form the electronic cigarette enclosure, the top portion includes a compliant material, the bottom portion includes a non-compliant material that is less compliant than the compliant material of the top portion, and the top and bottom portions are configured and arranged to frictionally couple the electronic cigarette to the electronic cigarette enclosure;
• a hinge rotatably couples the top and bottom portions, and is configured and arranged to provide an alternative access means to the electronic cigarette enclosed within the electronic cigarette enclosure;
• and
• 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, 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, reducing the frictional coupling between the electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette enclosure, and releasing the electronic cigarette from the electronic cigarette enclosure via the retention feature.