PORTABLE VAPORIZER PACKAGING

• US 20150101945A1
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Njoy LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Njoy, Inc (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Scatterday, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/514,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20150101945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/268
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/14 Protecting cases
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/01 specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor battery charging means structurally associated with the case A24F40/95

Abstract

A package for an electronic cigarette including a receptacle for receiving the electronic cigarette, wherein the receptacle defines at least one opening through which the electronic cigarette may be placed into the receptacle. The package may further include a cover for selectively closing the opening, wherein the cover is movably coupled to the receptacle. The package may also include at least one geometric configuration disposed on an inner surface of one of the receptacle and cover, wherein the geometric configuration is configured to engage a surface of the electronic cigarette in an airtight configuration.

Claims

1. A package comprising:

a receptacle for receiving an electronic cigarette having one or more air ports, wherein the receptacle defines at least one opening through which the electronic cigarette may be placed into the receptacle;

a cover for selectively closing the opening, wherein the cover is movably coupled to the receptacle; and

at least one geometric configuration disposed on an inner surface of one of the receptacle and the cover, wherein the geometric configuration is configured to engage a surface of the electronic cigarette to seal the one or more air ports in an airtight configuration.

2. The package of claim 1, further comprising a hinge configured to maintain the cover in an open configuration and a closed configuration.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein the receptacle includes one or more internal geometric configurations for maintaining a positioning of the electronic cigarette within the receptacle.

4. The package of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometric configuration comprises one of:

a pad disposed on an inner surface of the cover for engaging a proximal end of the electronic cigarette to seal an air port at the proximal end; and

a base disposed on an inner surface of the receptacle for engaging a distal end portion of the electronic cigarette to seal an air port at the distal end portion.

5. The package of claim 4, wherein the pad includes a projection configured to be disposed within the air port in the proximal end of the electronic cigarette.

6. The package of claim 4, wherein the base defines an opening therein for receiving the distal end portion of the electronic cigarette.

7. The package of claim 6, wherein a wall of the opening includes a plurality of ribs.

8. The package of claim 1, further comprising a guide coupled to a wall of the receptacle, wherein the guide defines a first opening for receiving the electronic cigarette and securing a position of the electronic cigarette within the package.

9. The package of claim 8, further comprising a base disposed on an inner surface of the receptacle, wherein the base defines a second opening for receiving an end portion of the electronic cigarette.

10. The package of claim 1, further comprising the electronic cigarette.

11. A package comprising:

a receptacle including a guide for securing a position of an electronic cigarette within the package, the guide defining an opening therethrough for receiving the electronic cigarette; and

a cover movably coupled to the receptacle via a hinge to selectively open and close the package;

wherein at least one of an inner surface of the receptacle or an inner surface of the cover includes a geometric feature axially aligned with at least a portion of the opening when the package is closed, the geometric feature being configured to engage a port of the electronic cigarette to seal the port from air ingress.

12. The package of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the geometric feature is flexible, resilient, or malleable.

13. The package of claim 11, wherein the geometric feature is coupled to the inner surface of the cover and includes a projection.

14. The package of claim 11, wherein the geometric feature includes a base coupled to the inner surface of the receptacle and configured to form an airtight seal around an end portion of the electronic cigarette.

15. The package of claim 11, wherein the geometric feature comprises a first geometric feature coupled to the inner surface of the cover, and a second geometric feature coupled to the inner surface of the receptacle.

16. The package of claim 15, wherein the first geometric feature includes a pad centered above the opening when the package is closed.

17. The package of claim 11, further comprising the electronic cigarette.

18. A package comprising:

a receptacle including a guide for securing a position of an electronic cigarette within the package, the guide defining an opening;

a cover movably coupled to the receptacle to selectively open and close the package;

the electronic cigarette extending through the opening of the guide, the electronic cigarette including at least one port; and

a geometric feature disposed on at least one of an inner surface of the receptacle or an inner surface of the cover, wherein the geometric feature is configured to engage the at least one port of the electronic cigarette when the package is closed to seal the at least one port from air ingress.

19. The package of claim 18, wherein the geometric feature comprises a first geometric feature coupled to the inner surface of the cover to engage a first port of the electronic cigarette, and a second geometric feature coupled to the inner surface of the receptacle to engage a second port of the electronic cigarette.

20. The package of claim 19, wherein the first geometric feature includes a projection that at least partially enters the first port of the electronic cigarette when the package is closed.