CLIP FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

• US 20160165955A1
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eclyp LLC
• Original Assignee: Eclyp LLC
• Inventors: Horne, Robert Jamie
• Application Number:
  US14/950,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20160165955A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/00 Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/022 within pockets

Abstract

A clip for or a method of clipping an electronic cigarette having a box and a tank to a person. The clip includes: an adapter interconnecting the box and the tank; a collar adapted to fit around the adapter; a washer, one side of the washer adapted to engage the box and another side adapted to engage the collar; and a fastener affixed to an exterior face of the collar.

Claims

1. A clip for an electronic cigarette having a box and a tank comprises:

an adapter interconnecting the box and the tank;

a collar adapted to fit around the adapter;

a washer, one side of the washer adapted to engage the box and another side adapted to engage the collar; and

a fastener affixed to an exterior face of the collar.

2. The clip of claim 1 wherein the collar includes a lower open annular cavity on a bottom side of the collar.

3. The clip of claim 2 wherein the cavity further comprises a gripper projecting from an interior surface of the cavity and engaging the washer.

4. The clip of claim 1 wherein the fastener is releasably or permanently affixed to the collar.

5. The clip of claim 1 wherein the collar further comprises an upper open cavity sized to fit the tank therein.

6. The clip of claim 5 wherein the upper cavity includes a wall with an air vent therethrough.

7. The clip of claim 2 wherein the washer substantially fills the lower cavity.

8. The clip of claim 1 wherein the washer is made of a resilient material.

9. The clip of claim 1 wherein the washer has a rectangular cross-section.

10. A clip for an electronic cigarette having a box and a tank comprises:

an adapter interconnecting the box and the tank;

a collar with a lower open annular cavity on a bottom side of the collar, the collar adapted to fit around the adapter;

a resilient washer sized to fit in the cavity and having a rectangular cross-section, one side of the washer adapted to engage the box;

a gripper projecting from an interior surface of the cavity and engaging the washer; and

a fastener affixed to an exterior face of the collar.

11. A method for clipping an electronic cigarette to a user, the electronic cigarette having a box and a tank comprises the steps of:

connecting the box and the tank with an adapter;

providing a clip including a collar adapted to fit around the adapter;

a washer, one side of the washer adapted to engage the box and another side adapted to engage the collar; and

a fastener affixed to an exterior face of the collar.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the collar includes a lower open annular cavity on a bottom side of the collar.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the cavity further comprises a gripper projecting from an interior surface of the cavity and engaging the washer.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the fastener is releasably or permanently affixed to the collar.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the collar further comprises an upper open cavity sized to fit the tank therein.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the upper cavity includes a wall with an air vent therethrough.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein the washer substantially fills the lower cavity.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the washer is made of a resilient material.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the washer has a rectangular cross-section.