US 11,707,087 B2
Re-charging pack for an e-cigarette
Steven Michael Schennum, London (GB); Thomas Michael McKeon, London (GB); Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, London (GB); and Justin Banker Peart, London (GB)
Assigned to Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/947,150.
Application 16/947,150 is a continuation of application No. 16/263,362, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,770,913.
Application 16/263,362 is a continuation of application No. 15/328,099, granted, now 10,236,708, previously published as PCT/GB2015/052129, filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 1413124 (GB), filed on Jul. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0350783 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 9/16 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 9/16 (2013.01) [A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); B65D 25/10 (2013.01); B65D 43/163 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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 for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette which has been inserted into the pack using the pack battery,
and wherein the pack is provided with one or more temperature sensors to detect an excess temperature in the pack.