US 11,712,061 B2
Electronic cigarette carrier
Ramon Alarcon, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by Fontem Holdings 2 B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/189,012.
Application 17/189,012 is a division of application No. 16/087,826, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IB2017/057964, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,703, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177051 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 15/01 (2020.01); A24F 9/16 (2006.01); B65D 25/54 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 15/01 (2020.01) [A24F 9/16 (2013.01); B65D 25/54 (2013.01); B65D 43/162 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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; and
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.