US 11,864,587 B2
Capsules for use in personal vaporizers
John B. Franzone, Rockville, MD (US); Leo Kahl, Bel Air, MD (US); Raymond J. Fioravante, Kingsville, MD (US); Raymond H. Fioravante, Kingsville, MD (US); and Nicholas Flower, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Valley Product Concepts, LLC, Hunt Valley, MD (US)
Appl. No. 17/252,463
Filed by VALLEY PRODUCT CONCEPTS, LLC, Hunt Valley, MD (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/037221
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241651, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,543, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307385 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/20 (2020.01) [A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule for use in a personal vaporization device, the capsule comprising:
a cap having a first base wall with a plurality of holes extending through the first base wall, and a first peripheral skirt extending from the first base wall;
a cup having a second base wall with a plurality of holes extending through the second base wall, and a first peripheral sidewall extending from the second base wall;
a first standoff structure on a side of the first base wall opposite the first peripheral skirt; and
a second standoff structure on a side of the second base wall opposite the first peripheral sidewall,
wherein the cap and the cup are coupled together and enclose an interior volume for holding a vaporizable material between the first base wall and the second base wall, and
the first and second standoff structures are constructed to space the first base wall and the second base wall, respectively, from adjacent surfaces of the personal vaporization device.