US 12,285,042 B2
Electronic smoking article having a vapor-enhancing apparatus and associated method
Dennis Lee Potter, Kernersville, NC (US); and Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,775.
Application 18/301,775 is a continuation of application No. 16/872,958, filed on May 12, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/872,958 is a continuation of application No. 13/796,725, filed on Mar. 12, 2013, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248056 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24D 3/17 (2020.01) [A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic vaporizer comprising:
a control body portion including a power source;
a first reservoir configured to contain a vapor precursor composition;
a first atomizer configured to atomize the vapor precursor composition from the reservoir to form a vapor;
a removable mouthpiece defining a lumen therethrough, the lumen configured to transmit the vapor therethrough in response to an application of suction to the vaporizer via the lumen of the removable mouthpiece; and
a vapor-enhancing element comprising a second reservoir configured to contain a vapor enhancing substance and a second atomizer configured to atomize the vapor enhancing substance and arranged in the removable mouthpiece, the vapor-enhancing element being configured to release an enhancement into the vapor drawn along the lumen of the removable mouthpiece when actuated.