US 12,342,871 B2
Charger door cover with extended features
Matteo Bologna, Lausanne (CH); Ricardo Cali, Mannheim (DE); Audrey Cally, Soral (CH); Marc A. F. Van Den Boogaart, Giez (CH); Vincent Ducret, Yverdon (CH); and Christina Evgenia Katsi, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/642,529
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/058137
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048692, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19386038 (EP), filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322752 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/95 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/95 (2020.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging case for receiving and charging an aerosol-generating device, the case comprising:
a housing having an opening;
a device-holder portion moveably coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position, the device-holder portion comprising an external wall and one or more internal walls arranged to releasably hold an aerosol-generating device; and
a cover comprising a storage portion defining a storage volume for storing at least one item, wherein the cover is releasably retained to the external wall, wherein the cover resides outside of the housing of the charging case when coupled to the device-holder portion.