US 12,446,629 B2
Security tag
Sean Lukan, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Vincent Ireland, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/777,927
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/057499
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/101673, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,003, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024704 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/49 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/49 (2020.01) [A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an age verification system configured to verify an age of a user;
an aerosol delivery device that provides aerosol to the user; and
a security tag attached to a control body of the aerosol delivery device and configured to prevent usage of the aerosol delivery device unless the security tag is unlocked and removed from the aerosol delivery device, wherein the security tag is unlocked based on a verification from the age verification system.