Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions

US9974334B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Grady Lance Dooly · Winston-Salem, US
• Stephen Benson Sears · Siler City, US
• Karen V. Williams · Cary, US
• Gary Maurice Dull · Lewisville, US
• Steven L. Worm · Raleigh, US
• Wesley Steven Jones · Lexington, US
• Steven Lee Alderman · Lewisville, US
• Paul Andrew Brinkley · Winston-Salem, US
• Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr. · Clemmons, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2014
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/266
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to electronic smoking articles exhibiting improved moisture control of a reservoir contained therein. The reservoir can be formed of fibrous materials, such as cellulose acetate fiber, thermoplastic fiber, non-thermoplastic fiber, or a combination thereof. The disclosure further provides methods for forming electronic smoking articles and methods of packaging electronic smoking articles (including cartridges thereof) so as to improve moisture control of the reservoir.