EP 3711556 A1 20200923 - SMOKING SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM
Title (en)
SMOKING SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM
Title (de)
RAUCHERSATZSYSTEM
Title (fr)
SYSTÈME DE SUBSTITUTION DU TABAC
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 19020188 A 20190322
Abstract (en)
Disclosed is a smoking substitute system comprising a device having a first housing portion and a second housing portion configured for snap engagement with the first housing portion when moved towards one another along an engagement axis. The second housing portion comprises an elongate engagement member having a hook portion at a distal end thereof, the elongate member configured to flex from an engaged position in which the hook portion engages the first housing portion to a disengaged position in which the hook portion is deflected away from the engagement axis. The device further comprises a reinforcement element mountable to the second housing portion and configured to resist flexing of the elongate member away from the engagement axis.
IPC 8 full level
A24F 47/00 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] WO 2015013891 A1 20150205 - KIMREE HI TECH INC
- [XI] WO 2017163047 A1 20170928 - NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LTD [GB]
- [I] CN 109007991 A 20181218 - LIU TUANFANG
- [XI] EP 2888964 A1 20150701 - SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECH CO [CN]
- [I] EP 2944207 A1 20151118 - SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECH CO [CN]
- [IA] US 2017071252 A1 20170316 - LIU QIUMING [CN]
- [A] WO 2013076098 A2 20130530 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 19020188 A 20190322