Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.P.
  • Patent number: 6769436
    Abstract: An inhaler for dispensing volatile ingredients including a one piece tube pinch closed and sealed at the ends. The tube may include reservoirs formed therein and noncircular cross sections. A volatile or volatiles such as nicotine and/or flavoring and/or medication are loaded in the tube with or without other ingredients and the ends closed. Absorbent material may be used to retain more volatiles within the tube or better wick the volatile vapors when air is drawn through the tube. A cutter including a body, a blade slidable in a longitudinal path within the body and a slot access receiving the pinch closed and sealed ends of the tube allow the ends of the tube to be cut off. Drawing air through the tube transfers vapors of the volatile or volatile including other ingredients from the interior of the tube to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Richard C. Horian