Capsule for use in a personal vaporizer

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Description

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of a capsule for use in a personal vaporizer, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an exploded upper perspective view of the capsule, showing the body of the capsule and the cap thereof disassembled; the broken lines appearing on FIG. 2 are a drawing convention showing the relationship between parts and form no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the capsule taken at line 3-3 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 4 is an end view of the capsule, the opposite end having the same appearance;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the capsule, the opposite side having the same appearance;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the capsule;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the capsule; and,

FIG. 8 is a lower perspective view of the capsule.

Claims

The ornamental design for a capsule for use in a personal vaporizer, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D868367
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 15, 2018
Date of Patent: Nov 26, 2019
Assignee: Valley Product Concepts, LLC (Hunt Valley, MD)
Inventors: John B. Franzone (Rockville, MD), Leo Kahl (Bel Air, MD), Raymond H. Fioravante (Kingsville, MD), Nicholas Flower (Baltimore, MD)
Primary Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Assistant Examiner: Rebecca Tsehaye
Application Number: 29/653,526
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D27/167)