Electronic cigarette

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic cigarette, with a transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the electronic cigarette, with the transparent tapered end portion of the mouthpiece.

The evenly spaced broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the electronic cigarette that form no part of the claimed design; the dash-dot-dash line represents a boundary of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an electronic cigarette, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D956348
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 30, 2020
Date of Patent: Jun 28, 2022
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, VA)
Inventor: Mitchell Stone (Staffordshire)
Primary Examiner: Rebecca Tsehaye
Application Number: 29/756,815
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cigar, Cigarette Or Wrapper Therefor (D27/101)