Electronic cigarette

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic cigarette;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the electronic cigarette;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the electronic cigarette;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the electronic cigarette;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the electronic cigarette;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the electronic cigarette; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the electronic cigarette.

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: D957041
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 30, 2020
Date of Patent: Jul 5, 2022
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, VA)
Inventor: Mitchell Stone (Staffordshire)
Primary Examiner: Rebecca Tsehaye
Application Number: 29/756,808
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cigar, Cigarette Or Wrapper Therefor (D27/101)