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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US);
Grady Lance Dooly, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
David William Griffith, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Andries Don Sebastian, Clemmons, NC (US);
Yi-Ping Chang, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/00 (2006.01); F22B 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/008 (2013.01); F22B 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article comprises a wicking element useful for improving delivery of aerosol precursor to a heating element. In particular, the wick can take on a brush-like configuration. The present disclosure further relates to methods of forming an aerosol in a smoking article.