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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Tony Gatta, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David R. Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A portable charging case configured to contain and charge an electronic vaping device or a battery thereof is provided. The portable charging case includes a body, a cover hingedly connected to the body at a hinge axle, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly includes a biasing component including a pin having an integrally formed straight first end portion and a curved second end portion. The biasing component also includes a spring arranged about the straight first end portion of the pin. The pin extends through an opening in a housing, such that the spring presses against a bottom surface of the housing and against a base of the curved second end portion of the pin.