| abstract |
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid, electronic cigarette in which a movable holder or chassis, into which the e-cigarette has been inserted, brings electrical charging contacts on the e-cigarette into direct or indirect engagement with electrical charging contacts in the case that are connected to a power source, such as a rechargeable battery in the case. Because the e-cigarette can be stored in the case whenever it is not being used, and the case may operate to re-fill the e-cigarette from its user-replaceable cartridge and also re-charge the e-cigarette, the e-cigarette can always be in its fully re-filled and re-charged state whenever it is removed from the case. The system, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, has the e-cigarette being automatically replenished with e-liquid when it is slotted into a holder that hinges outwards from the main body of the case and the user manually pushes the e-cigarette up and down, activating a micro-pump that transfers e-liquid from the user-replaceable cartridge in the case to a reservoir in the e-cigarette. When the holder is closed into the case, the electrical contacts on the e-cigarette engage with charging contacts inside the case, transferring power from the case battery to the rechargeable battery in the e-cigarette. |