Patent ID: 11903418
Assignee: BLACKSHIP TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A composite wick for use in a vaporizer having a vaporizer body in which is disposed a vaporizable fluid reservoir and a vaporization chamber with a heating element at least partially disposed therein, the composite wick comprising:
a wick body terminating at upstream and downstream base surfaces and being positionable within the vaporizer body so that the upstream base surface is in fluid communication with the vaporizable fluid reservoir and the downstream base surface is disposed within the vaporization chamber in opposition to a surface of the heating element, the wick body comprising:
at least one base wick structure having a plurality of tortuous passages that collectively provide a capillary effect to draw vaporizable fluid from the vaporizable fluid reservoir and transport it toward the downstream base surface, and
an active material positioned so that vaporizable fluid drawn through the wick body contacts and interacts with the active material, the active material being or comprising a flavor-inducing element that is configured to add flavor to the vaporized fluid, the active material having a release temperature of the active material being a temperature at or above which the active material begins to decompose or off-gas,

wherein the active material has a release temperature at or above which the active material releases an agent, and
wherein the active material is arranged within the wick body so that at least a majority of the active material is maintained within its release temperature when the heating element is activated.