COMBINABLE AND ORIENTABLE ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICES

An electronic vaping system includes a housing for holding a first electronic vaping device and a second electronic vaping device, each of the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprising a vapor outlet. The housing allows the first and second vaping devices to be vaped simultaneously in a combined configuration and separately in a separated configuration. A first, combined configuration within the housing includes the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device positioned toward a center of the housing and the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device positioned toward the center of the housing. A second, separated configuration within the housing includes the vapor outlet of at least one of the first electronic vaping device and second electronic vaping device positioned away from the center of the housing.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates generally to the field electronic vaping devices (e.g., E-cigarettes and vaporizes), and more particularly, to combinable and orientable (e.g., reversible) electronic vaping devices.

BACKGROUND

Various electronic vaping devices, including electronic cigarettes (E-Cigarettes) and vaping devices (vaporizers), can be used to inhale different materials. Electronic vaping devices typically include a heater, batteries, a pre-vapor formulation (e.g., tobacco, an aerosol source, a flavor source, etc. or some combination thereof), and a mouthpiece. The batteries are often rechargeable from a wall outlet or USB port. The batteries power the heater, which in turn heats the pre-vapor formulation to its vaporizing point releasing inhalable vapors through the mouthpiece.

E-Cigarettes are marketed as a low-cost alternative to cigarette smoking having reduced harmful effects. As such, pre-vapor formulation used in E-Cigarettes typically includes nicotine. In many E-Cigarettes the pre-vapor formulation is included in a pre-filled cartridge requiring replacement when empty. In other E-Cigarettes (e.g., oil vaporizers) the pre-vapor formulation (e.g., e-juice or e-liquid) is contained in a pre-filled reservoir. When using pre-filled cartridges or reservoirs, nicotine concentration of the pre-vapor formulation is typically fixed. Some E-Cigarettes are designed to be disposable and are not re-fillable.

SUMMARY OF DISCLOSURE

An electronic vaping system can comprise: a housing for selectively holding a first electronic vaping device and a second electronic vaping device; the first electronic vaping device comprising a first mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned towards a first edge of the first mouthpiece; the second electronic vaping device comprising a second mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned towards a first edge of the second mouthpiece; wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a first, combined configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece positioned towards each other and a second, separated configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece positioned away from each other.

According to another aspect, an electronic vaping system can comprise: a housing for receiving a first electronic vaping device and a second electronic vaping device, each of the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprising a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet; wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a first, combined configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device positioned toward a center of the housing and the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device positioned toward the center of the housing; and wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a second, separated configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of at least one of the first electronic vaping device and second electronic vaping device positioned away from the center of the housing.

A electronic vaping system comprising: a first vaping device having at least one magnetized side; a second vaping device having at least one magnetized side; wherein the electronic vaping system comprises a first, connected configuration wherein the at least one magnetized side of the first vaping device is magnetically connected to the at least one magnetized side of the second vaping device, and a second, separated configuration wherein the first vaping device is not connected to the second vaping device. The first, connected configuration can be for simultaneously vaping from the first vaping device and the second vaping device and the electronic vaping system can comprise a third, connected configuration for separately vaping from the first vaping device and the second vaping device.

According to yet another aspect, an electronic vaping system comprising: a first vaping device removably connectable to a second vaping device; wherein the electronic vaping system comprises a first, connected configuration wherein the first vaping device is connected to the second vaping device, and a second, separated configuration wherein the first vaping device is not connected to the second vaping device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Users of electronic vaping devices can customize their vaping experience in a variety of ways. Users can create custom pre-vapor formulations, use different vaping devices for vaporizing different pre-vapor formulations, use vaping devices implementing different vaporizing techniques (conduction or convection), etc. Even with such vaping option variety, users continue search for additional vaping device customization techniques and increasingly customized vaping experiences. However, some components of electronic vaping devices are not configurable and/or interchangeable with other electronic vaping devices. In fact, companies often create proprietary device components, proprietary pre-vapor formulations, etc. to lock users into their brand(s).

Aspects of the invention include combinable and orientable (e.g., reversible) electronic vaping devices. In this description and the following clams, “electronic vaping devices” are defined to include any device (including vaporizers and E-cigarettes) configured to electrically energize a heating element to create heat and wherein the created heat is used (e.g., through conduction or convection) to transform a pre-vapor formulation into an inhalable vapor. Pre-vapor formulation is defined to include e-juice, e-liquid, oils, tobacco, dry herbs, botanical herbs, etc.

An electronic vaping device can include a mouthpiece that is biased off center towards one edge of the electronic vaping device. In one aspect, external dimensions of an electronic vaping device approximate a cuboid (i.e., a three-dimensional rectangle). A mouthpiece is included on a face at one end of the cuboid. The mouthpiece is biased off center towards one edge of the face. In other configurations, the mouthpiece is not biased towards one edge of the face, but is positioned centrally.

In one aspect, a container is configured to accept multiple electronic vaping devices. The electronic vaping devices can be similarly configured, for example, as the described cuboid. The common container can be configured to accept electronic vaping devices in different orientations. For example, the common container can be configured to accept electronic vaping devices with a mouthpiece oriented towards an edge of the common container or with a mouthpiece oriented towards the center of the common container. In one aspect, a common container is configured to accept cuboid shaped electronic vaping devices in a side-by-side arrangement. Parts that are described as being positioned “towards each other” means that they are closer to each other than they are to

FIG. 1depicts two electronic vaping devices,101A and101B, in a side-by-side arrangement within container or housing102. As depicted, mouthpieces111A and111B of electronic vaping devices101A and101B, respectively, are visible.FIG. 2depicts electronic vaping devices101A and101B in more detail.FIG. 2also depicts a reservoir window111permitting viewing of the pre-formulation material reservoirs of electronic vaping devices101A and101B. As depicted inFIGS. 1 and 2, mouthpieces111A and111B are oriented towards the center of housing102. As such, a user can simultaneously inhale vapors from both electronic vaping devices101A and101B. Simultaneously vapor inhalation provides an additional mixing technique for customized vaping experiences.

FIG. 3depicts two electronic vaping devices in another side-by-side arrangement within housing102. As depicted inFIG. 3, mouthpieces111A and111B are oriented towards the edges of housing102, or away from the center of the housing. As such, a user can inhale vapors from electronic vaping device101A and electronic vaping device101B separately. Separate vapor inhalation, from among multiple readily available inhalation sources in a common carrier, provides an additional technique for customized vaping experiences. Also illustrated inFIG. 3is an option side reservoir window111. Reservoir window may be placed on a front of the housing, on a side, towards the bottom, or towards the top of the housing, as desired. In other configurations, a reservoir window is not provided.

Each electronic vaping device101A and101B can be a standalone electronic vaping device, such as, for example, a vaporizer or an e-cigarette, including a power source, heating element, a quantity of pre-vapor formulation, and a mouthpiece. In other configurations, each electronic vaping device comprises a quantity of pre-vapor formulation with a vaporizer, and the power source is located within the housing102. These types of electronic vaping devices are commonly known as pods.

In general, electronic vaping devices (e.g.,101A and101B) can be of the same, similar, or different form factors and can be mixed, matched, and/or oriented in accordance with user desires to customize the user's vaping experience. For example, different types of vaporizers can be included in a side-by-side arrangement in housing102. One vaporizer can be an oil-based vaporizer and the other vaporized can be herb-based vaporizer, both vaporizes can be oil-based vaporizers, etc. In aspect, one electronic vaping device is a vaporizer and the other electronic vaping device is an e-cigarette. In other examples, the electronic vaping devices101A and101B are identical in form factor but contain different flavors of pre-vapor formulation so a user can mix and match the flavors to customize their vaping experience.

In some examples, the system also includes carriers that can receive more than two (e.g., 4 or 6) electronic vaping devices. The electronic vaping devices can include a common, for example, cuboid form factor, or may be of variable form factors. Different combinations of mouthpieces can be oriented for simultaneous inhalation and or separate inhalation. For example, two mouthpieces can be oriented for simultaneous inhalation while two other mouthpieces are oriented for separate inhalation.

Other aspects of the invention include mechanisms and techniques to connect electronic vaping devices together outside of a carrier or housing. For example, electronic vaping devices can be configured with components facilitating direct connection to one another. Electronic vaping devices can include both protrusions and protrusion receptacles. The protrusions on one electronic vaping devices can be inserted into the protrusion receptacles on another electronic vaping device and/or vice versa (e.g., in a “lego” type manner). Electronic vaping device orientation can be selected such that corresponding mouthpieces are adjacent (facilitating simultaneous inhalation) or separate from one another (facilitating multiple readily available but separate inhalation sources). In another configuration described in more detail below, one or more electronic vaping devices may be connectable via magnets.

FIGS. 4-5show another configuration of an electronic vaping system300. The electronic vaping system300includes a housing302, for housing one or more electronic vaping devices. For example, two, three, or four or more electronic vaping devices can be positioned within housing302. In one exemplary configuration, two electronic vaping devices310aand310bcan be positioned within housing302and housing is shaped and sized to receive two electronic vaping devices in a side-by-side configuration.

Housing302may have a generally open proximal end with a void to selectively receive two or more electronic vaping devices. Electronic vaping devices may be stand-alone devices, or the electronic vaping devices may rely on a battery or power source within the housing302(i.e., pods). With a generally open proximal end of the housing302, one or more vaping devices can be placed or removed by simply inserting or removing into the void of the open proximal end without the need for removing any other cap or mouthpiece. The electronic vaping devices may be held in place, for example, by friction fit, snap-fit, etc., to removably connect the electronic vaping devices to the interior of housing302.

In some examples, housing302can include a battery of power source for electronic vaping devices310. Housing302can include one or more viewing windows314. In other configurations, housing302does not include a viewing window.

The body320of the electronic vaping device has at least one plane of symmetry, such that it can be placed into the housing302in at least two different ways. In some examples the body320is rectangular. This allows the body320of the vaping device to be placed into the housing302with a first edge331towards the middle of the housing (FIG. 5), or to be placed into the housing302with a first edge331away from the middle of the housing302. As explained in more detail below, this gives the user the option of various configurations for separate or simultaneous vaping from the first and second electronic vaping devices.

The first electronic vaping device310acomprises a first mouthpiece312a,and the second electronic vaping device310bcomprises a second mouthpiece312b.The mouthpiece312a,bextends upwardly from the body320of the electronic vaping device, and is typically placed at least partially within the user's mouth when the user inhales or vapes from the electronic vaping device. The mouthpiece312a,bcan be formed integrally with the body of the vaping device or can be attached to a proximal end of the body of the vaping device.

Mouthpiece312a,bmay be centered relative to the body320a,bof the electronic vaping device310a,b. Or, as shown inFIGS. 4-5, the mouthpiece312a,bmay be positioned closer to a first edge325a,bof the body320a,bof the electronic vaping device310a,b.

First mouthpiece312aand second mouthpiece312binclude a vapor outlet,316aand316b,respectively, positioned on the mouthpiece. Vapor outlet316a,bis in fluid communication with the vaporizer of the electronic vaping device, such that when a user places their mouth on the mouthpiece312a,band inhales at the vapor outlet316a,bthey inhale vapor through the vapor outlet316a,bcreated by the pre-vapor formulation contacting the vaporizer of the electronic vaping device.

Similar to various placements for the mouthpiece relative to the electronic vaping device body, the vapor outlet316a,bmay be placed at any suitable location on the mouthpiece312a,b. In some configurations, the vapor outlet316a,bis positioned off-center, or closer to one edge of the mouthpiece than another edge of the mouthpiece. In other configurations the vapor outlet316a,bis positioned in the center of the mouthpiece or proximal to the center of the mouthpiece (i.e., closer to the center of the mouthpiece than an edge of the mouthpiece). Or vapor outlet316acan be positioned centrally on mouthpiece312aand vapor outlet316bcan be positioned towards an edge of mouthpiece312b.

As best seen in the exemplary configuration ofFIG. 5, the first mouthpiece312ahas a vapor outlet316apositioned towards a first edge331aof the first mouthpiece312a,and the second mouthpiece312bhas a vapor outlet316bpositioned towards a first edge331bof the second mouthpiece312b.Even more specifically, the vapor outlet316aextends from the first edge331atoward a second edge335a,the second edge335aopposite the first edge331a. Similarly, the vapor outlet316bextends from the first edge331btowards a second edge335b.

With the vapor outlet316and/or the mouthpiece312positioned towards one side of the electronic vaping device, various potential configurations for simultaneous or separate vaping are possible. For example, a first, combined orientation within the housing302includes the vapor outlet316aof the first mouthpiece312aand the vapor outlet316bof the second mouthpiece312bpositioned towards each other or positioned toward a center of the housing302. In the first, combined orientation, the first edge331aof the first electronic vaping device can abut the first edge331bof the second electronic vaping device. In configurations with each of the vapor outlets316a,bpositioned towards a first edge331a,b, in the first, combined orientation, such that the vapor outlet316aof the first electronic vaping device can abut the vapor outlet316bof the second electronic vaping device and form a unitary vapor outlet316c.

In other configurations, the mouthpiece and/or vapor outlets of the electronic vaping devices are asymmetrically positioned, but the vapor outlets do not form a unitary outlet in the first, combined configuration. Or, the mouthpiece and/or vapor outlets of the electronic vaping devices are centrally or symmetrically positioned, the electronic vaping devices have mouthpieces and/or vapor outlets that are centrally located. Alternatively, one of the electronic vaping systems may have a centrally positioned mouthpiece and/or vapor outlet, and one of the electronic vaping systems may have a mouthpiece and/or vapor outlet positioned toward an edge. May configurations and combinations are contemplated.

A second, separated configuration within the housing302is possible with one or more of the vapor outlet(s) of the first mouthpiece312aand the vapor outlet(s) of the second mouthpiece312bpositioned away from each other. For example, each of the two electronic vaping devices can be rotated 180 degrees relative to their position in the first, combined configuration. In other words, each of the vapor outlets are positioned toward an edge of the housing302rather than toward a center of the housing302. In configurations with asymmetric mouthpieces and/or vapor outlets, each may be positioned away from one another in this configuration. Alternatively, just one electronic vaping device can be rotated such that it is apart from the other electronic vaping device. That is, the second, separated configuration can have at least one of the first electronic vaping device and second electronic vaping device positioned away from the center of the housing.

FIGS. 6-7illustrate another configuration of an electronic vaping system400. First electronic vaping device410aand second electronic vaping device410bcan be selectively placed in the housing402. As seen inFIG. 6, housing302includes an open proximal end440with a void446for receiving at least two electronic vaping devices. Void446can be shaped and sized to fit two electronic vaping devices side-by-side. Void446can be substantially open and in some examples, void446lacks any additional structures. This allows simple placement and removal of electronic vaping devices. Similarly, the system400can lack a lid or other over-structure to ease in placement and removal of electronic vaping devices.

First electronic vaping device410aincludes a body420aand a mouthpiece412awith a vapor outlet416a.The vapor outlet416aof the first electronic vaping device410aextends from a first edge431atoward a second edge435aof the first mouthpiece, the second edge435aopposite the first edge431a.

Similar to the configurations described above, the system400has a first, combined orientation with the vapor outlets416aand416bpositioned towards each other. A second, separated configuration of the electronic vaping devices410aand410bwithin the housing occurs with the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece positioned away from each other. This can be done by turning the first electronic vaping device410aand/or the second electronic vaping device410b180 degrees relative to their position in the first, combined configuration.

In other configurations, rather than seating two electronic vaping devices into a single housing, two electronic vaping devices may be connected to each other. Various ways of connecting two electronic vaping devices are possible, such as through snap fit, friction fit, mating projections and voids, etc. In the exemplary configurations show in inFIGS. 8-11, two electronic vaping systems are magnetized together.

For example, inFIG. 8, the system includes a first electronic vaping device810amagnetized to a second electronic vaping device810b.Each electronic vaping device810a,bincludes at least one magnetized side845a,b. two electronic vaping systems810aand810bare magnetized together. A first, combined configuration includes the first vaping device810amagnetized to the second vaping device810b.In this configuration or orientation, the mouthpiece812aof the first vaping device and the mouthpiece812bof the second vaping device may be simultaneously drawn by a user.

The electronic vaping devices810a,bcan have any suitable shape and size. In some examples, each device has a body820a,bwith at least one substantially flat side845a,band a curved side847a,bopposite the flat side. The flat side845a,bmay be magnetized, or include magnets within or behind the flat side845a,bsuch that the flat side can be magnetized to another magnetic surface. In some examples, in the first, connected configuration, the substantially flat side845aof the first vaping devices810ais magnetically connected to the substantially flat side845bof the second vaping device820b.The curved side847aof the first vaping device810aand the curved side847bof the second vaping device810bcan form a unitary body having a substantially ovular shape.

The second, separated configuration can be achieved simply by removing one electronic vaporizing device from the other electronic vaporizing device. Or, if the user desired to keep the two electronic vaping devices attached, but only use one at a time, a third, connected configuration includes the two electronic vaping devices magnetized together and turned so that they are head-to-tail rather than head-to-head.

FIGS. 9-11illustrate another example of magnetically connectable electronic vaping devices. Each electronic vaping device910a,bincludes a magnetized side945a,b. The vaping system900includes a first vaping device910awith at least one magnetized side, and a second vaping device910bwith at least one magnetized side. Each vaping device910a,bcan include a body920a,bwith a first, proximal end955a,bwith a mouthpiece912a,bcoupled thereto and a second distal end960a,b, the distal end960a,bopposite the proximal end955a,b. The mouthpiece912a,bcan be connected or coupled to the proximal end955a,b, or the mouthpiece912a,bcan be integral to the proximal end955a,b.

A first, connected configuration (FIG. 10) allows a user to vape from both electronic vaping devices910a,bat the same time. That is, the mouthpiece912aof the first vaping device910aand a mouthpiece912bof the second vaping device910bcan be simultaneously drawn by a user. A second, separated configuration is possible with the first vaping device910anot connected to the second vaping device910b(FIG. 9illustrates first vaping device910ain a second, separated configuration).

A third, connected configuration (FIG. 11) for allows the first and second vaping devices910a,bto be connected separately vaped in a convenient manner. The first, proximal end955aof the first vaping device910ais connected to the second, distal end960bof the second vaping device910b.

While the vaping devices910a,binFIGS. 9-11are generally described as being selectively attached via magnetic sides, any other suitable method of attachment can be used. For example, complementary voids and projections may be used to selectively attach vaping devices.

Aspect 1: An electronic vaping system comprising: a housing for selectively holding a first electronic vaping device and a second electronic vaping device; the first electronic vaping device comprising a first mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned towards a first edge of the first mouthpiece; the second electronic vaping device comprising a second mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned towards a first edge of the second mouthpiece; wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a first, combined configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece positioned towards each other and a second, separated configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece positioned away from each other.

Aspect 2: The system of aspect 1, wherein the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device extends from a first edge toward a center of the first mouthpiece; and wherein the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device extends from a first edge toward the center of the second mouthpiece.

Aspect 3: The system of Aspect 1 or 2, wherein when the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device are in the first, combined configuration, the first edge of the first electronic vaping device abuts the first edge of the second electronic vaping device such that the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device abuts the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device, the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device and the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device forming a unitary vapor outlet.

Aspect 4: The system of any of Aspects 1 through 3, wherein the housing for selectively holding the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprises an open proximal end for selectively receiving the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device.

Aspect 5: The system of any of Aspects 1 through 4, wherein the housing for selectively holding the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprises a void formed in the open proximal end and sized to receive the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device.

Aspect 6: An electronic vaping system comprising: a housing for receiving a first electronic vaping device and a second electronic vaping device, each of the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprising a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet; wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a first, combined configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device positioned toward a center of the housing and the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device positioned toward the center of the housing; and wherein the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device have a second, separated configuration within the housing with the vapor outlet of at least one of the first electronic vaping device and second electronic vaping device positioned away from the center of the housing.

Aspect 7: The system of Aspect 6, wherein the first electronic vaping device comprises a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned off-center and wherein the second electronic vaping device comprising a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned off-center.

Aspect 8: The system of Aspect 6 or 7, the first electronic vaping device comprising a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet extending from a first edge toward the center of the mouthpiece; and the second electronic vaping device comprising a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet extending from a first edge toward the center of the mouthpiece.

Aspect 9: The system of any of Aspects 6 through 8, wherein when the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device are in the first, combined configuration, the first edge of the first electronic vaping device abuts the first edge of the second electronic vaping device such that the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device abuts the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device, the vapor outlet of the first electronic vaping device and the vapor outlet of the second electronic vaping device forming a unitary vapor outlet.

Aspect 10: The system of any of Aspects 6 through 9, wherein the housing for selectively holding the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprises an open proximal end for selectively receiving the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device.

Aspect 11: The system of any of Aspects 6 through 10, wherein the housing for selectively holding the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device comprises a void formed in the open proximal end and sized to receive the first electronic vaping device and the second electronic vaping device.

Aspect 12: An electronic vaping system comprising: a first vaping device having at least one magnetized side; a second vaping device having at least one magnetized side; wherein the electronic vaping system comprises a first, connected configuration wherein the at least one magnetized side of the first vaping device is magnetically connected to the at least one magnetized side of the second vaping device, and a second, separated configuration wherein the first vaping device is not connected to the second vaping device.

Aspect 13: The system of Aspect 12, wherein, in the first, connected configuration, a mouthpiece of the first vaping device and a mouthpiece of the second vaping device can be simultaneously drawn by a user.

Aspect 14: The system of Aspect 12 or 13, wherein the first vaping device and the second vaping device have a body, the at least one magnetized side comprising a substantially flat side, and the body having a curved side opposite the flat side.

Aspect 15: The system of any of Aspects 12 through 14, wherein, in the first, connected configuration, the substantially flat side of the first vaping device is magnetically connected to the substantially flat side of the second vaping device and the curved side of the first vaping device and the curved side of the second vaping device form a unitary body having a substantially ovular shape.

Aspect 16: The system of any of Aspects 12 through 15, wherein the first, connected configuration is for simultaneously vaping from the first vaping device and the second vaping device and wherein the electronic vaping system comprises a third, connected configuration for separately vaping from the first vaping device and the second vaping device.

Aspect 17: The system of any of Aspects 12 through 16, wherein the first vaping device has a body comprising a first, proximal end with a first mouthpiece coupled thereto and a second distal end, the distal end opposite the proximal end; and wherein the second vaping device has a body comprising a first, proximal end with a second mouthpiece and a second distal end, the distal end opposite the proximal end.

Aspect 18: The system of any of Aspects 12 through 17, wherein in the first, connected configuration for simultaneous vaping, the first, proximal end of the first vaping device is connected to the first, proximal end of the second vaping device; and wherein in the third, connected configuration for separate vaping, the first, proximal end of the first vaping device is connected to the second, distal end of the second vaping device.

Aspect 19: An electronic vaping system comprising: a first vaping device removably connectable to a second vaping device; wherein the electronic vaping system comprises a first, connected configuration wherein the first vaping device is connected to the second vaping device, and a second, separated configuration wherein the first vaping device is not connected to the second vaping device.

Aspect 20: The electronic vaping system of Aspect 19, wherein the first vaping device has a body comprising a first, proximal end with a first mouthpiece coupled thereto and a second distal end, the distal end opposite the proximal end; wherein the second vaping device has a body comprising a first, proximal end with a second mouthpiece and a second distal end, the distal end opposite the proximal end; and wherein the system has a third, connected configuration for separate vaping with the first, proximal end of the first vaping device connected to the second, distal end of the second vaping device.

Specific embodiments disclosed herein may be further limited in the claims using consisting of or consisting essentially of language. Various aspects discussed in one drawing may be present and/or used in conjunction with the embodiment shown in another drawing, and each element shown in multiple drawings may be discussed only once. All statements herein reciting principles, aspects, and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass equivalents thereof. The described features, structures, or characteristics of configurations of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more configurations.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, singular forms such as “a,” “an,” and “the” may include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a vapor outlet” may include one or more vapor outlets, and reference to “the electronic vaping device” may include reference to one or more electronic vaping devices.

As used herein, the term “substantially” refers to the complete or nearly complete extent or degree of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, or result to function as indicated. For example, a void that is “substantially” open may be either completely open or nearly completely open. As used herein the term “generally” refers to something that is more of the designated adjective than not, or the converse if used in the negative. As used herein, a plurality of items, structural elements, compositional elements, and/or materials may be presented in a common list for convenience. However, these lists should be construed as though each member of the list is individually identified as a separate and unique member. Additionally, the word “connected” and “coupled” is used throughout for clarity of the description and can include either a direct connection or an indirect connection.

Although the foregoing disclosure provides many specifics, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of any of the ensuing claims. Other embodiments and configurations may be devised which do not depart from the scopes of the claims. Features from different embodiments and configurations may be employed separately or in combination. Accordingly, all additions, deletions and modifications to the disclosed subject matter that fall within the scopes of the claims are to be embraced thereby. The scope of each claim is indicated and limited only by its plain language and the full scope of available legal equivalents to its elements.