Patent Publication Number: US-8967382-B2

Title: Electronic cigarette box

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2013/073953, with an international filing date of Apr. 9, 2013, designating the United States, now pending. The contents of these specifications are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to the field of electronic cigarette technology, and more particularly, relates to an electronic cigarette box. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Smoking is bad for health, with the improvement of people&#39;s health consciousness more and more persons know the danger of smoking. Smoking does not only hurt bodies of smokers themselves, but also hurts persons around smokers. Nowadays a type of electronic cigarette is manufactured, a shape of such an electronic cigarette is similar to that of an ordinary cigarette, when the electronic cigarette is smoked, smoke is generated, however the smoke does not include toxic substances such as tar, etc., so the electronic cigarette is healthier than the ordinary cigarette. 
     Electronic cigarettes are equipped with electronic cigarette boxes configured to receive the electronic cigarettes. Persons take out the electronic cigarettes from the electronic cigarette boxes when smoking. However, the existing electronic cigarette boxes have these drawbacks: peculiar smell maybe generated in the electronic cigarette boxes after a long time of use; bodies of users who have smoked electronic cigarettes a short time ago may send out smell of smoke, which may adversely affect the users&#39; images; furthermore, some users may feel uncomfortable or get ill because smoking, and they are difficult to be treated timely. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette box which is provided with a holding cavity, a perfume bottle or air fresheners can be placed in the holding cavity for dispelling peculiar smell and improving user experience, aiming at the above-mentioned drawbacks of having peculiar smell inside the existing electronic cigarette box. 
     The technical solutions of the present invention for solving the technical problems are as follows: 
     An electronic cigarette box is provided, which comprises a box body, a box cover connected with the box body, an electronic cigarette container received in the box body, the box body defines a holding cavity, a bottle is received in the holding cavity, and the bottle contains perfume, air fresheners, deodorant or medicine. 
     Advantageously, the bottle includes a bottle body and a bottle cap, the bottle body is placed in the holding cavity, and a flexible lining configured to fix the bottle body is mounted on an inner wall of the holding cavity. 
     Advantageously, a shape of the bottle body is matched with a shape of the holding cavity with the flexible lining. 
     Advantageously, the flexible lining is made of polyethylene foam or polyurethane foam. 
     Advantageously, the bottle includes a bottle body and a bottle cap, the bottle body is placed in the holding cavity, a bulge is formed at a part of the box cover corresponding to the bottle cap, the bulge resists an end surface of the bottle cap when the box cover and the box body are closed. 
     Advantageously, the bottle includes a bottle body and a bottle cap, a first magnetic material is mounted on a bottom of the bottle body, a second magnetic material is mounted on an area of the holding cavity that is in contact with the bottle body, and the first magnetic material of the bottle body and the second magnetic material of the holding cavity attract each other due to magnetism, thereby fastening the bottle in the holding cavity. 
     Advantageously, the holding cavity is defined in one side of the box body near the box cover. 
     Advantageously, a shape of the holding cavity is any one of circle, polygons and oval. 
     Advantageously, a circuit control device and a power supply electrically connected with the circuit control device are received in the box body. 
     Advantageously, a control switch is installed in the circuit control device, and the control switch is electrically connected with the circuit control device. 
     When implementing the electronic cigarette box of the present invention, the following advantageous effects can be achieved: the box body defines the holding cavity, the bottle is received in the holding cavity, and the bottle contains perfume or air fresheners; when the electronic cigarette box generates peculiar smell after a long time of use, a user can spray appropriate perfume into the electronic cigarette box to dispel the peculiar smell; the body of the user may have residual smoke smell when he/she has smoked the electronic cigarette a short time ago, the user can take out the perfume bottle and spray some perfume onto his/her body, thereby burnishing the user&#39;s image and improving the user&#39;s experience; the bottle can also received medicine, the user can be treated timely when feeling uncomfortable or illness due to smoking, which brings great convenience to the user, and user&#39;s experiences is improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in the following, in the accompanying drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic view of an electronic cigarette box with an electronic cigarette received therein, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a disassembled view of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a cutaway view of an electronic cigarette box with an electronic cigarette received therein, according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a cutaway view of an electronic cigarette box with an electronic cigarette received therein, according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     To make the technical feature, objective and effect of the present invention be understood more clearly, now the specific implementation of the present invention is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , an electronic cigarette box in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a box body  10  and a box cover  20 . Wherein, the box body  10  and the box cover  20  are connected together by a hinge (not shown), and the box body  10  and the box cover  20  are sealed to form the electronic cigarette box by a snap buckle. 
     An electronic cigarette container  110  is received in the box body  10 , and the electronic cigarette  112  is inserted into the electronic cigarette container  110 . In the specific embodiment, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the electronic cigarette container  110  and the electronic cigarette  112 , and the number of the electronic cigarette container  110  can be one or more. The electronic cigarette  112  inserted into the electronic cigarette container  110  can be a disposable electronic cigarette or a reusable electronic cigarette. 
     A circuit control device and a power supply electrically connected with the circuit control device are received in the box body  10 . A control switch  130  is installed in the circuit control device, the control switch  130  is electrically connected with the circuit control device, and the control switch  130  is used to control the box cover  20  to be opened and closed. The electronic cigarette box of the embodiment can be controlled by a switch automatically. When users press the control switch  130 , the box cover  20  is opened automatically; after taking out the electronic cigarette  112 , the users press the control switch  130  again, and the box cover  20  will be closed automatically. There is no need to manually open the box cover  20 , and it is easy to use the electronic cigarette box. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the box body  10  defines a holding cavity  120 , the holding cavity  120  is defined in one side of the box body  10  near the box cover  20 , a bottle  30  is received in the holding cavity  120 . The bottle  30  includes a bottle body  310  and a bottle cap  320 , wherein the bottle body  310  is placed in the holding cavity  120 . In one embodiment, a flexible lining  122  is mounted on an inner wall of the holding cavity  120 , the flexible lining  122  has good elastic-plastic and toughness, and can be distorted without breaking. The flexible lining  22  is configured to fix the bottle body  310 , and a shape of the bottle body  310  is matched with a shape of the holding cavity  120 . Specifically, the flexible lining  122  is made of polyethylene foam or polyurethane foam, and can also be made of other flexible materials. 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , in another embodiment of the present invention, a bulge  210  is formed on the box cover  20 . The bulge  210  is fixed on an inner wall of the box cover  20  through welding, thread connection or adhesives. The bulge  210  is corresponding to the bottle cap  320 . When the box body  10  is covered with the box cover  20 , the bulge  210  formed on the box cover  20  resists an end surface of the bottle cap  320 , so the bottle body  310  is fixed in the holding cavity  120 . When the electronic cigarette box is carried, the liquid received in the bottle  30  can be prevented from spilling due to shaking. The holding cavity  120  is formed between the two electronic cigarettes  112  or formed at one side of the electronic cigarette  112 . A shape of the holding cavity  120  can be any one of circle, polygons (parallelogram, hexagon or pentagon) or oval according to the shape of the bottle  30 . 
     In the third embodiment, a first magnetic material (not shown) is mounted on a bottom of the bottle body  310 , a second magnetic material (not shown) is mounted on an area of the holding cavity  120  that is in contacted with the bottle body  310 , and the first magnetic material of the bottle body  310  and the second magnetic material of the holding cavity  120  attract each other due to magnetism, thereby fastening the bottle body  310  in the holding cavity  120 , and avoiding shaking of the bottle  30 . 
     In the above-mentioned embodiment, the bottle  30  is a perfume bottle, a size of the perfume bottle should be matched with a size of the holding cavity  120  for preventing the liquid received in the bottle  30  from spilling due to instability perfume bottle. An ejection head  322  is formed in the perfume bottle, and the ejection head  322  is used to spray perfume. When the electronic cigarette box has peculiar smell, a user can take out the perfume bottle and spray some perfume into the electronic cigarette box to dispel the peculiar smell; and when a user will be presented at important occasion after smoking, it is convenient to spray perfume onto user&#39;s body, and user&#39;s experiences is improved. 
     In another embodiment, the bottle  30  also contains air fresheners or deodorant for clearing the electronic cigarette box or dispelling peculiar smell of the electronic cigarette box. 
     The box body  10  defines a holding cavity  120 , a bottle  30  is received in the holding cavity  120 , and the bottle  30  contains perfume or air fresheners; when the electronic cigarette box generates peculiar smell after a long time of use, a user can spray appropriate perfume into the electronic cigarette box to dispel peculiar smell; the body of the user may have residual smoke smell when he/she has smoked the electronic cigarette a short time ago, the user can take out perfume bottle and spray some perfume onto his/her body, thereby burnishing the user&#39;s image and improving user&#39;s experience; the bottle  30  can also received medicine, the user can be treated timely when feeling uncomfortable or in poor health due to smoking, which brings great convenience to user, and user&#39;s experiences is improved. 
     While the embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. In fact, the above-mentioned specific implementations are intended to be exemplary not to be limiting. In the inspiration of the present invention, those ordinary skills in the art can also make many modifications without breaking away from the subject of the present invention and the protection scope of the claims. All these modifications belong to the protection of the present invention.