ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,779, issued on March 25, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Flexible aerosol-generating devices" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland) and Stephane Antony Hedarchet (Pully, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device may include a housing having flexible portion along its length. The flexible portion is configured to transition between a relaxed or unloaded configuration and a flexed or deflected configuration. A flexible heating element and mouthpiece may also be disposed in the housing. When the housing is in a relaxed or unloaded configuration, the flexible he...