ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,414, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Holder for inhaler article" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Farhang Mohseni (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for an inhaler article includes a housing having a housing cavity for receiving an inhaler article and having a sleeve configured to retain an inhaler article within the housing cavity. The sleeve includes a sleeve cavity and is movable within the housing cavity along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The sleeve includes a first open end and a second opposing end. The f...