US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Oct. 20 for "Tray with piercing element for use with shisha device" (Irish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,589, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Tray with piercing element for use with shisha device" was invented by James Lynch (Dublin) and Thomas Salvador (Tiefenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray for use with a shisha device includes a cavity for receiving a cartridge comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The tray is configured to form openings in the cartridge when the cartridge is inserted into the cavity. The openings formed in the cartridge allow air flow through the cartridge when cartridge and tray are received by the shisha device."

The patent was filed on ...