Bottle for liquid vaporization device

Abstract

A bottle adapted to be operatively interfitted into a plurality of different housings for liquid vaporization devices. The bottle is a modification of the bottle disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,659,301 that interfitted to a first and second vaporization device and has a circular recess formed in its wick holder so as to receive a downwardly extending circular ring of a third vaporization device to thus enable the new bottle to be interfittable to that third vaporization device. At the same time, the modifications have dimensionally retained an annular collar that surrounds the neck of the bottle which enables the bottle to still be intermitted into the first vaporization device as well as a fourth vaporization device manufactured by the present assignee. As such, the same bottle is operatively interfitted into a first, second, third and fourth vaporization devices, all of differing dimensions and of at least three different manufacturers.

1 . A method of interfitting a bottle into any one of at least two different housings in liquid vaporization devices, one of the liquid vaporization devices having an opening and a downwardly extending circular ring and the other having a releasable securing means, said method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a bottle having an outlet opening and an external surface having at least one projection extending outwardly therefrom, the bottle having an annular collar surrounding the outlet opening, and a circular recess coaxial with the outlet opening,    inserting the bottle into the one of the housings of the liquid vaporization devices to either interlock the at least one projection into the opening while inserting the downwardly extending circular ring into the circular recess or interlocking the collar into the releasable securing means to affix the bottle to a liquid vaporization device.    
   
   
       2 . A method of interfitting a bottle into any one of at least two different housings in liquid vaporization device wherein said step of providing a bottle comprises providing a bottle with a circular recess having an internal diameter of about 10 mm.  
   
   
       3 . A method of interfitting a bottle into any one of at least two different housings in liquid vaporization device wherein said step of providing a bottle comprises providing a bottle with a circular recess having an outer diameter of at least about 13 mm.  
   
   
       4 . A bottle for use with at least two differently dimensioned liquid vaporization devices, each of the vaporization devices having a heating chamber for receiving a wick containing a material to be vaporized, the bottle having a neck forming an opening, a set of opposed surfaces and a wick holder affixed to and extending upwardly through the opening and enclosing a wick, the wick holder having an circular recess formed therein, the bottle being dimensioned to interfit to all of the at least two liquid vaporization devices to operatively locate the wick within the heating chamber of all of the at least two vaporization devices whereby the wick is heated by the liquid vaporization devices, the annular recess being dimensioned to receive a circular ring formed in one of the vaporization devices to allow the bottle to be interfitted to that vaporization device, and wherein the bottle includes a fixation means to retain the bottle to all of the at least two liquid vaporization devices and wherein the fixation means includes both an annular collar surrounding the neck of the bottle and at least one projection extending outwardly from the set of opposed surfaces wherein the retaining of the bottle by either the annular collar or the at least one projection to all of the at least two liquid vaporization devices positions the wick of the bottle within the heating chamber of all of the at least two vaporization devices.  
   
   
       5 . A bottle as defined in  claim 4  wherein said circular recess in said wick holder has an inner diameter of about 10 mm.  
   
   
       6 . A bottle as defined in  claim 4  wherein said circular recess in said wick holder has an inner diameter of at least about 13 mm.  
   
   
       7 . A liquid vaporization device having a bottle removably affixed thereto, said liquid vaporization device having one of a receiving structure and a downwardly extending circular ring or a releasable securing means, a bottle having an outlet opening and a recess formed therein and adapted to interfit within the liquid vaporization device, the bottle having a projection extending outwardly therefrom and an annular collar surrounding the outlet opening, the bottle being affixable to the liquid vaporization device by either, the annular collar being secured to the releasable securing means or the projection cooperatively interfitting within the receiving structure in the liquid vaporization device and with the circular ring interfitting within the recess formed in the bottle.  
   
   
       8 . The liquid vaporization device as defined in  claim 3  wherein said recess is a circular recess.  
   
   
       9 . The liquid vaporization device of  claim 8  wherein the said circular recess has an internal diameter of about 10 mm.  
   
   
       10 . The liquid vaporization device of  claim 8  wherein the said circular recess has an outer diameter of at least about 13 mm.  
   
   
       11 . The liquid vaporization device as defined in  claim 8  wherein the releasable securing means comprises at least one latch that extends from the liquid vaporization device.  
   
   
       12 . The liquid vaporization device as defined in  claim 11  wherein the releasable securing means comprises as pair of latches that extend downwardly in the liquid vaporization device to grasp the annular collar.  
   
   
       13 . A bottle adapted to be releasably interfitted with at least first and second vaporization devices, each of the first and second vaporization devices having a housing differently dimensioned and adapted to receive a bottle containing a liquid to be vaporized, the dimensions of said bottle being predetermined such that the bottle is adapted to operatively interfit with each of the differently dimensioned housings, the bottle having a projection extending outwardly therefrom and having outlet opening, a wick holder affixed within said outlet opening, said wick holder having a circular recess concentric with said outlet opening, said wick holder extending upwardly from said outlet opening and containing a wick, the first vaporization device having an opening and having a circular ring extending downwardly, the second vaporization device having a releasable securing means, the bottle being affixable to the liquid vaporization device by either, the annular collar being secured to the releasable securing means of the second vaporization device or the projection of the first vaporization device cooperatively interfitting within the opening in the first receiving structure wherein the circular ring of the first vaporization device interfits into the circular recess of the wick holder.  
   
   
       14 . The bottle as defined in  claim 13  wherein each of the first and second vaporization devices has a heating chamber for receiving the wick containing a material to be vaporized, the bottle being dimensioned to interfit to the first and second vaporization devices to operatively locate the wick within the heating chamber of the first and second vaporization devices.  
   
   
       15 . The bottle as defined in  claim 13  wherein said circular recess has an internal diameter of about 10 mm.  
   
   
       16 . The bottle as defined in  claim 13  wherein said circular recess has an outer diameter of about 13 mm.  
   
   
       17 . The bottle as defined in  claim 8  wherein said circular recess has a depth of at least about 7.5 mm.  
   
   
       18 . A bottle adapted to be releasably interfitted with at least two liquid vaporization devices, each vaporization device having a housing differently dimensioned and adapted to receive a bottle containing a liquid to be vaporized, one of the at least two vaporization devices having a circular ring extending downwardly therefrom and having an opening and another vaporization device having a releasable securing means, the bottle having a neck forming an outlet opening extending therefrom and having a wick holder affixed within said opening enclosing a wick therein, said wick holder having a recess formed therein, the bottle also having a projection extending outwardly therefrom and an annular collar surrounding the neck, the dimensions of the bottle and the location of the outlet opening being predetermined such that the bottle is adapted to operatively interfit with each of the differently dimensioned housings with either the projection interfitted through the opening in the housing and the recess in the wick holder receiving the circular ring or the annular collar interfitted to the releasable securing means.  
   
   
       19 . The bottle as defined in  claim 18  wherein said circular recess has an internal diameter of about 10 mm.  
   
   
       20 . The bottle as defined in  claim 18  wherein said circular recess has an outer diameter of at least about 13 mm.  
   
   
       21 . A bottle adapted to be releasably interfitted with a first, second, third and fourth liquid vaporization device, each of the first, second, third and fourth liquid vaporization devices having a locking system and a different housing adapted to receive a bottle containing a liquid to be vaporized, the dimensions of said bottle being predetermined such that the bottle is adapted to operatively interfit with each of the different housings, the bottle having a locking feature formed thereon and having outlet opening, a wick extending upwardly from said outlet opening, the bottle being affixable to any of the first, second, third and fourth liquid vaporization devices with the locking feature cooperatively interfitting with a locking system of the first, second third and fourth liquid vaporization device.