Smoking substitute device/system
The present disclosure relates to a smoking substitute device. The smoking substitute device comprises: an elongate main body, the main body having a body length in a longitudinal dimension that is greater than a body width in a transverse dimension. The main body includes a curved portion having a curved longitudinal axis along the longitudinal dimension. The curved longitudinal axis is fixed.
1. A smoking substitute device, comprising:
an elongate main body, the elongate main body having a body length in a longitudinal dimension that is greater than a body width in a transverse dimension;
wherein the elongate main body includes a curved portion having a curved longitudinal axis extending along the longitudinal dimension,
wherein the elongate main body is rigid such that the curved longitudinal axis is a fixed axis; and
wherein the elongate main body includes an upper housing surface and an opposing lower housing surface, the lower housing surface including a concave portion that extends substantially the total longitudinal length of the elongate main body.
2. The smoking substitute device according to claim 1 , wherein the curved portion is located between a first longitudinal end of the main body and a second, opposite, longitudinal end of the elongate main body.
3. The smoking substitute device according to claim 1 wherein a radius of curvature of the curved longitudinal axis is between 1000 millimeters and 300 millimeters.
4. The smoking substitute device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper housing surface has an upper radius of curvature in the longitudinal dimension that is different from a lower radius of curvature in the longitudinal dimension of the lower housing surface.
5. The smoking substitute device according to claim 4 , wherein the lower radius of curvature is larger than the upper radius of curvature.
6. The smoking substitute device according to claim 4 , wherein the upper housing surface includes a user feedback means.
7. The smoking substitute device according to claim 4 , wherein a total longitudinal length across the upper housing surface is greater than a total longitudinal length across the lower housing surface.
8. The smoking substitute device according to claim 4 , wherein in a taper region of the elongate main body the upper housing surface tapers towards the lower housing surface, the lower housing surface tapers towards the upper housing surface, or the lower and upper housing surfaces taper towards one another.
9. The smoking substitute device according to claim 8 , wherein the taper region is along a transverse edge of the elongate main body.
10. The smoking substitute device according to claim 8 , wherein the taper region is at a longitudinal end of the elongate main body.
11. A smoking substitute system, including a smoking substitute device according to claim 1 and a consumable for engagement with the smoking substitute device.
12. A smoking substitute system according to claim 11 , wherein the upper housing surface has an upper radius of curvature in the longitudinal dimension that is different from a lower radius of curvature in the longitudinal dimension of the lower housing surface;
wherein in a taper region of the elongate main body the upper housing surface tapers towards the lower housing surface, the lower housing surface tapers towards the upper housing surface, or the lower and upper housing surfaces taper towards one another;
wherein the taper region is at a longitudinal end of the elongate main body; and
wherein the smoking substitute device is configured such that the consumable is for engagement with an engagement longitudinal end of the smoking substitute device, the engagement longitudinal end being opposite to the longitudinal end.