Tobacco – Tobacco users' appliance – Cigar and cigarette end cutters – combined
Reexamination Certificate
1997-10-23
2001-10-09
Silverman, Stanley S. (Department: 1731)
Tobacco
Tobacco users' appliance
Cigar and cigarette end cutters, combined
C131S303000, C131S329000, C206S236000, CD27S186000, CD27S187000, CD27S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06298857
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hand held portable cigar humidor and, more particularly, pertains to a cigar humidor with an integrally formed ridge structure on its upper housing which is adapted to secure both a cigar cutter and a belt clip mechanism to the upper housing.
2. Description of the Related Art
Cigar aficionados have long known that some of the best cigars in the world are grown in tropical or equatorial areas and that such cigars are optimally aged in an environment where the relative humidity is high (approximately 70%). Accordingly, various humidifying devices and humidors have been employed in an attempt to replicate the humid climate where the cigar tobacco was grown. Known humidors include rooms and various boxes including humidifiers within which cigars are stored and aged. However, prior art humidors fail to address the need for a portable humidor within which cigars of various sizes may be safely transported without being damaged.
In order to optimize the smoking experience, cigar smokers additionally rely upon other equipment and tools, such as a cutter for properly removing the tip of a cigar. Significantly, the prior art is devoid of a hand held portable humidor including a detachable cigar cutter.
Optimally, a hand held portable cigar humidor would also include a mechanism for securing the humidor to an item of wearing apparel. Such a mechanism would preferably be streamlined, or “low profile”, and particularly adapted for securing the humidor to a belt, waist of a pair of pants, pocket, or the like.
Additionally, it would be desirable to provide a portable cigar humidor which is adjustable to accommodate cigars varying in size, and which is designed to minimize the possibility of the cigars being damaged by unintented adjustments in the size of the humidor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with a specific illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a hand held portable humidor with a humidifying material for maintaining a substantially constant relative humidity within the humidor includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a cigar cutter, a clip member and a ridge structure. The upper housing includes an exterior surface. The lower housing is formed of a material less rigid than the upper housing. The lower housing is telescopically fitted within the upper housing. The lower housing is sized sufficiently large relative to the upper housing and the material is sufficiently lubricative such that a sliding, substantially hermetic seal is maintained between the upper housing and the lower housing. The ridge structure is integrally formed on the exterior surface. The ridge structure is adapted to detatchably secure the cigar cutter and the clip member to the upper housing.
In another aspect of the present invention, the hand held portable humidor includes an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing includes a lid sized to receive humidifying material. The upper housing also includes an inwardly directed ridge. The lower housing is formed of a material less rigid than the upper housing. The lower housing includes at least one rib formed thereacross. The lower housing is telescopically fitted within the upper housing, with the at least one rib contacting the inwardly directed ridge when the lower housing is slid into the upper housing.
In another aspect of the present invention, the hand held portable humidor includes: a housing with an exterior surface; a lid pivotally secured to the housing and sized to receive humidifying material; a cigar cutter; a clip member; and a mechanism formed on the exterior surface for detatchably securing the cigar cutter and the clip member to the housing.
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Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Pacific Handy Cutter Inc.
Ruller Jacqueline A.
Silverman Stanley S.
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