Tobacco – Tobacco users' appliance – Cigar or cigarette extinquishers
Patent
1994-08-05
1996-10-15
Millin, Vincent
Tobacco
Tobacco users' appliance
Cigar or cigarette extinquishers
1312351, 131231, 131178, A24H 1318
Patent
active
055644430
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to portable accessories for use by smokers of cigarettes, cigars and the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Smokers of cigarettes, cigars and the like are well aware nowadays of how their smoking disturbs and endangers those around them. Non-smokers especially are disturbed by the health risks associated with inhaling the second-hand smoke given off from the burning tip of a cigarette. Many people are also concerned about the risk of fire caused by a discarded cigarette that has been improperly extinguished or by a burning cigarette that has been lost or left unattended.
It has been found that the repeated extinguishing and lighting of a cigarette between puffs leads to a significant reduction in both second hand smoke and fire hazards. Various devices have been developed for extinguishing a cigarette between puffs and examples are provided below.
One such device is provided by U.S. Pat. No. 2,309,011 issued to Porter. This patent describes a device that may be carried by a smoker and used to periodically extinguish a cigarette. The device may either be used on its own or be integrally connected to a lighter. The primary object of this device is to extinguish the cigarette in such a way that its flavour will not be impaired when it is lighted again. One problem with the device is that it does not facilitate the removable attachment of lighters to the extinguisher unit. This is important since it is sometimes desirable to use the lighter separately from the extinguisher. Also, many lighters nowadays are disposable and it is desirable that the lighter can be replaced once it has expired.
Another device is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 4,473,084 issued to Marshall. This patent describes an ashtray having a receiver that is adapted to support and extinguish a cigarette. The ashtray includes a storage space of pre-determined shape for receiving a lighter. The ashtray may not be conveniently carried however and is not adapted to grip onto lighters of different shapes or sizes.
What is needed is a portable extinguishing device that overcomes the above problems and that permits a smoker to conveniently extinguish and relight his cigarette between puffs.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the present invention provides a portable extinguishing device comprising: casing includes a pair of opposing jaws that are resiliently biased toward each other for releasably gripping a lighter.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For a better understanding of the present invention, and to show more clearly how it may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings. The drawings show preferred embodiments of the present invention, in which:
FIG. 1 is a disassembled, perspective view of an extinguishing device in accordance with the present invention, with a first embodiment of a casing positioned beside an extinguishing cup;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the casing shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the casing shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side view of a fourth embodiment of the casing shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a top view of the casing of FIG. 4, in combination with an extinguishing cup.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
A portable extinguishing device in accordance with the present invention is shown generally at 10 in FIGS. 1 and 5. The device is described below for use with conventional cigarettes however it should be understood that the apparatus may be modified for use with cigars or other cylindrical smoking materials.
The device 10 includes a casing 12 that is adapted to carry an extinguishing cup 14 and a lighter (not shown). In FIG. 1, the device is shown disassembled with a first embodiment of the casing 12 positioned beside the extinguishing cup 14. Several alternative embodiments of the casing 12 are shown in FIGS. 2-5 and are described further below. For convenience, the same reference numerals are used to refer to similar eleme
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patent: 3291138 (1966-12-01), Thompson
patent: 3410322 (1968-11-01), Lockwood
patent: 4473084 (1984-09-01), Marshall
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Blaisdll et al.-Table Lighter-Dec. 18, 1956, pp. 1-2.
Miller-Cigarette Lighter Assembly-Nov. 7, 1950-pp. 1 and 3.
Anderson Charles
Millin Vincent
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