Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – For pocket or personal use
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-03
2001-09-18
Luong, Shian (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
For pocket or personal use
C220S008000, C206S270000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06290059
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a receiving tube for receiving a cigar therein and the tube includes three sections so as to be retractably combined according to length of the cigar to be received in the tube.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional cigar tube is shown in FIG.
8
and generally includes a body
10
having a closed bottom and an open top, and a cap
11
which is removably mounted to the open top of the body
10
. A cigar can be received in the body
10
and the cap
11
is mounted to the body
10
to prevent the cigar from being accessed by dust and moisture. The conventional cigar tube is simply a tube that has a fixed size. In order to let the user to receive the cigar with different length, manufacturers usually make the cigar tube as large as possible so that a small cigar can be received. It is obvious that when a cigar with small size is received in the cigar tube, the cigar is not well positioned in the tube so that it will impact an inside of the tube and will be deformed.
The present invention intends to provide a cigar tube that has a feature of changing its length so that the cigar in the tube can be well positioned.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cigar receiving tube and comprising a first tube having an open end with a protrusion extending radially outward from an outside of the open end. A second tube is movably mounted to the open end of the first tube and a collar extends radially inward from an inside of a first end of the second tube so that the collar may contact the protrusion when the second tube is slid away from the first tube to adjust the length of the cigar receiving tube.
The object of the present invention is to provide a cigar receiving tube that has a first tube and two second tubes respectively and movably mounted to two ends of the first tube so that the second tubes can be slid relative to the first tube to adjust the length of the cigar receiving tube.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a cigar receiving tube that includes a lighter and/or a knife means connected thereto.
These and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, several embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
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Baxley Charles E.
Luong Shian
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