Cigarette snuffer
US5345953A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24F13/18
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A cigarette snuffer for extinguishing a lit cigarette is made of a cylindrical thin-wall tube having an open end section and a closed end section, with two diametrically opposed slots in the tube wall extending between the closed end section and open end section for enabling a user to grasp and remove an extinguished cigarette disposed in the tube. The slots have a sufficient width along the circumference of the tube such that a portion of the cigarette placed therein extends beyond the internal tube wall at opposite sides of the tube. The slots are spaced at least about one inch or one-fourth to one-third the length of the tube from the closed end of the tube.
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