Cigarette snuffing and storing device

US5385157A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Kenneth Smith · Böblingen, DE
• Adam Pliska · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 1993
• Grant date: Jan 31, 1995
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24F13/18
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An apparatus is provided for extinguishing and storing a cylindrical smoking material, such as a cigarette or a cigar. A cylindrical body has open ends, one of which is for receiving the smoking material. A cylindrical cap has an open end adapted to snugly receive the one open end of the cylindrical body. As such, the one open end of the cylindrical body may be capped in a substantially airtight manner. A hollow cylindrical plug has an open end for providing access to an interior cavity of the plug. A flexible screen covering the open end of the plug extends away from the open end of the plug and fits snugly within the other end of the cylindrical body in a substantially airtight manner. The cylindrical plug includes a non-smooth surface for facilitating gripping thereof. As such, the smoking material may be inserted into the one open end of the cylindrical body, which is then capped by the cylindrical cap, thereby smothering the smoking material within the airtight cylindrical body. Ashes from the smoking material are retained within the interior cavity of the plug, which may be emptied or cleaned periodically.