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Cigarette extinguishing storage device

US5501332A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 1994
Grant dateMar 26, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24F13/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.

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