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Smoking-waste receptacle

US7055714B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 1, 2003
Grant dateJun 6, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24F19/14
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A smoking-waste receptacle includes a housing and a container for receiving smoking waste and that can be inserted into and removed from the housing. The container includes a removal opening that permits removal of smoking waste deposited in the container and a door movable relative to the removal opening and configured to cover the removal opening when the container is disposed in the housing. The container can include a container body and flow-inhibiting structure disposed within the container body to inhibit smoke from leaving the container body. The container can includes a first wall extending substantially vertically, a first insertion opening in the first wall that allows smoking waste to be inserted into the container, and a first snuff member disposed within the container and adjacent the first insertion opening at a position that permits smoking waste that has been inserted into the first insertion opening to be pushed against the first snuff member.

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