Patent ID: 6092533
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
A device for humecting an oblong smoking article of variable cross-sectional diameter, said smoking article having a maximum cross-sectional diameter and a minimum cross-sectional diameter, said device comprising:a pocket-carryable container having a first pair of opposite walls, each of said walls having a circular aperture therethrough of a diameter larger than said maximum cross-sectional diameter;said apertures being substantially aligned about a common central axis;a slab of spongy material held between said walls, and having a window cut therethrough in axial alignment with said apertures and wherein said slab has a plurality of slits extending radially and outwardly from said window;said window having a maximum dimension lesser than the maximum cross-sectional diameter of said article; anda humecting liquid dispersed through said slab.