Patent ID: 8695608
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cutting away a used portion of a cigarette and storing the remaining portion of the cigarette, comprising: a housing comprising: a cutting device movably positioned within the second compartment, wherein the cutting device can move in a first direction toward the first end of the first housing section or in an opposite, second direction toward the second end of the housing, the cutting device comprising a blade that passes through the passageway of the second end and enters the hollow interior of the second housing section when the cutting device is moved in the second direction, the cutting device having a portion thereof viewable and accessible through the longitudinally extending opening in the exterior wall of the first housing section; a slide button positioned on first housing section and having a portion that extends through the longitudinally extending opening and is connected to the cutting device, wherein the slide button allows a user to move the cutting device in the first and second directions; and wherein when a user desires to cut off a used portion of a cigarette, the user inserts the used portion of the cigarette through the opening of the front portion of the second housing section so that the used portion of the cigarette enters the hollow interior and protrudes from the opening of the rear portion of the second housing section, and then slides the slide button in the second direction so that the cutting blade enters the hollow interior and cuts off the used portion of the cigarette, and wherein the user then stores the remaining portion of the cigarette in the first compartment.