Patent ID: 7762266
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose cigar tool adapted to be carried in the pocket of a user, comprising: (a) a tool body comprising a pair of opposite lateral sides, a substantially closed bottom and a substantially open top and having implement-receiving recess means between said lateral sides; (b) a plurality of implements pivotally mounted on said body and movable between closed positions in which they are disposed in said recess means and open positions in which they are pivotally movable outwardly of said recess means, through said open top; (c) wherein one said implement comprises a cigar gripping implement; (d) said cigar gripping implement including a pair of cigar grippers having opposing, generally arcuate gripper elements adapted to hold a cigar therebetween; whereby (e) said cigar gripping implement and said tool body together function as a cigar stand when the bottom of the tool body is disposed on a surface; and (f) wherein gripping force means are provided, carried by and comprising part of the cigar tool, for closing the grippers around a cigar to a selected gripping force and for holding and supporting the cigar under the selected gripping force.