Patent ID: 6695136
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A24F,B60N

Abstract:
An automobile cigarette case with electric lighter for dispensing lit cigarettes to the driver of an automobile having a dashboard, comprising:a substantially rectangular case housing having an inside surface and an outside surface, a top wall, a circular opening within the top wall, two side walls, a housing bottom, and a switch slot in the side wall near the housing bottom, the case housing substantially the height of a cigarette and sized to accommodate a plurality of cigarettes; an electric lighter located near the side wall, said lighter including a semicylindrical cradle located immediately below the circular opening, the semicylindrical cradle having a hollow for accommodating a cigarette, a lighter spring attached between the semicylindrical cradle and the housing bottom, a heating element mounted to the housing bottom and centered within the lighter spring, and a switch extending through the switch slot and attached to the semicylindrical cradle for selectively pushing the cradle downward and activating the heating element; and a cigarette passageway located within the housing, for storing a plurality of cigarettes oriented substantially between the top surface and housing bottom, the case housing may be selectively opened to allow access to the cigarette passageway, a long spring within the cigarette passageway pushes all cigarettes within the passageway toward the semicylindrical cradle such that when the switch is pushed downward, one of the cigarettes is advanced onto the semicylindrical cradle for lighting, wherein once said cigarette is lit, the lighter spring is released and said lit cigarette is extruded upward through the circular opening.