Patent ID: 7661431
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. An ashtray comprising, in combination: a) a base, said base being cylindrically shaped having a bottom, circumferential walls, and being open at the top wherein an upper rim is formed around the top of said base, said base being removably mounted in a drink holder in a vehicle; b) a cigar holder having first and second opposing ends, said cigar holder being substantially U-shaped having an underside and a pair of upwardly extending sides, said sides terminating at an upper end forming an open top to receive a lit cigar so that a lit end of the cigar is adjacent said first end; c) said cigar holder having a downwardly extending flange mounted on the underside of said holder, said flange being aligned with a central axis of said cigar holder and having a distal edge, said distal edge having a slot to mate with a slot formed in the upper rim of said base for removably mounting said cigar holder on said base so that said first end of said cigar holder is disposed over said open end of said base; and, d) a screen being disposed on said first end of said cigar holder so that ashes from a lit cigar can be scraped off and fall through the screen into said base, said screen being U-shaped to match a contour of said first end of said cigar holder.