Patent ID: 8266926
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. A cigarette urn having at least one sidewall opening for receiving ashes, cigar and cigarette debris and other waste, comprising: a base defining an interior space having an opening at an upper area thereof; a cover having a use position in which it is removably engaged with said base and covers said opening of said base and a storage position in which it is inverted from the use position, said cover including a first elongate portion that defines a through passage having an opening at upper and lower ends, said first elongate portion extending vertically upward from said base when said cover is in its use position; and a cap having a use position in which it is removably engaged with said cover and covers said opening at said upper end of said passage of said cover and a storage position in which it is inverted from the use position, said cap including a second elongate portion that defines the at least one sidewall opening, said second elongate portion defining a through passage having an opening at a lower end and leading from the at least one sidewall opening to said opening at said lower end, said second elongate portion extending vertically upward from said cover when said cap is in its use position, said cover and said cap being structured and arranged relative to said base to provide the urn with a use state in which said cover and said cap are in their use positions to thereby form a conduit from the at least one sidewall opening in said cap through said passages in said cap and said cover to said interior space of said base, said base, said cover and said cap being configured to provide the urn with a storage and transport state in which said cover and said cap are in their storage positions in which they are inverted relative to their use position while an orientation of said base, remains the same, and they are at least partially situated in said interior space of said base, wherein said cap further includes a middle region and a transition region at a lower end of said middle region, said transition region including a flange region, a tapered portion extending outward from a lower edge of said middle region to an upper edge of said flange portion, and a connecting portion arranged below said flange portion, said connecting portion being arranged to fit within an upper edge region of said first elongate portion of said cover, said flange portion being arranged to provide an outer surface substantially contiguous with an outer surface of said first elongate portion.