Patent ID: 6161549
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A24F,A61L

Abstract:
An integral ash tray assembly for receiving and extinguishing smoking cigarette butts comprising:a hollow tube body having an upper end portion and a lower end portion;a cap assembly disposed over said upper end portion including an inserting hole for receiving cigarette butts and a hinged cover for covering said inserting hole and for exposing said inserting hole to receive a cigarette butt;an aroma tube containing an aromatic material coupled to the lower portion of said tube body; anda removable and replaceable first porous member formed of a mesh material on which cigarette butts are deposited, wherein said first porous member is located above said aroma tube through which aroma from said aroma tube passes a second aroma tube and a second porous member disposed above said first aroma tube and below said first porous member, wherein said second porous member has a mesh with a mesh structure equal to or smaller than that of said first porous member;said integral ash tray being closed and sealed when said hinged cover is closed so that no smoke is exhausted from said ash tray assembly to the ambient environment.