Patent ID: 6463936
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
A cigarette handling system for extinguishing a lit cigarette and retaining the unlit cigarette for relighting in a safe, convenient and taste-retaining manner comprising, in combination:a housing in a generally tubular configuration formed with a sidewall and an integrally formed circular bottom wall and an open upper end, the housing being fabricated of a rigid moldable plastic material, the housing having an exterior surface with a diameter of about 0.470 inches adjacent to the bottom wall and about 0.570 inches adjacent to the upper end, the housing having an interior surface with a diameter of about 0.350 inches adjacent to the bottom wall, the interior surface being hollow for forming a chamber adapted to receive a lit cigarette and with the sidewall tapering radially outwardly from adjacent to the bottom wall toward the upper end with the upper end being flared slightly to facilitate the guidance and entry of the lit end of a cigarette into the chamber, a lower end of the chamber having an undercut recess extending from the bottom wall to about 1.667 inches toward the upper end; a cylindrical cup fabricated of a hard metal selected from a group consisting of aluminum, brass and steel, and positioned at the lower extent of the chamber, the cup having a lower circular plate positioned on the bottom wall of the housing and a cylindrical sidewall located within the recess, an open upper end adapted to receive a lit end of a cigarette, and an interior surface, the interior surface of the cup being in essential alignment with the interior surface of the housing adjacent to the lower end; a cylindrical stopper having a diameter to fit over the upper end of the housing, the stopper having a cylindrical stopper of a reduced diameter extending inwardly into the housing to seal off and terminate the flow of oxygen into the housing; a hinge integrally formed with the interior surface of the housing adjacent to the upper end and to the stopper; and a lock formed of a projection extending radially from the upper edge of the housing diametrically opposed from the hinge and a C-shaped clamp extending outwardly from the stopper adapted to removably couple with respect to the projection.