Patent ID: 6354302
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
A device for snuffing out smoking tobacco products of various diameters, comprising:a) a housing, having a first open end, a second closed end, and a cavity formed therebetween; b) a slider, positioned within the cavity, having an opening defined by an inner surface for accepting a burning end of a smoking tobacco product; and c) an adjustable retainer, disposed within the slider opening, wherein the retainer and the slider work in concert to snugly accept the burning end of the smoking tobacco product to thereby extinguish and retain the tobacco product, wherein the adjustable retainer is flexible and has an attachment end and an adjustment end; wherein the adjustment end is not attached to the slider; and wherein the retainer is attached at the attachment end to the inner surface of the opening and is disposed such that the adjustment end extends beyond the slider.