Patent ID: 8069860

Claim:
A humidification control device for use in a vessel containing a cigar, the device comprising: a container having a main chamber for storing and dispensing liquids and a base section, said base section defining an opening with a contact surface around the periphery of said opening; a cigar, said cigar having at least one exposed unsealed end; a receptacle being sealable in vacuum tight relation inside said main chamber and extending vertically above said opening in said base section for receiving and retaining said cigar; a closure plug having a tubular housing member with a closed bottom, a top defining an opening, and an integrally projecting flange being adapted to engage said opening in said base section conformable to the shape of said contact surface; a humidification means; and, a tubular case for holding said humidification means, said tubular case having surrounding walls, a bottom member and a top member, and an opening in said tubular case through which humidification vapors may freely pass, said tubular case adapted to releasably join with said tubular housing member of said closure plug, wherein said opening in said tubular case is defined by a projecting rim.