Patent ID: 7717259

Claim:
A container for a smoker's articles, the container having a top end, a longitudinal extent transverse to the top end, and a bottom end transverse to the longitudinal extent and at an opposite side of the container than the top end, the container including: a first chamber configured to receive a first smoker's article, or loose tobacco and a second chamber adjacent the first chamber configured to receive a second smoker's article, the first and second chambers opening at the top end to provide access into the first and second chambers; and a lid positioned over the top end of the container, the lid having a closed position blocking access into the first and second chambers, the lid being rotatable about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extent of the container, the rotation being between a first position at which the lid provides at least a partial opening to the first chamber and a second position at which the lid provides at least a partial opening to the second chamber; a third chamber extending parallel to the longitudinal extent of the container and comprising a closed top end immediately adjacent the top end of the container, a wider lower portion, and a bottom opening of the wider lower portion at the bottom end of the container, the third chamber configured to receive a metallic smoker's article; and a container magnet positioned at the closed top end of the third chamber and below the lid shaped and positioned so that the magnet covers at least a majority of the closed top end of the third chamber so that when the metallic smoker's article is received inside the third chamber, the container magnet is magnetically attracted to and magnetically retains the metallic smoker's article in the third chamber.