Patent ID: 8113343

Claim:
A portable cigarette ashes container comprising: a receptacle; a top portion which is detachable from the receptacle, and which includes a top side in which there are provided: (i) only one circular aperture which is adapted to have cigarette butts inserted therethrough and to open to an interior of the receptacle, and (ii) an additional aperture which opens to an upwards open pocket adapted to be disposed in the receptacle; a tubular passage made out of heat resistant material and having a same internal diameter as a diameter of the circular aperture in the top portion, wherein the tubular passage is tightly secured at one end thereof to an edge of said circular aperture, wherein the diameter of the circular aperture is substantially the same as a diameter of a cigarette, and wherein the tubular passage is adapted to hold and retain a cigarette butt inserted through the circular aperture; and a cap hingedly connected to the top side of the top portion, wherein said cap includes an interior closure member which is adapted to close the circular aperture in the top side of the top portion when the cap is in a closed position, wherein the pocket has a closed bottom end and is adapted to receive a gas container of a cigarette lighter with a lighter device thereof protruding above the top side of the receptacle, and wherein the pocket has a cross section adapted to a shape of the gas container and is freely located in the receptacle with an edge around the pocket opening being tightly secured to an edge of said additional aperture in the top portion.