US1792765A - Cigarette holder - Google Patents

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Feb. 17, 1931. J W, SCHEHL 1,792,765

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Jan. l50, 1929 pf2/for eg i UNITED STA Patented Feb. 17, 1931 TEs JOSEPH W. .SCHEHL OFIAOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO `LEONARD RUEGG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA invention has to do with cigarette orf Fig. 3; and

' 6 music stand or the like.l

of novelty ofmy invention resides in the fact' CIGARETTE HOLDER i Y. Appli-cation led January 30, 1929. `Serial No. $36,084:.v

cigarr holders, and' more `particularly such holders as may be readily and easily attached to and detachedV from a piecel of furniture,

that the device is so designed and constructed that the holder portion may be collapsed l, when not in use so that it may be completely Mg10 out of the way; and if it be desired to removeV the holder from the piece of furniture, the

holder may be collapsed to a convenient carrying size.

How these and various other objects andV accomplishments are obtained through my invention will best be understood from the following detailed description of a preferred and particular adaptation.

While the respects in which my holder may be used to great convenience and utility are numerous, I shall select its use in connection with a music stand for purposes of descrip-- tion and illustration.

It is well known that when a musician, for instance, in the course of his work,ldesires to indulge in a smoke, he is usually in a. place where a smoking stand or ash tray are not conveniently at hand, and when he desires to rest his lighted cigarette or cigar for a moment, he is at a loss for a place to rest it.'

Whereas if he is equipped with one of my de-A vices he may readily attach the device to thev standard of his music stand; and when the device is not in use he may tilt-it alongside his music stand to a position where it is almost flush with the standard; and when he dismantles and collapses his music stand, he may A further feature" Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the device shown in Fig. V5 is a side view showing how a music stand may be collapsed around the device'of Figs. 1 and 2. "In Fig. 1 I show a spring clip 10 which is utilized for attaching and yieldably holding the device to astandard 16, such for instance as the standard of a music stand. Clip 10`is preferably formed ofa piece of 'spring metal formed into a U-shape, the attaching flange portion of the clip being 'curved as at 10a so as to conform to a circular standard or the like to securely hold thel clip in place. Of course ifthe spring clip 10 is made to grip a flat surface, such as a tableedge, the curvature 10a may be eliminated, as better fillustrated in Fig. f

Pivoted to clip 10, by pivot pin 11, `is a trough or holderr12, more or less semi-circular in form, which forms the portion of the device for holding the cigarette or cigar. Y The side walls of trough 12 are cut away as at 12a to facilitate the grasping of the cigar or cigarette with the ngers. Holder 12has at its Ainner or attaching end two lips 13 through which pivot pin 11 is placed to pivotally atv tach the trough 12'to the attaching clip 10. These lips t over the clip 10 and the pivot pin 11 is then passed through the lips 13 and clip 10, making it possible to tilt the trough 12 veritcally upwardlyr as shown in Fig. 2. End 14 of trough 12,A when the device is in its eX- tended or operative position, abuts clip 10 t0 form a stop"against further vertical down- 'ward movement'of trough '12.

Pivot -pinv 11 may be headed at each end vafterbeing inserted through lips 13 and clip 10, or it may have a head at one end andbe screw-threaded at the other and a lock nut on its screw-threaded end. I have illustrated the pinasbeing headed at each end as'I find that construction to be more economical of manufacture.

When the device is in use it is in its eX- tended form best shown in Fig. 1;.and as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the device is not being used, it may he easily tilted to an unobstructing positionby merely tilting the trough portion 12 upwardly against the post or standard 16 of the article to which .it is attached; the lips 13 may grip clip 10 sufficiently tightly and resiliently as to hold trough 12 in its upward collapsed or inoperative position until tilted back to operative position by manual force.

To attach the device to an article such as a music stand, the spring clip portion 10 is merely forced on the standard 16 and, being made of spring metal, the clip 10 yieldably grips the standard, the curved portion 10a conforming to the shape of the standard to prevent the clip 10 itself from tilting vertically and also insuring a firmer grip on the standard.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated how a music stand may be collapsed around my holder. There I have shown a standard 16 having collapsible feet F. By tilting the trough portion 12 of my device vertically upwardly to a position against standard 16, the feet F may then be collapsed around the standard and holder as shown in dotted lines. I have here illustrated only a particular type of music stand, but it will of course be obvious that my device may be used in connection with stands which collapse in various other manners.

In Figs. 8 and 4 I have illustrated a modified form of device, adapted more particularly to be attached to a flat surface, such as a card table edge, and made to tilt horizontally. In this form it will be noted that the spring clip 10 has straight flanges 10?), and while the trough 12 is pivoted to the clip 10 in the same manner as before described, the trough portion 12 is so formed that it may be tilted horizontally alongside the table edge and at the same time the portion of the trough adapted to hold the cigarette or cigar will be upright and in holding position.

In this form the portion 12b of trough 12 is shaped with its portion 14 abutting clip 10 in the same manner described in connection with the vertically tilting form; but in this latter form the pivot pin 11 extends through the lips 13 and clip 10 vertically instead of horizontally as in the previously described form, and thus the portion 120 must be formed with its side-walls extending upwardly so that portion 120 may be capable of holding a cigar or cigarette. In Figs. 3 and 4 the edge of a table or other flat surface is shown at 20, the flanges of clip member 10 resting horizontally on the table edge, and the trough member 12 being pivoted to clip 10 so as to swing in a horizontal plane.

It will be understood, of course, that member 12 may be of any desired shape; for instance it may be cup-shaped so as to form an ash receiver.

I claim:

1. A holder of the character described, comprising a clamping member to yieldably clamp a vertically extending standard, and a holding member pivotally mounted upon said clamping member so as to swing in a vertical plane; said holding member having a portion adapted to abut the clamping member and thereby stop the downward vertical movement of said holding member when it has reached ay horizontal position.

2. A holder of the character described, comprising a U-shaped yielding clamping member, a portion of which is shaped to conform to a vertically extending circular sta-ndard a holding member, semi-circular in crosssection, pivotally mounted upon said clamping member and movable in a vertical plane; said holding member having a portion adapted to abut the clamping member to arrest the downward vertical movement of said holding member at a predetermined position.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 12th day of December, 1928.

JOSEPH W. SCHEHL.

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