US2617429A - Cigar and cigarette holder - Google Patents

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Nov. 11, 1952 A. SMERECK I CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Jan. 23; 1950 l PM Fig. 3.

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Patented Nov. 11, 1952 CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Arthur Smereck, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Product Development Engineering Research and Promotion Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application January 23, 1950, Serial No. 140,013

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for vehicle ash trays and deals with subject matter similar to my copending applications Ser. No. 140,014, filed and January 23, 1950; Ser. No. 171,935, filed on July 3, 1950, and Ser. No. 172,307, filed on July 6, 1950.

An object of this invention is to releasably hold a cigar or cigarette at a position above an ash tray of a vehicle so that it is unnecessary to hold the cigarette in the hand of the person driving the car or passengers when such persons do not desire to actually use the cigarette and when they do not desire to place the cigarette within the ash tray.

Another object of this invention is to provide an attachment which is used for the purpose detailed above and which has provision for releasably fastening it to one wall of a conventional ash tray in a vehicle, which ash tray is found as standard equipment in the great majority of vehicles now on the market.

Other objects and features will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it attached to one wall of a standard vehicle ash tray and showing in phantom a cigarette disposed in the cigarette receiving trough;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the device in Figure 1, portions being broken away in section to show detail of construction;

Figure 3 is a front view of the structure in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the device in Figure 2 showing a second position for the cigarette holder inphantom; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2 and in the direction of the arrows.

Most vehicles today are provided with anash tray as standard-Equipment. It is not the practice to provide'these ash trays with a holder for the cigarettes while the cigarettes are burning. Generally, the ash tray is simply a receptacle which may or may not be displaceably carried by a vehicle component, as the dashboard, back surface of the front seat, arm rest or other vehicle components. One wall In of a standard ash tray is illustrated in Figure 1. It is on any one of the walls of the standard ash tray that the attachment is adapted to be releasably fastened.

The attachment consists of a substantially L- shaped support l2 having means forming a clamp I4 at the lower end thereof and a block at the upper end thereof. This means consists of one leg l6 of the support and a spring clip [8 which is fastened by means of a screw 20 to a part of the support at one end and which has its lower end in confronting relation with the leg 16. The lower tip 22 of the spring clip I8 is bent outwardly to form a cam when inserting the device on the ash tray wall H). The spring clip I8 cooperating with the leg [6 forms a pair of jaws to serve the clamping function.

The upper surface of the support is flat and is provided with a tapered bore 24 which opens upwardly. A tapered pin 26 is disposed in the tapered bore or aperture thereby mounting the holder 28 for rotation about a vertical axis. The size of the pin 26 and size of the aperture 24 are such as to support the holder 28 above the support a small amount (see Figure 2).

The cigar or cigarette holder is provided with a trough 30 which passes entirely through the holder. This trough is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the holder. It has smoothly curved side walls which converge at the bottom of the trough in order to provide for cigars and cigarettes of various sizes, which may be held frictionally therein.

In operation the jaws hold the attachment in place on one wall of a cigarette or cigar ash tray. Accordingly, the holder 28 since it is capable of rotation about a vertical axis, may be moved to a convenient position depending upon where the person is sitting with respect to the attachment. Inasmuch as one wall of the ash tray is used to support the attachment the lit end of the cigarette or cigar is maintained over the open top of the ash tray so that ashes falling therefrom will be retained in the ash tray.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new 1s:

1. In an attachment for a vehicle ash tray, the attachment including a holder having a tapered pin extending therefrom, the improvement comprising a support for the holder, said support including a block with an upper surface, said block having a tapered bore therein which opens through said surface and which constitutes a means for rotatably supporting the pin of the holder, said block having a fixed and rigid leg depending therefrom and constituting a jaw element, a resilient member secured at one end to said block and having its other end located adjacent to said leg and constituting a second jaw element, and said jaw elements being adapted to receive a part of a wall of an ash tray therebetween.

3 2. The combination of claim 1 and said block being provided with a recess in one side wall thereof in which said resilient member is disposed, and one side of said leg being substantially planar to constitute a fiat bearing surface for contact with a wall of an ash tray.

ARTHUR SMERECK.

REFERENCES CITED 7 Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Southwick Jan. 14, 1873 Trenholm May 6, 1902 Cobb Jan. 16, 1917 Hanley Dec.. 11, 1923 Clarke 1. May 29, 1928 Gift May 27, 1930 Horwitt et a1 Mar. 3, 1936 Wagner June 22, 1937 Thomas Feb. 6, 1940 Clapp Feb. 3, 1942

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