US2764164A - Safety cigarette holder and container therefor - Google Patents

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Sept., 25, 1956 Dl 1 CQFFEY 2,764,164

SAFETY CIGARETTE HOLDER AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Filed NOV. 30, 1955 I f' f r {/KENTOR. Wauw gf@ 5f M M United States Patent O SAFETY CIGARETTE HOLDER AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Daniel J. Coey, Bronx, N. Y.

Application November 30, 1953, Serial No. 395,140

1 tClaim. (Cl. 131-175) This invention relates to cigarette holders and a container therefor.

It is an `object of the present invention to provide a spring expandible cigarette holder adapted to be retained within a container in combination with a pack of cigarettes, means being provided in the container for releasibly mounting the cigarette end of the holder in the side of the container with the cigarette disposed entirely within the container.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cigarette holder of the above type wherein the cigarette holding member comprises a mouthpiece adjustable within an external sleeve to permit of smoking the entire length of the cigarette and to facilitate the cleaning of the member.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a cigarette holder and container therefor bearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy to use and efficient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a cigarette holder and container therefor embodying the features of the present invention, the container being shown closed about a package of cigarettes with the holder supported at the upper end of the container cover, shown partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the bottom half of the container after the package of cigarettes has been removed and showing the cigarette holder connected to one side thereof for smoking a cigarette `entirely therewithin and acting as an ash tray;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the bottom half of the container;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cover of the container and showing in phantom the manner in which the retractable cigarette holder is secured within the top thereof;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional View taken along the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the figures, and particularly Figs. l through 7, there is shown a container for a package of cigarettes 10 made up of a bottom body portion 11 and a cover portion 12 slidable thereon, substantially as illustrated. The cover 12 (Fig. 5) is provided at each end with inwardly pressed shoulders 13 near the top thereof by means of which a spring expandible holder 14 is secured therewithin, the normal length of the cigarette holder 14 being, of course, greater than the distance between the shoulders 13, whereby to retain the holder in the position shown. The lower portion of the shoulders 13 will provide a stop limiting the downward sliding movement of the cover when mounted upon the container to prevent the cigarette holder 14 when in the cover from crushing the `ends of the cigarettes in the package.

The body portion 11 at each end is provided with a circular opening 15 intermediate the top and bottom thereof and a circular lopening 16, the openings 15 and 16 being formed on the outer faces of the body with the circular rings 17 and 18, respectively. The body 11 and more particularly the ring 18 (Fig. 4) is formed with oppositely disposed inwardly extending projections 19 for a purpose which will hereinafter become clear. The opening 15 is of sufcient diameter to snugly engage a cigarette inserted therethrough, permitting the major portion of the cigarette to be disposed within the body portion 11 while being smoked and providing a convenient ash tray therefor.

The cigarette holder 14 includes a mouthpiece 20 having the usual bore 21 and a second enlarged bore 22 at the end remote from the mouth, forming a shoulder 23 (Fig. 3), a cylindrical member 24 being received within the bore 22. The member 24 at its end remote from the mouth is integrally formed with an enlarged head 25 substantially equal in diameter to the diameter of the cigarette, the member 24 being provided with a longitudinal bore 26. A sleeve 2'7 slidably receives therewithin the mouthpiece 2() and tube 24, the interior of the sleeve 27 being formed with a wall 28 having an opening 29 which slidably receives therethrough the body of the tube 24 but which abuts the head 25, limiting the outward displacement of the tube 24 in an obvious manner. The sleeve 27 is provided with an elongated slot 30 in which rides a pin 31 fixed to the mouthpiece 20 and tube 24, limiting the displacement of the mouthpiece 20 in each direction. The slot 3i) is provided at its end remote from the mouth with a lateral extension 32 and intermediate its ends with a second lateral extension 33, each adapted to receive the pin 31 upon rotation of the mouthpiece 2t) whereby to lock the latter relative to the sleeve. A spring 34 sleeves tube 24 intermediate wall 28 and the end of mouthpiece 20 and normally urges the head 25 against the wall 28, as shown in Fig. 3.

The end of sleeve 27 remote from mouthpiece 20 is provided (Fig. 7) with bayonet grooves 35 and slots 36, permitting the end of the sleeve to be passed through opening 16 when slots 36 are aligned with the lugs 19 of the body portion 11, whereupon the holder will be secured by simply twisting the sleeve within the opening in an obvious manner.

The spring 34 will normally urge the holder 14 to its full extended length (Fig. 3), this length being greater than the distance between the shoulders 13 and permitting the hoider to be snapped into the cover and retained therein, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 5. The cigarette pack 10 may then be inserted into the body 11, and the cover slid into place (Fig. l). 1n use, with the cigarette pack 10 removed and the holder 14 snapped out of the cover, a cigarette is placed into the open end of the sleeve 27 whereupon the latter is inserted through opening 16 in the manner described, and twisted, permitting the cigarette to be smoked and utilizing the container 11 as an ash tray (Figs. 2 and 3), air being drawn inwardly through the open top of the body 11 and through opening 15. When it is desired to utilize the full distance of the cigarette, the mouthpiece 20 will be pushed inwardly and then rotated when pin 31 is adjacent slot extension 33, to lock the mouthpiece in the inwardly projected position which moves the head 25 closer to the open end of the sleeve 27. To eject the cigarette, the pin 31 is rotated from slot extension 33 whereupon the mouthpiece 20 is pushed further inwardly ice and twisted so that pin 31 locks into extension 32, the head 25 pushing the cigarette completely out of the sleeve and into the container 11. The container 11 may then be emptied after using, the holder 14 removed by twisting movement and snapped into the cover 12, the cigarettes 10 replaced in the body of the container and the latter closed into a compact unit (Fig. l).

What is claimed is:

An article of the character described comprising in combination a container adapted to hold a conventional package of cigarettes, a cover having depending side walls and a top and adapted to slidably close thetop open end of the container, the said cover being provided with a pair of cooperating inwardly pressed shoulders adjacent the top wall thereof adapted to hold against displacement a spring expansible cigarette holder fitted longitudinally in the cover between the top of the inwardly pressed shoulders and the closed top of the cover, said container having an opening therein adapted to receive therethrough the smoking end of the cigarette holder and rreleasable means for securing said cigarette holder` to the said container whereby to permit the container to be used as an ash tray during the smoking of a cigarette held within the said cigarette holder, kthe lower portion of the shoulders providing a stop limiting the downward slidable movement of the cover when mounted on the container.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 890,741 West June 16, 1908 1,464,300 Taff Aug. 7, 1923 2,355,368 Di Rubbio Aug. 8, 1944 2,453,304 Coey Nov. 9, 1948 2,563,695 Siens Aug. 7, 1951 2,638,904 Mitchell May 19, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 76,002 Switzerland Oct. 16, 1917

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