US2765794A

US2765794A - Ash tray

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Publication number: US2765794A
Application number: US320934A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sheppard John Craig
Original assignee: EDNA H ANGLIM; MORGAN ANGLIM; WILLIAM RAMOS
Current assignee: EDNA H ANGLIM; MORGAN ANGLIM; WILLIAM RAMOS
Priority date: 1952-11-17
Filing date: 1952-11-17
Publication date: 1956-10-09
Anticipated expiration: 1973-10-09

Description

Oct. 9, 1956 1.. c. SHEPPARD 9 9 ASH TRAY Filed NOV. 17, 1952 John Craig Sheppard IN VEN TOR.

Attorney:

United Sates Patent ASH TRAY John Craig Sheppard, Reno, Nev., assignor of one-fourth to Morgan Anglim and Edna H. Anglim as joint tenants and one-fourth to William Ramos, Reno, Nev.

Application November 17, 1952, Serial No. 320,934

1 Claim. (Cl. 131235D' This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in ash trays and the principal object of the invention is to substantially prevent scattering or blowing of ashes by wind or by inadvertent Sneezing or coughing.

The above object is achieved by the provision of an ash tray including a bowl shaped base portion and a domeshaped cover portion which is separably attached to the base portion and is provided with one or more openings through which ashes and cigarette butts may be deposited in the base portion, the arrangement of the cover and openings being such that the ashes are substantially prevented from being blown or otherwise scattered.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a plurality of cigarette rests which are carried by the cover portion and are preferably disposed within the cover portion in a downwardly and inwardly slanting position, so that if a cigarette is permitted to remain thereon, it will slide into the base portion and become extinguished.

An additional feature of the invention resides in the provision of snuffer means within the cover portion, the same being enclosed in such manner by the cover portion that sparks or ashes resulting when a cigarette is snuffed automatically drop into the base portion of the ash tray.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

The figure is a perspective view of the invention;

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the ash tray is designated generally by the reference character 70 and embodies in its construction a bowl-shaped base portion 72 and a dome-shaped cover portion 74 which is separately attached to the base portion 72 in any suitable manner. The upper edge of the base portion 72 is provided with an annular flange 26 to frictionally receive the lower edge portion of the cover portion 74 as shown.

The base portion 72 is equipped at the bottom thereof with suitable supporting legs 76 so that the entire ash tray may rest upon a suitable flat surface.

The cover portion 74 is provided in the sides thereof with a plurality of downwardly tapered entrance openings 78 and substantially horizontal, trough-shaped cigarette rests 80 are provided at the lower edges of the respec tive openings and which extend in radially directed positions inwardly of the cover portion 74. If desired, these rests may assume the form of portions of material which is struck out from the cover 74 when the openings 78 are formed, and, the rests 80 are slanted downwardly prefer- "ice ably, so that when a burning cigarette is positioned thereon, the cigarette will tend to slide into the tray where it will eventually become extinguished or consumed in the base portion 72.

By simply removing the cover portion 74 from the base portion 72, the interior of the ash tray may be quickly and easily emptied and cleaned.

A pyramidal snuffer member 82 is disposed centrally in the cover 74 to which it is attached as at 83, substantially as shown. The snuifer member 82 depends in downwardly flaring position between the inner ends of the cigarette rests 8t) and is pyramidal and of polygonal cross section to provide downwardly slanting, angularly related flat snutfer surfaces 85, one of which is spaced inwardlf from the inner end of each cigarette rest and is in a plane upwardly and inwardly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the rest. The cigarette snufier 80 provides a wind battle between opposite openings 78 and opposite cigarette rests 80, substantially preventing wind from blowing through said openings 78 crosswise of the cover portion 74 and scattering sparks and ashes out of said openings.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

An ash tray comprising a bowl-shaped base, a domeshaped cover removably seated on said base and provided with a plurality of circumferentially Spaced cigarette receiving openings therein, a plurality of substantially hori- Zontal cigarette rests extending in radially directed positions inwardly from said cover at edges of the openings and lying wholly within said cover, and a downwardly flaring member in said cover depending centrally from the top of the cover between said rests and openings and providing a cigarette snuffer opposite each rest as well as a wind baffle substantially preventing air from blowing through said openings crosswise of said cover and scattering ashes and sparks out of said openings from cigarettes disposed on said rests, said member being of pyramidal shape and polygonal cross-section to provide downwardly slanting, angular related fiat snuffer surfaces, one of said flat snuffer surfaces being inwardly spaced from the inner end portion of each cigarette rest and in a plane upwardly and inwardly inclined relative to the iongitudinal axis of the rest.

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