US2999584A

US2999584A - Combination cigarette package and ash receiver

Info

Publication number: US2999584A
Application number: US848817A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alice M Gillespie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1959-10-26
Filing date: 1959-10-26
Publication date: 1961-09-12
Anticipated expiration: 1978-09-12

Description

Sept. 12, 1961 A. M. GiLLESPIE 2,999,584

COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 26, 1959 2 s-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. HLIOE M. GILLESPIE AYY'JRNEY Sept. 12, 1961 A. M. GlLLESPlE 2,999,584

COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 26, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. F-lLlCE M. GILLESPIE ATTJRNE'Y tilted 2,999,584 COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Alice M. Gillespie, 360 E. 234th St., Bronx, NY. Filed Oct. 26, 1959, Ser. No. 848,817 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-41) This invention relates to a combined cigarette package and ash tray or receiver.

Smokers find it inconvenient and embarrassing when away from a dwelling or when traveling when smoking to discard the ashes of the cigarette, as generally there is no receptacle convenient for the purpose. It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide a cigarette package with a convenient ash tray or receiver whereby no matter where the smoker finds himself or herself, an ash tray will be handy for use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined cigarette package and ash tray that is simple in construction, attractive in appearance and inexpensive to manufacture so that the package and ash tray may be discarded after the cigarettes in the package are smoked.

A further object according to a modification of the invention is to provide a combined cigarette package and ash tray with means for concealing the ashes and for extinguishing the cigarettes.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and acompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

' In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a combined cigarette package and ash tray made in accordance with one form of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ash tray unit per se with the tabs shown in extended condition.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 4-4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3 of a combined cigarette package and ash tray embodying a modified form of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the deformable liner for the ash tray of FIG. 5, the liner being shown in deformed condition in dot-dash lines.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 6 showing the liner deformed and serving as a compartment for cigarette ashes and as an extinguisher for cigarettes.

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of a combined cigarette package and ash tray embodying another modified form of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the ash tray unit removed from the cigarette package and with tabs extended prior to shaping into an ash tray.

FIG. 10 is a part side elevational and part sectional view of the combined cigarette package and ash tray of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the ash tray unit removed from the cigarette package and shaped into an ash tray.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 a combined cigarette package and ash tray embodying one form of the invention is shown and designated generally by the reference numeral 10. The combined cigarette package and ash tray comprises a plurality of cigarettes 12 enclosed in a paper or cardboard wrapper 14, rectangular in configuration and cross section, with square Patented Sept. 12, 1961 rift:

corners and with an openable flap 16 at one end thereof, the top end as shown in FIG. 1. The cigarettes may be extracted by merely opening the flap 16 in the usual manner.

In accordance with the invention, an ash tray unit 18 is provided for receiving the ashes of the cigarettes while being smoked. The ash tray unit removably fits over one end of the wrapper and comprises a box-like structure formed of lightweight metal such as aluminum, foil or the like. The ash tray unit is rectangular in configuration with smooth side walls 20, end walls 22 and bottom wall 24 and is open at the top. The end walls are formed with U-shaped slits. 26 defining tabs 28 which are adapted to be pressed out from the plane of the body of the tray by inserting the finger of the user inside the tray and forcing the tab outwardly to the position shown in P16. 4 in order to serve as finger pieces or handles for transporting or manipulating the ash tray. Due to the smooth surfaces of the cigarette wrapper and ash tray, the ash tray may readily he slipped onto either end of the cigarette wrapper 14.

The modified form of combined cigarette package and ash tray 10' shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, inclusive, differs from the form of FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, in that a liner member 30 is provided for the ash tray unit 18. The liner member 30 is formed of lightweight metal such as aluminum or foil and is channel-shaped and rectangular in plan with a bottom wall 32 and

upstanding side walls

34 and 36, being open at the ends and top. Side wall 34 is formed with a grooved weakened line 38 extending the length thereof adjacent its bottom end, and side wall 36 is formed with a similar grooved line 40 disposed above the line 38 of Wall 34. Both side walls are formed with circular holes 42 midway the ends and height thereof. The liner member is slightly smaller than the ash tray unit 18 so that it snugly fits inside thereof. I

The cigarette wrapper 14' fits snugly inside the liner member 30 thereby spacing the ash tray unit 18 away from the wrapper so that the finger of the user can readily be placed on top of the ash tray unit for forcing the ash tray unit and liner member oif of the wrapper for use. In order to use the ash tray unit 18 for holding cigarette ashes, the unit is removed from the wrapper by forcing the unit off of the wrapper, the liner member 30 being removed at the same time and remaining inside the ash tray unit. The side wall 3 4 of the liner member may then be bent inwardly along the grooved line 38 across the interior space of the liner member to the horizontally disposed position shown in FIG. 7 and thereby with the bottom wall 32 defining a compartment 46 and thereby disposing the hole 4-2 therein in a horizontal position. Ashes from a cigarettemay now be flicked through the hole 42 into compartment 46. The hole also serves as a cigarette extinguisher by merely insorting the lighted end of the cigarette therein. Until the compartment 46 is filled with cigarette ash, the cigarette wrapper 14 may be inserted into the ash tray unit 18' on top of the bent side wall 34, the removal of the side wall 34 as a liner element leaving more clearance space for the cigarette wrapper 14 so that the ash tray unit 18 may be more readily stripped from the wrapper. When the compartment 46 has been filled with cigarette ash, the side wall 36 may be bent along its grooved line 40 over the side wall 34 thereby defining with side wall 34 a compartment 48 for cigarette ashes, with its hole 42 in horizontal position for receiving the ashes and for receiving the lighted end of a cigarette for extinguishing the same. When the side wall 36 is bent, the wrapper may be inserted into the ash tray unit 18' on top of wall 36 and held therein.

Referring now to the form of combined cigarette package and ash tray shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, inclusive, in this form the ash tray unit 18 is secured to the front side of the rectangular paper wrapper 14 The ash tray unit 18 comprises one or more rectangular superimposed sheets 50 of tin foil. The sheets cover the entire area of the front side of the wrapper and are re movable. At each end of the sheets at the center thereof, a tab52 is provided for handling the sheet and formed ash tray. The tabs are secured together by adhesive 54 and are bent over the ends of the Wrapper and secured thereto by adhesive. Each sheet 50 is also provided with a pair of score lines 56 adjacent each long side edge thereof, and with a pair of intersecting score lines 58 adjacent each end edge thereof. A diagonal score line 60 is provided extending between the intersecting points of the lines and each corner of the sheet. The tin foil layers may have advertising indicia on their outer surfaces.

The wrapper 14 contains cigarettes as in the form of FIG. 1, and are extracted by opening the flap 16 in the usual manner.

In use, after the Wrapper 14 is opened, a tin foil sheet 50 is removed in order to form an ash tray by grasping one of the tabs 52 and pulling it off. The sheet is then bent along the score lines 56 to form upstanding flanges or side walls 62. The sheet is then bent along the end score lines 58 to form the end flanges or walls 64, at the same time bending the corners to form the corner extensions 66. The tabs 52 are bent to form handles on the end flanges or walls 64, to facilitate handling of the ash tray. An ash tray such as the ash tray 68 shown in FIG. 11 is thus produced.

When the ash tray 68 is filled with cigarette ash, it may be discarded and another sheet 50 stripped from the wrapper, shaped and used as an ash tray.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein 4 disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s: A combined cigarette package and ash tray, comprising a closed rectangular-shaped paper container with ci arettes enclosed therein, a box-like hollow lightweight metal open-top receptacle removably mounted on one end of the container, and a channel-shaped lined member fitted in said receptacle, said liner member having a flat rectangular bottom wall and'upstanding side walls, said side walls having grooves therein extending transversely parallel to the bottom wall, the groove in one side wall being spaced further from said bottom Wall than the groove in the other side Wall, said grooves facilitating bending portions of, the side Walls parallel to the bottom wall to form two closed compartments one above the other in said receptacle, said portions of the side walls having circular holes therein for passing cigarette ashes into the respective compartments, said holes being aligned with each other when said portions of the side Walls are bent parallel to each other and to the bottom wall in the receptacle, whereby a lighted cigarette may be passed through the holes to the bottom wall to extinguish the lighted cigarette, there then being a space defined between the upper bent portion of said one side wall and the open top of the receptacle defining a tray to support therein the container of cigarettes.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,503,949 Helm Aug. 5, 1924 1,562,497 Derry Nov. 24, 1925 1,902,388 Welch Mar. 21, 1933 2,467,660 Coughlin Apr. 19, 1940 2,937,741 Olle May 24, 1960