US3675662A

US3675662A - Cigarette receptacle and extinguisher

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Publication number: US3675662A
Application number: US34074A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ralph W Askins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1970-05-04
Filing date: 1970-05-04
Publication date: 1972-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1989-07-11

Abstract

An extinguisher with opposed side walls and a backwall to support a cigarette in a standing position, with a pocket at the bottom to receive and extinguish the burning end, and with top and front openings joined in a continuous slot through which the cigarette can be initially received and later flipped out of the pocket with a forwardly tilting movement.

Description

United States Patent Askins 1 51 July 11, 1972 [541 CIGARETTE RECEPTACLE AND EXTINGUISHER [72] Inventor: Ralph W. Asklns, 515 S. Barranca, Apt. 5,

Cavina, Calif. 91722 [22] Filed: May 4, I970 [21] Appl. No.: 34,074

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 773,150, Nov. 4,

1968, abandoned.

[52] U.S.Cl. ..131/235R, 131/240R [51] Int. Cl. ..A24f 19/14 [58] Fieldol'Search 131/235.240, 256, 257

[56] Relerences Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,492,564 5/1924 Heller 131/235 R 2,275,099 3/1942 Aubuchon...

3,361,140 1/1968 Hutmacher 1 31/256 1,813,313 7/1931 Oifutt ..l31/235 R 2,621,661 12/1952 0169.223 3/1953 Revell ..131/235 R UX D129,426 9/1941 Jundrak ..131/240 R UX 2,731,020 1/1956 Hall ....l31/240 R X 3,215,146 11/1965 Rasmussen eta] ..13l/235R FORElGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 228,447 2/1925 Great Britain 131/235 R 889,998 2/1962 Great Britain ..131/235 R Primary xam1'ner.lcseph S. Reich Attorney-Lynn H. Latta [57] ABSTRACT An extinguisher with opposed side walls and a backwall to support a cigarette in a standing position, with a pocket at the bottom to receive and extinguish the burning end, and with top and front openings joined in a continuous slot through which the cigarette can be initially received and later flipped out of the pocket with a forwardly tilting movement.

12 China, 14 Drawing figures PATENTEDJUL 11 I572 3,675,662

SHEET 1 [IF 2 Hum M Ask/N5 CIGARETTE RECEP'IACLE AND EXTINGUISIIER This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 773,l50, filed Nov. 4, 1968 and now abandoned.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is to provide a device for temporarily supporting a cigarette in a generally upright position with its burning end received downwardly into a pocket in which it is extinguished, and from which the cigarette can be flipped over into an ash tray by a tap of the finger.

Other objects are to provide for conveniently and safely extinguishing and disposing of a cigarette; to eliminate the necessity for mashing the burning end of a cigarette against the bottom of an ash tray; to eliminate the messy smudges resulting from that method of extinguishment; and to thereby maintain cleanliness in an ash tray.

A further object is to provide such an ash tray in which the extinguisher pocket structure also functions as a cigarette rest.

Other objects will become apparent in the ensuing specification and appended drawing, in which:

FIG. I is a perspective view of an ash-tray embodying extinguishing pockets in accordance with the invention, at the corners thereof;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view through one of the pockets, taken in the medial vertical plane thereof, as indicated by line 22 of FIG. I;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view of an ash tray equipped with an extinguisher unit embodying a modified form of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of an automobile ash receptacle equipped with a further modified form of my extinguisher.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the extinguisher shown in FIG. 4, taken in the medial vertical plane thereof, as indicated by line 55 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another modified form of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another form of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of still another modified form;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of yet another form;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view of another modified form of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 11-" of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a transverse sectional view taken on line l2I2 of FIG. I];

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another modified form of the invention; and

FIG. 14 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on line l4I4 of FIG. 13.

DESCRIPTION Referring now to the drawing in detail, I have shown in FIGS. I and 2 thereof, as an example of one form in which the invention may be embodied, an ash tray A of molded (e.g. ceramic or plastic) material embodying, at its four comers, integral extinguisher pockets B each defined between opposed, generally parallel side walls 10, a back wall 11, and a bottom 12 including a barrier 13 which is spaced from the backwall I I to define the front of the extinguisher pocket. Side walls 10 are preferably flared laterally and forwardly from minimum lateral spacing (which may be as little as the diameter of a cigarette) along the back wall 11, to maximum spacing in a gap I5 which constitutes an open front of the pocket B. At the top of the pocket is an open mouth slot 16 through which a cigarette C, with its burning end downward, can be inserted, to rest against the back wall 11 in a generally upright, slightly reclining position, its burning end nested in the bottom of the pocket (FIG. 2). The mouth slot 16, though generally parallelsided, is likewise flared to slightly greater width toward the front of the pocket B. Mouth slot 16 and gap are joined in open communication with one another at the front-top comer of the pocket B, whereby the cigarette C, after it has rested n the pocket long enough to extinguish its burning end. may be flipped forwardly over the barrier 13 (functioning as a fulcrum) in indicated in broken lines in FIG. 2, thus leaving the pocket 8 and entering the main receptacle area of ash tray A. Thus the pocket B is left empty, ready to receive another cigarette.

Pocket B has a rounded bottom surface I4 which is dimensioned and shaped to snugly receive the ash end of a cigarette, without pinching it, so as to rapidly extinguish the lighted end. An optimum contour is of double curvature, approximating the average shape of the burning end of a cigarette, slightly larger in diameter than a cigarette.

Pocket B, from the bottom to the top of barrier 13, is deep enough:

a. to prevent the lower end of the cigarette from sliding out of the pocket; and

b. to quickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.

The barrier I3 is of sufficiently low height so as not to interfere with the tipping of a cigarette butt over the barrier and out of the pocket B in response to a light tap of the finger against its upper end.

Where pockets B are embodied in an ash tray in several positions angularly disposed around its perimeter (e.g. similar to FIG. I) the user may dispose of his cigarette butts in the pocket which is oriented at the most convenient angle for flipping it out of the pocket into the tray (e.g. for a righthanded person, the pocket at the rightward extremity of the tray).

As an alternative form, the invention may be embodied in a separate extinguisher unit of one or more pockets, such as the triple-pocket unit Bl shown in FIG. 3, which can be placed loosely in a conventional ash tray A 1. Unit B I may be of molded block form, with pockets alternately oriented to left and right as shown. In such alternating arrangement, one or another pocket will be conveniently oriented with reference to the user on either of two opposite sides of the unit.

FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate how the invention may be embodied in a single-pocket unit B2 fabricated of sheet metal, including side walls 20, sloping back wall 2], bottom 22 of S-configuration in longitudinal section, convex barrier 23 and concave extinguishing pocket 24 (as viewed from above) and a bracket 25 such as is commonly provided in automotive vehicles. In this embodiment the pocket 24 may be of single curvature as indicated in the drawing.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of sheet metal construction, similar to that of FIG. 5 but with a clip 26 at the back for hanging it over the rim of a receptacle, and with a flat base 27 soldered, brazed or welded to bottom 22.

As shown in FIG. 7, the side walls 30 of a single-pocket unit B3 may be parallel and the back wall 31 may be vertical. In this construction, a pair of opposed retainer projections 36 are provided in side walls 30, spaced forwardly from back wall 31 somewhat more than the diameter of the cigarette so as to allow it to be easily inserted behind the projections 36 and to be restrained by the projections from accidentally falling forwardly out of the pocket. The projections are sufficiently far apart however (e.g. about the diameter of the cigarette) so that the cigarette can be flipped between them and out of the pocket without difi'lculty. Barrier 33 and extinguishing pocket 34 may be of configuration similar to bottom 22 of FIGS. 4 and 5, or to bottom 12 of FIG. 2.

Between the proyections 36 and vertical back wall 3] there is defined a cigarette-receiving space 37 of ample horizontal area to freely receive a cigarette inserted vertically.

FIG. 8 illustrates how the invention can be embodied in an insert for a bathroom wall, wherein an ash-receiving drawer A4 is disposed beneath a multiple-pocket extinguisher unit B4, both embodied in a unit I which can be inserted in the place of a tile or tiles in a tiled wall.

FIG. 9 illustrates a single-pocket unit B5 having internal parts 10, ll, 13, 14 corresponding to those of pocket B of FIG. I and having flat, parallel outer side walls embraced frictionally between the arms of a spring yoke 40 provided with a magnetic base 41. The yoke arms, at their tips, have short studs 42 received in shallow depressions 43 in the outer sides of pocket B5, and providing for limited bodily shifting and tilting movements of pocket B5 in yoke 40 for adjusting the pocket to a selected position. The magnetic base may be utilized to hold the unit against a ferrous surface (e.g. a desk top of sheet iron or any other support of magnetic material).

Optionally, instead of using a bracket such as 25 of F IG. 5, the pocket unit 132 may be formed integrally in a wall of the sheet metal ash receptacle A2 of H6. 4 by known drawing techniques.

In the several forms of the invention described above. the barrier 13 may be as low as half the height of the ash tray from the bottom 14 of pocket to the top of the extinguisher (at the level of the ash tray rim). In another form of the invention, the barrier may be higher, as will now be described.

Referring now to FIGS. -12, the barrier 43 of an extinguishing pocket B4 may be of a height sufficiently approaching the height of back wall 1 1 so as to provide a rest for a cigarette C (in a rest position such as shown in phantom in FIG. 11) bridging longitudinally over the pocket 84 with lighted end resting on barrier 43 in gap 45 and its other end resting on back wall 11 at the top level of the ash tray. Gap 45 is defined by a saddle-like top extremity of barrier 43 (fulcrum) which cradles the lighted end of the cigarette so as to position it on the medial longitudinal axis of the top opening 16 of the pocket, and which also functions to support the lighted end of the cigarette in a downwardly tilted position such that the intermediate portion of the cigarette is received between the side walls 10 below their top level, and thereby retained in a position extending along the medial longitudinal axis of opening 16. The fulcrum at the top of barrier 43 is spaced below the level of the top of the extinguisher a distance which is preferably less than cigarette diameter in FIGS. [0-12. The fulcrum is sufficiently high so that the angle of downward tilt of the cigarette below the horizontal in the rest position is an angle of repose, i. e., an angle sufficiently small so that the cigarette can be supported in the rest position without sliding into the receptacle l7; and is sufficiently low so that the cigarette may be flipped from its extinguished posi tion shown in full lines, over the barrier 43 into receptacle 17 as hereinbefore described. The angle of tilt (in the rest position) is sufficiently shallow so that the lighted tip will not com tact the bottom of the ash tray (when of normal ash tray depth) no matter how far the tip may overhang the receptacle 17. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the bottom surface 14 of pocket B has an optimum contour which is substantially semispherical, with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the cigarette, so that the lighted end of the cigarette will not be pinched as it rests in the extinguishing position, but will be cupped loosely in the bottom of the pocket, and will be readily released for flipping the cigarette over the barrier into receptacle 17.

F 16S. 13 and 14 disclose a further modified extinguisher of sandwich form comprising a flat core 50 of magnetized material having a notch 55 therein, and a pair of side plates N and S of ferrous metal embracing the core 50 between them, the plates N and S being in the nature of pole-pieces attached to magnetic core 50 by magnetic attraction and closing the sides of notch 55 so as to define a pocket having a mouth slot 16 extending rearwardly from front barrier 53, and having a rounded bottom surface 14. This extinguisher is adapted to be anchored to a ferrous supporting surface by magnetic attraction, the core 50 being adjustable about a transverse axis between the side plates so as to provide for tilting the pocket to selected angles of tilt relative to the vertical.

l claim:

1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, pr0

jecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than said cigarette s diameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than said cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from said pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said fulcrum being disposed below said pocket top a distance such that said fulcrum and the top of said back wall may function as seats cooperating to provide a rest for a cigarette bridging between said seats in said top opening and retained between said side walls, said fulcrum being sufficiently close to the level of said pocket top so that the cigarette as supported on said rest will be retained at an angle of repose.

2. A cigarette extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein said top opening and gap are defined by means providing by a continuous slot having a width less than twice the diameter of a cigarette, extending from the front of said bottom to the top of said back wall.

3. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom, cooperatively defining an extinguisher pocket;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to define a front side of said pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the light tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being inclined so as to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle with an inclination opposite to the inclination of said back wall relative to said axis and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

and an ash receptacle combined with said pocket in an ash tray in which said discharge gap provides communication between said pocket and said receptacle;

said barrier having a height equal to a substantial proportion of the height from the bottom of said pocket to the top of the extinguisher, such as to prevent the lower end of the cigarette from sliding out of the pocket and to quickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.

4. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein said side walls and the margins of said mouth diverge forwardly from the back wall at an acute angle.

5. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein the level of said fulcrum is disposed below said pocket top a distance less than cigarette diameter.

6. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said back wall being substantially vertical and said side walls being provided, in said mouth, with laterally-opposed projections spaced apart a distance approximately equal to cigarette diameter, such as to inhibit free forward falling of a cigarette resting in extinguishing position in said pocket but not obstructing said flipping movement discharge, said projections being spaced forwardly of said back wall by a space wider than cigarette diameter and such as to freely receive a cigarette to be extinguished.

7. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, comprising a plurality of said pockets embodied integrally in portions of the rim of an ash tray.

8. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, embodied in a bathroom wall insert.

9. An extinguisher as defined in claim 3, including a spring yoke having opposed spaced arms embracing, gripping and holding said extinguisher; said yoke having a base embodying a magnet for holding said yoke against a ferrous surface by magnetic attraction.

10. An extinguisher as defined in claim 3 of sandwich form comprising a flat core of magnetized material having a notch therein, and a pair of pole pieces of ferrous metal embracing said core between them, functioning as side plates attached to said core by magnetic attraction and closing the sides of said notch to define said pocket, said extinguisher being adapted to be anchored to a ferrous supporting surface by magnetic attraction, said core being adjustable about a transverse axis between said side plates so as to provide for tilting said pocket to selected angles of tilt relative to the vertical.

11. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith;

said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an intema wall Inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said extinguisher comprising a plurality of said pockets embodied in a parallel-sided block of molded material, said pockets being oriented alternately toward opposite sides thereof, with the discharge gaps of alternate pockets disposed in said alternate sides.

12. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls to define an extinguisher pocket in cooperation with said side walls;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith;

said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of said pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said pocket being of sheet metal construction, said bottom being of S-configuration in longitudinal section, said pocket being defined by a concave portion thereof and said barrier by a convex portion thereof, as viewed from above.

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Claims

1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than said cigarette''s diameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than said cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from said pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said fulcrum being disposed below said pocket top a distance such that said fulcrum and the top of said back wall may function as seats cooperating to provide a rest for a cigarette bridging between said seats in said top opening and retained between said side walls, said fulcrum being sufficiently close to the level of said pocket top so that the cigarette as supported on said rest will be retained at an angle of repose.

3. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom, cooperatively defining an extinguisher pocket; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to define a front side of said pocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the light tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being inclined so as to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internal waLl inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle with an inclination opposite to the inclination of said back wall relative to said axis and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; and an ash receptacle combined with said pocket in an ash tray in which said discharge gap provides communication between said pocket and said receptacle; said barrier having a height equal to a substantial proportion of the height from the bottom of said pocket to the top of the extinguisher, such as to prevent the lower end of the cigarette from sliding out of the pocket and to quickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.

6. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said back wall being substantially vertical and said side walls being provided, in said mouth, with laterally-opposed projections spaced apart a distance approximately equal to cigarette diameter, such as to inhibit free forward falling of a cigarette resting in extinguishing position in said pocket but not obstructing said flipping movement discharge, said projections being spaced forwardly of said back wall by a space wider than cigarette diameter and such as to freely receive a cigarette to be extinguished.

8. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, embodied in a bathroom wall insert.

11. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said extinguisher comprising a plurality of said pockets embodied in a parallel-sided block of molded material, said pockets being oriented alternately toward opposite sides thereof, with the discharge gaps of alternate pockets disposed in said alternate sides.

12. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls to define an extinguisher pocket in cooperation with said side walls; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of said pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said pocket being of sheet metal construction, said bottom being of S-configuration in longitudinal section, said pocket being defined by a concave portion thereof and said barrier by a convex portion thereof, as viewed from above.