Patents by Inventor George E. Ayres

George E. Ayres has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5752528
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick
  • Patent number: 5501332
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick
  • Patent number: 5462073
    Abstract: A novel reconstituted tobacco sheet material is provided which is useful in providing a novel smoking product which has a smoking quality closely approximating that of cigarettes having conventional paper wrappers. The reconstituted tobacco sheet is prepared by a paper-making process in which the water-soluble material extracted in the paper-making process is not added back to the sheet, or if added back, to an extent of no more than 20 wt % of the reconstituted tobacco sheet. In the novel smoking product, a tobacco filler rod is enclosed within an outer wrapper, which usually comprises an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer, one or both formed of reconstituted tobacco sheet material. When the tobacco filler rod is double-wrapped, the novel smoking product also exhibits a significant reduction in sidestream smoking production in comparison to a conventionally-wrapped cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Bowen, George E. Ayres, Gary Black, Jacques Daoust
  • Patent number: 5377826
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick