Abstract: A lighter holder for a cigarette or cigar package, comprising a substantially rectangular member foldable into the lighter holder, the rectangular member having a length and a width and five discrete panels defined in the length direction by foldable score lines in the width direction, the second and fourth panels being internally foldable and having apertures at corresponding locations in the width directions thereof.

Abstract: An assembly and method of use for a dispensable personal care product wherein the dispensing assembly includes a base having a housing having an outer surface, a first side having a container receiving feature, a second side having a substantially flat surface, and a cavity between the first side and the second side, wherein the substantially flat surface is configured for selective fixed attachment to an external mounting fixture, the assembly also including a retention member for selectively receiving and retaining a container containing the dispensable personal care product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a unique retractable device holding assembly comprising a spring loaded retractor assembly containing an extendible thread having a relatively flexible polymer ring permanently connect at the free end thereof by an interlocking attachment assembly thereof for securing said ring in circumscription about the body of a utilitarian device and including a clip means for removable attachment to the owners belt, pocket, collar, cigarette pack, key ring, purse or any like location to provide an attractive, handy, secure, and relatively inexpensive device repository where such a repository is desired.

Abstract: A lighter clip for use with a cigarette pack is inexpensively manufactured from a material such as injection-molded plastic. A generally three-sided clip is sized and shaped to fit across the width and depth of the pack, and contains an arcuate portion, suitable for holding a lighter, on one end. The clip is manufactured from a resilient material, and shaped in a manner that causes it to be lightly biased against the pack, thereby holding the clip in position. The two longer clip arms are sized to have a large enough surface area to be suitable for promotional use, and the clip arms and ends are shaped to securely grip the cigarette pack.

Abstract: A package (5) for retail distribution of cigarettes forms a container to receive and dispense cigarettes. The container includes a cigarette lighter receptacle (15) disposed on an outer surface of a wall of the container (10). The cigarette lighter receptacle includes at least an outer wall (45) that is connected to the container by a pair of spaced side walls (50). These side walls are inwardly foldable so as to position the outer wall substantially flush with the container wall (35), when the receptacle is not being used, and outwardly deployable so as to form the cigarette lighter receptacle (15). Reverse foldable portions are separated from the remainder of the receptacle (15) by a slit to define a bottom stop (60) for the lighter (17). The receptacle is preferably supplied with the cigarette package, but also can be a separate item attachable to any convenient surface.

Abstract: Cuboidal pack made of (thin) cardboard, in particular hinge-lid box, having a box part (11) and a lid (12), it being the case that a sleeve (28) is provided on a box side wall (18), in the region of the box part (11), and encloses a lighter (27) or the like. The sleeve (28) and the parts thereof--flaps (30, 31)--are parts of a blank (10) for the pack. Furthermore, a supporting flap (29), which is also formed from the blank (10), is provided in the plane of a base wall (19).

Abstract: A disposable lighter holder including a first body member having an aperture, a plurality of lugs connected to the first body member, a first recess located between the plurality of lugs, and an abutment located at an end of the first recess. The disposable lighter holder further includes a second body member being opposite and connected to the first body member and a second recess formed in the second body member. The second recess includes a concave surface and a plurality of tapering sides. The aperture, first recess, plurality of lugs, concave surface and plurality of tapering sides of the second recess frictionally engage a lighter inserted through the aperture of the first body member.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly is provided having a container body defining an interior chamber, and a well having a hollow interior defining a receiving space. The receiving space further includes an opening through which a cigarette lighter can be passed and retained inside the receiving space. The receiving space has an elongated cross-section and a sealed bottom. The cigarette lighter is vertically oriented when it is retained inside the receiving space.

Abstract: A package for retail distribution of cigarettes has a container sized to receive and dispense cigarettes. The container includes a cigarette lighter receptacle disposed on an outer surface of a wall of the container. The cigarette lighter receptacle includes at least an outer wall that is connected to the container by a pair of spaced side walls wherein the pair of side walls are (i) inwardly foldable so as to position the outer wall substantially flush with the one container wall when the receptacle is not being used, and (ii) outwardly deployable so as to form the cigarette lighter receptacle. Reverse foldable portions remain folded inwardly somewhat, defining a bottom stop for the lighter.

Abstract: A lighter holder to releasably attach a cigarette lighter to a cigarette pack comprises a first portion that defines a first closed loop and a second portion that defines a second closed loop. The first portion is constructed of an elastic material that may be stretched from its original size and configuration to circumscribe a perimeter of a preselected cigarette pack, and returns to substantially its original size and configuration when removed from the preselected cigarette pack. The second portion is constructed of an elastic material that may be stretched from its original size and configuration to circumscribe a perimeter of a preselected cigarette lighter, and returns to substantially its original size and configuration when removed from the cigarette lighter. The second loop is connected with the first loop.

Abstract: A lighter provided with a means for receiving a packet of cigarettes in a detachable fashion. It consists of a lighter body (1) with at least two sides (9, 10, 11) extended to take a cigarette packet (P). These elongated sides can be completed with additional extensions forming a case in which to place a packet of cigarettes.

Abstract: The key ring attachable lighter holding shell with flexible holding flaps is a shell-shaped holder into which a reusable lighter or a disposable lighter may be inserted and held securely, yet can also be taken out and replaced again, and it may be attached to a key ring or key chain in order to help prevent a person from losing a lighter as long as the keys are not lost.

Abstract: Hinge-lid packs for cigarettes have a standard structure. To increase the functional value, a lighter (33) is disposed within a chamber (32) which is separated from the cigarette block (10). The walls for delimiting the chamber (32) are formed from the same blank as the collar (28) such that, as in a conventional hinge-lid pack, outer front edges (38, 39) are formed for supporting or guiding the lid (12) in the closing position. Because of the lesser height of the lighter (33), a base (44) is formed in the chamber (32) on a bottom wall (17).

Abstract: Lighter-holder for cigarette packets, consisting in a laminated holder element (1), of a size and shape similar to those of a lighter (4), lengthened at the base with a lamina or plate (2) designed for insertion in the bottom of a packet (10) to keep the holder (1) in place and separable.

Abstract: A device comprising in combination a cigarette lighter and a housing with a retractable reel mechanism contained therein, the housing being formed of two generally cup-shaped halves secured together and housing a coil spring and retractable take-up spool therein for connection to one end of a cord or the like, the other end being coupled to a fastener configured and adapted for captively and releasably retaining the cigarette lighter. Cord retraining means is included for retaining the amount of extension of the cord at a selected point, the release of which allows the reel mechanism to retract the lighter. A clip member or the like is attached to a side surface of the housing for enabling attachment of the device to an article of wearing apparel, such as a belt or waistband of trousers. In one embodiment, the circumference of the housing is cut away or contoured to form a lighter receiving cavity or compartment configured and adapted for releasably retaining the cigarette lighter.

Abstract: A holder for a cigarette pack and a lighter. The holder includes two compartments and has an open top. The holder is integrally formed as a one piece, five-sided plastic box. A partition is integrally joined with three sides and separates the compartments. Within the lighter compartment is inserted a depth adjusting block which adjusts the height of the lighter. A different embodiment is made with a lighter compartment which is formed shallower than compartment for the cigarette pack.

Abstract: A closure and lighter holder for a pack of cigarettes and a lighter includes a first strip having a stop and a band for retaining a lighter, and a second strip for insertion through the top folds and sealing strip of a pack of cigarettes. The strip for closing the pack of cigarettes and the strip for holding the lighter are pivotally connected.

Abstract: Improved cigarette lighter apparatus for combined use with cigarette packages of the "flip-top" type or, in one embodiment, with cases for cigarette packages, includes a member for supporting a lighter device, which supporting member is adapted to be removably affixed to a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package in a manner such that upon the contents of the cigarette package being exhausted, the supporting member can be removed therefrom and removably affixed to another conventional cigarette package, and a lighter device mounted on the supporting member. In this embodiment, the supporting member includes a sleeve portion adapted conveniently to fit over a portion of a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package and a lighter supporting cover portion hingedly connected to the sleeve portion. The lighter device may alternately be permanently or removably mounted on the supporting member.

Abstract: An ornamental holder for objects such as disposable lighters, cosmetics and the like having a body with front and sides configured to engage the contained object. The front side defines a transparent viewing window having an interior and exterior surface. A suitable design or ornamentation is placed at the interior surface and the transparent window and provides a lens effect to enhance the visual effect of the ornamentation.

Abstract: A gas-fueled cigarette lighter having front and rear walls defined by plates which are joined together by a plurality of ribs to resist pressure produced by the gas, wherein the lighter has a flat ultra-thin format which lends itself to insertion between the inner and outer wrappers of a standard cigarette pack so that the smoker is never at a loss for a light and the inserted lighter functions as a stiffener to prevent crushing of the pack. The lighter is constituted by a card-like body having a shallow reservoir therein filled with liquified gas. Fitting into a corner cut-out in the body is a lighter assembly whose thickness is not greater than that of the body. The assembly includes a valve-controlled nozzle coupled to the reservoir and an adjacent thumb wheel against which a flint is pressed such that when the wheel is turned it abrades the flint to generate sparks that ignite vapor emitted from the nozzle.

Abstract: Improved cigarette lighter apparatus for combined use with cigarette packages of the "flip-top" type or, in one embodiment, with cases for cigarette packages, includes a member for supporting a lighter device, which supporting member is adapted to be removably affixed to a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package in a manner such that upon the contents of the cigarette package being exhausted, the supporting member can be removed therefrom and removably affixed to another conventional cigarette package, and a lighter device mounted on the supporting member. In this embodiment, the supporting member includes a sleeve portion adapted conveniently to fit over a portion of a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package and a lighter supporting cover portion hingedly connected to the sleeve portion. The lighter device may alternately be permanently or removably mounted on the supporting member.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter support for supporting a cigarette lighter to an article of apparel is disclosed. The support includes a clip for attaching the support to the belt or a pocket of the user. The support comprises a vertical wall abutting the lighter, a bottom wall integral with the vertical wall engageable with the lighter bottom, a pair of opposed arcuate arms extending transversly from the vertical wall curving forward than inward to snugly embrace the lighter. The lighter is insertable between the arcuate arms with the lighter bottom resting on the bottom wall.

Abstract: Improved cigarette lighter apparatus for combined use with cigarette packages of the "flip-top" type or, in one embodiment, with cases for cigarette packages, includes a member for supporting a lighter device, which supporting member is adapted to be removably affixed to a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package in a manner such that upon the contents of the cigarette package being exhausted, the supporting member can be removed therefrom and removably affixed to another conventional cigarette package, and a lighter device mounted on the supporting member. In this embodiment, the supporting member includes a sleeve portion adapted conveniently to fit over a portion of a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package and a lighter supporting cover portion hingedly connected to the sleeve portion. The lighter device may alternately be permanently or removably mounted on the supporting member.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter is movably mounted to the top of a cover which is mounted to a container in which the cigarettes are stored. In one position, the cigarette lighter covers an opening in the top of the cover and in the other position uncovers the opening thereby permitting the dispensing of at least one cigarette through the top of the cover. The cover and the container are adjustable to accommodate various lengths of cigarettes. The cigarette lighter is disposable or refillable and is either of the electric type or fueled by butane gas.

Abstract: A combination cigarette and lighter case is provided in which a lighter holder is removably mounted on a cigarette case. The lighter holder comprises a tubular member of non-rigid material adapted to fit snugly about the cigarette lighter. The lighter holder is especially suitable for use with disposable cigarette lighters of various configurations. The cigarette case and lighter holder are provided with a set of fasteners which allow the lighter holder to be conveniently engaged and disengaged. Preferably, with the lighter holder secured to the cigarette case, the lid of the cigarette case is held closed.

Abstract: A caddy for carrying a package of cigarettes and a cigarette lighter is disclosed. The caddy includes a housing having a cross sectional shape and area adapted to snugly receive the corresponding cross sectional shape and area of the cigarette package. The housing top is formed with a hole located to be superimposed over a hole in the enclosed cigarette package. A cover is carried by the caddy for covering and uncovering this housing top hole, and an actuator surface on the cover is adapted for engagement by a digit of the single hand holding the caddy. A movable bottom covers and uncovers the housing bottom to permit a cigarette package to be inserted or withdrawn. A pincer retainer at one of the two opposed small caddy sides includes two spaced apart resilient pincer arms extending toward one another to accommodate and resiliently retain the cigarette lighter on and in the caddy in a position to permit ignitive operation of the lighter by the thumb of the hand which holds the caddy.

Abstract: A combined cigarette pack and disposable lighter which will have sufficient capacity to ignite the quantity of cigarettes in the pack. The lighter is incorporated in the pack as a part thereof and preferably is accessible at the open end of the pack. The parts of the lighter are fabricated to fit in compact space and the lighter is as inexpensive as possible, to be readily disposable with the empty pack.