Combined Patents (Class D27/108)
  • Patent number: 6156088
    Abstract: A smoke and odor purifying system which can be incorporated within a housing that can serve both as a table centerpiece and an ashtray. The system having an esthetically pleasing flower vase construction with petal shaped appendages for resting of cigarettes or the like. A floral arrangement is made up of individual artificial flowers. Each flower having an opening in the bud for drawing in smoke-filled air and passing it through the system. Also defined within the petals of the housing are a plurality of intake openings through which cigarette smoke, as well as secondary smoke from the surrounding area may be drawn downwardly through the device. An electrically or battery powered fan means, positioned below a filtration and odor-treatment system, drives the smoke through the system which includes an electrostatic prefiltering bed followed by an activated charcoal bed, an H.E.P.A. filter and finally another activated charcoal bed containing an air freshening material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Venanzio Cardarelli
  • Patent number: D297374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Associated Mills Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald O. Hilger
  • Patent number: D304108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Inventor: Mark R. Lange
  • Patent number: D344612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Robert F. Dean