Patents Represented by Law Firm Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiogi & Blackstone, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5379787
    Abstract: A pop-up ashtray includes a generally rectilinear receiver member, a generally rectilinear ash-pot member defining an open-topped container and adapted for removable mounting recessed within the receiver member, a lid member adapted for overlying the open-topped container defined by the ash-pot member, a cooperative interfitting hinge formed on the receiver member and on the lid member for hingedly mounting the lid member to the receiver member, a spring for urging the ash-pot member in a direction for removal thereof from the receiver member, and a releasable clasp for overcoming the urging force of the spring and releasably holding the ash-pot member recessed within the receiver member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Elkhart Door, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard K. Haines