Abstract: A portable, disposable apparatus for lighting charcoal or other flammable material contained therein. A central compartment generally in the shape of a tube extends from a bottom portion of the apparatus up through the center of the main body of the apparatus. An ignition strip extends within the tube. The apparatus is made of paper or paperboard or other lightweight flammable, yet durable, material. The apparatus is used by lighting the bottom of the ignition strip, which thereby starts a fire within the central compartment. The fire in the tube then ignites the charcoal within the main body of the apparatus. As the charcoal burns, the apparatus eventually burns away, leaving the burning charcoal in a pile.

Abstract: A portable, disposable apparatus for lighting charcoal or other flammable material contained therein. A central compartment generally in the shape of a tube extends from a bottom portion of the apparatus up through the center of the main body of the apparatus. An ignition strip extends within the tube. The apparatus is made of paper or paperboard or other lightweight flammable, yet durable, material. The apparatus is used by lighting the bottom of the ignition strip, which thereby starts a fire within the central compartment. The fire in the tube then ignites the charcoal within the main body of the apparatus. As the charcoal burns, the apparatus eventually burns away, leaving the burning charcoal in a pile.

Abstract: A personal headphone designed to be used with personal music players, such as, for example, an iPod, MP3, Portable CD, etc., that provides sound, preferably in stereo, from the personal music player to a user's ears. It may also be used with other portable devices that provide sound such as, for example, cellular phones, DVD players and portable computers. In the case of a phone, the personal headphone may include a microphone. The personal headphone includes an illuminating headphone wire that is a combination of at least one common copper conductor that is used in typical portable headphone designs, with the addition of at least one flexible, cable like electroluminescent wire paired with the copper conductor to give the appearance that the headphone wires are glowing.