Patents Examined by V. Millinor
  • Filter cigarette
    Patent number: 4696314
    Abstract: A cigarette is provided having a variable shape, including variable length and a bendable longitudinal axis. A flexible corrugated tubing section connects a filter plug to a cigarette rod and provides both the variability of the length and the bendability of the cigarette. The variable shape mechanism can be made to additionally provide variable dilution and variable flavorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew G. Kallianos, Christopher N. Kounnas