Patents by Inventor April A. Smith

April A. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4018235
    Abstract: An upright vessel provided with a removable lid having a downwardly directed funnel member which depends through an opening in the top of the vessel. A disposable receptacle detachably suspended from the funnel member for receiving cigarette or cigar butts and ashes. In one embodiment the receptacle is fluid-permeable and fluid contained within the vessel permeates the disposable receptacle to extinguish lighted or smoldering ashes or butts. In another embodiment, the disposable receptacle is a fluid-impermeable integument provided with an inner fluid-absorptive lining which is maintained in a wet condition by an extinguishing fluid contained within the disposable receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Inventor: April A. Smith
  • Patent number: D567477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventors: Cindy April Smith, Richard Lynn Smith