Patents by Inventor Benedict Keaveney

Benedict Keaveney 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: 5938018
    Abstract: A re-usable aroma releasant is provided on a package of tobacco product such as cigarettes, pipe tobacco, fine cut tobacco and the like. The aroma releasant is activated to release aroma every time the package is opened. The packages comprises a tobacco product containment portion and a tobacco product containment closure portion. The closure portion is removed from the containment portion to gain access to the tobacco product. The aroma releasant may have a peel seal connecting the containment portion and the closure portion. The peel seal seals the aroma in the substrate reservoir provided on the package. The peel seal is peeled from the substrate reservoir to permit opening of the package and simultaneously releasing aroma from the reservoir. The peel seal reseals the reservoir on closure of the package. A re-usable aroma releasant is provided where every time the smoker opens the package, fresh aroma is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
    Inventors: Benedict Keaveney, David R.E. Thomas
  • Patent number: 5752528
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick
  • Patent number: 5501332
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick
  • Patent number: 5377826
    Abstract: A cigarette extinguishing and storage device is of tubular shape and provided by telescoping elements which define an enclosure in which a lit cigarette is received to extinguish the same and in which the extinguished cigarette is stored until the smoker wishes to relight the same. Charcoal or other suitable deodorant means is provided at the internal surface of the enclosure to absorb condensates from tobacco smoke. The device preferably is made of one or more plies of paper, so as to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Ayres, Gary D. Black, Larry Bowen, Warren A. Brackmann, Benedict Keaveney, John D. Kilpatrick
  • Patent number: 5303721
    Abstract: A planar elongate cigarette snipping device for removing the burnt end of a partially-smoked cigarette to expose fresh tobacco for relighting the cigarette, includes a pair of planar knife blades which are moved from a rest position to an operative position in which they overlap in an aperture through the device, activated by a corresponding pair of arms which are normally biased to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Bowen, Benedict Keaveney