Patents by Inventor John D. Kilpatrick

John D. Kilpatrick 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).

  • Cigarette extinguishing storage device
    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
  • Cigarette extinguishing storage device
    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
  • Cigarette extinguishing storage device
    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