With Piercing Device Patents (Class 131/188)
  • Patent number: 12035745
    Abstract: A tobacco product tip assembly. The tobacco product tip assembly includes a tip portion comprising a tip wall defining an inhalation chamber; the tip portion extending into a body portion comprising a body wall defining an insertion chamber, the insertion chamber being in communication with the inhalation chamber; the body wall comprising a mechanical fastener. A tobacco product assembly and a process for producing a tobacco product assembly are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Swepston, Marc D. Belcastro, Christopher L. Simpson, John D. Thomson, Patrick S. McElhinney
  • Patent number: 11464255
    Abstract: The present invention is a cigarette holder for holding cigarette while smoking. Cigarette holder is formed of mouthpiece, a filter casing with at least one filter, a user holder and a cigarette cage for easily inserting and removing cigarette. User holder is encircled around cigarette cage and hence prevents accidental touch of flamed cigarette. User holder is provided with a gripping material which facilitates user's to firmly grip cigarette holder with less pressure and firm gripping prevents slippage or accidental touch of flamed portion of cigarette. Also, gripping allows passing cigarette holder with cigarette from one user/smoker to another and hence can be passed to multiple hands without any risk of fall. During inhaling, smoke is passed through filter that filters out debris from the smoke and thus prevents debris for being consumed. Also, after use, cigarette holder can be cleaned and thus can be re-used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin C. Faria
  • Patent number: 11252996
    Abstract: A cigar tool includes a piercing rod, a handle, and a cover attachable over the piercing rod. The piercing rod is pointed to penetrate a densely packed cigar. The handle includes a fixed portion and a sliding portion, and squeezing the fixed and sliding portions together releases the cover exposing the piercing rod. The cover may be a simple cylindrical key fob or an added feature of a cigar lighter or ash try.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 11103005
    Abstract: A holder (200) for an aerosol generating article (100) includes a body (210) defining a passage configured to receive the article. The holder also includes a retainer (240) longitudinally moveable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The retainer comprises a deflectable arm (242) and a retention member (247) extending from the arm and configured to retain the article within the passage of the body when the retainer is in the first position. Movement of the retainer to the second position causes the arm to deflect to provide access for introducing or withdrawing the article from the passage of the body. The holder may include a plurality of retainers moveable from a first position to the second position. The plurality of retainers may surround a combustible heat source (102) of the aerosol generating article when the retainers are in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: François Ceppi, Ali Murat Saygili
  • Patent number: 10827780
    Abstract: A tobacco product tip assembly. The tobacco product tip assembly includes a tip portion comprising a tip wall defining an inhalation chamber; the tip portion extending into a body portion comprising a body wall defining an insertion chamber, the insertion chamber being in communication with the inhalation chamber; the body wall comprising a mechanical fastener. A tobacco product assembly and a process for producing a tobacco product assembly are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Swepston, Marc D. Belcastro, Christopher L. Simpson, John D. Thomson, Patrick S. McElhinney
  • Patent number: 9609892
    Abstract: A smoking device is provided. The smoking device may include a body having a through bore that is configured to house a tobacco product. The body may have grooves in an exterior surface that can direct air flow over the surface of the body under windy conditions. The smoking device may include a cap configured to engage the body near the foot of the tobacco product. The cap and the body may create a cavity there between, the cavity being in fluidic communication with the through bore. The grooves can be oriented to run parallel with a length of the body. The grooves may also be configured to create a space between the body and the cap, such that ambient air may flow into the grooves and thus be channeled into the space and into the cavity and into the through bore to maintain the burn on the tobacco product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventors: Tracy S. Orvis, J. Howell McCall
  • Patent number: 7798152
    Abstract: A hookah perforating accessory for perforating hookah foil and perforating/aerating tobacco below the foil, preferably simultaneously, having a hollow housing, plurality of spikes on a spike platform, guide plate having a plurality of spike receiving apertures, and at least one and preferably a plurality of springs, disposed between the guide plate and spike platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Bishara Tannous
  • Patent number: 6386204
    Abstract: A cigar holder with a cutter comprising a hollow cigar-shaped body having a closed bottom and an open top, a hollow cap threadably engageable with the top of the body, the cap having a pair of substantially opposing slots therethrough, and a pair of cigar tip cutting members, each cigar tip cutting member having a cutting portion having a cutting edge thereon. Each of the cigar cutting members is slidably positioned in one of the slots such that the cutting edges are positioned substantially opposite one another in the hollow cap. A handle portion is preferably hinged to the cutting portion of each of the cigar tip cutting members, with each handle portion being positioned outside of the cap. The handle portions are preferably provided with a gripping tip for facilitating manual movement of the cigar tip cutting member in relation to the cap. The cap preferably has a pair of recesses formed in an outer wall thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: George Vlasios Kontos
  • Patent number: 6161550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigar holder provided with a detachable tip-cutting knife and a plug-removing member inside a cap of the holder. The knife has an inwardly extending portion and exterior portion hinged together and secured within a slot formed in the cap. The exterior portion lies flat in the recess formed in the cap, while the interior portion extends perpendicularly to the exterior portion, transversely to the cap opening. The plug-removing member is fixedly attached to the interior of the cap. It is adapted to pierce through the end of the cigar and remove a small portion of the cigar thereby forming a distinct channel for penetration of the tobacco smoke to the end of the cigar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: George Vlasios Kontos
  • Patent number: 5218976
    Abstract: A device for perforating packaged cigarettes, or the like, including a first housing member provided for defining a receiving area having an opening for receiving a package of cigarettes. A plurality of piercing needles are provided which are moveable relative to the first housing member to pierce the cigarettes. A safety plate member is provided covering the opening of the receiving area. The safety plate member is effective at a first position to block the movement of the piercing needles into the receiving area and at a second position to allow the package of cigarettes into the receiving area. The safety plate member is supported by at least two spring members for biasing the safety plate member towards the first position. The spring members are positioned on a central longitudinal axis of the safety plate member and have spring properties effective to allow steady and smooth movement of the safety plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Products and Patents, Ltd.
    Inventor: Bernard Gutman
  • Patent number: 4877040
    Abstract: The specification discloses a cigarette filter modifier and related method in which the pattern of tar and nicotine collection in a conventional cigarette filter is modified by the insertion into the filter of a hollow probe having laterally opening apertures therein which communicate with the interior passageway of the probe, combined with a base shield radiating from and surrounding said probe so as to block the passage of smoke, thereby forcing cigarette smoke to travel through the apertures and interior passageway of said probe. The probe apertures are located so that they open laterally with respect to the length of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Bissell Health Care Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Jansma, Howard W. Stemm