Finger Ring Type Patents (Class 131/258)
  • Patent number: 11672275
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a cigar holder that rests against a cigar to effectively clamp the cigar in a partially open clamp rested position. The cigar holder includes a top portion of a clamp with a cavity in which a material is disposed which is different from a material of the top portion of the clamp, a bottom portion of the clamp with a cavity in which the material is disposed, and a hinge disposed between the top portion of the clamp and the bottom portion of the clamp with a pass-through slot for an axis pin disposed inside a torsion spring with its torsion spring arms resting on both the top portion of the clamp and the bottom portion of the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: STYNGER INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arellano, Ray Sadler
  • Patent number: 10463140
    Abstract: An attachment apparatus for attaching an electronic device to at least one appendage of a user can include first and second receptacles that are each configured to releasably receive at least a portion of a respective digit of a user. Each of the first and second receptacles can be configured to at least partially receive the respective digit via relative movement between the receptacle and the respective digit in a first direction, and release the respective digit via relative movement between the receptacle and the respective digit in a second direction that is crosswise to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lee Oberpriller
  • Patent number: 10188198
    Abstract: A finger retention clip for retaining an object about a user's finger includes a tubular base member adapted for attachment to the object and a resilient retaining member attached to the base member, the retaining member forming an open finger loop and being sized and shaped to conform to the user's finger, wherein the retaining member is configured, such that the retaining member releases from the user's finger in response to a selected force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy B. Weber
  • Patent number: 8905039
    Abstract: A device for holding a cigar relative to a supporting object, the device including a receiver adapted to receive the cigar with a loose fit and a clamp for releasably attaching the receiver to the supporting object to hold the cigar at a desired location and in a desired orientation, preferably in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: Paul E. Miller
  • Patent number: 4873999
    Abstract: A cigarette holder has an elongated cylindrical stem having a flattened handle portion at one end and a generally cylindrical holding element at an opposite end. A cylindrical passage is formed centrally through the holding element and has a longitudinal axis extending generally perpendicular to the stem. The holding element may be provided wiht ornamentation for providing an attractive appearance. In a second embodiment, a transverse aperture extends through a cylindrical side wall of the holding element and intersects the cylindrical passage. A sharpened tapered inner end of the retaining pin is biased by a coil spring into engagement with a cigarette inserted through the central passage. The cigarette is released by manually retracting the retaining pin by grasping an enlarged exterior head portion of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Inventor: Rosa M. Steinert
  • Patent number: 4300578
    Abstract: Jewelry smoking devices are described which are in the form of ornamental pipe members suitable for being worn as items of jewelry. Each smoking device has a tobacco receiving portion for receiving smoking tobacco for the purpose of burning the same, and conduit means for carrying smoke from the tobacco receiving portion to a mouthpiece. The devices are in the general forms of pipe rings, pipe bracelets, and the like, and are decorative as well as being functional pipes which can be smoked as normal pipes are or while worn as items of jewelry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Inventor: George Gershbein
  • Patent number: 4243058
    Abstract: Jewelry smoking devices are described which are in the form of ornamental pipe members suitable for being worn as items of jewelry. Each smoking device has a tobacco receiving portion for receiving smoking tobacco for the purpose of burning the same, and conduit means for carrying smoke from the tobacco receiving portion to a mouthpiece. The devices are in the general forms of pipe rings, pipe bracelets, and the like, and are decorative as well as being functional pipes which can be smoked as normal pipes are or while worn as items of jewelry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventor: George Gershbein
  • Patent number: 3930510
    Abstract: A cigarette holder ring consisting of a resiliently contractible ring band operable to fit snugly on any portion of the wearer's finger, and a cigarette holding clip adapted normally to be folded extremely inconspicuously into the crown portion of the ring band, but to be extended therefrom to hold a cigarette, the clip being universally movably relative to the ring band to hold the cigarette in any position relative to his finger most suitable to any individual user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Inventor: Paul R. Johnston