Smoking Device Patents (Class 131/260)
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Patent number: 9861184Abstract: This invention provides for the ability to holster articles and includes a front panel, a rear panel and a pivot and cavity defined by the front panel and rear panel. A resilient member can extending through opening in the front panel and rear panel operatively associated with the front panel and rear panel rear panel so that when an article is inserted into the cavity, tension is placed on the article securing it into the cavity. Multiple cavities can be included so that multiple articles can be carried. The invention can be attached by a mounting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Wilder Tactical Group, LLCInventor: Josh VanHeusen
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Patent number: 9254006Abstract: A portable cigar ashtray includes a cup-shaped base portion having a closed bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the closed bottom, and an open top. A resting platform is disposed inside the cup-shaped base portion and spaced from the closed bottom. A retaining assembly is disposed near an upper end of the cup-shaped base portion and includes a retaining ring and a nub holder.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Inventor: Michael Abdallah
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Publication number: 20150034101Abstract: A cigar holding device made of a pliable rod. The pliable rod may include a cigar holder and a handle. The handle may include a U-shaped body and the cigar holder may include a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion may form mirroring arcs so that the cigar may be secured in between.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventor: Joseph Gangemi
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Patent number: 8905039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Inventor: Paul E. Miller
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Patent number: 8881736Abstract: The invention features a two-piece holder which features an expandable opening sized to receive and support numerous size cigars. The opening features ridge cuts that aid in holding a cigar in its desired position. The handle of the holder affords the user the opportunity to smoke the body of the cigar to the fullest possible extent without burning the smoker's fingers.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventors: Brenda Gail Hatcher, John Dominick DeRosa, Maria DeRosa
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Publication number: 20140246031Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic cigarette soft enclosure holding device, including an electronic cigarette enclosure of a barrel shape and with an opened end and a closure component engaged and pressed against the opened end of the enclosure for closing the opened end; the closure component and enclosure are independent components individually manufactured and then assembled together; the closure component is no less than the enclosure in hardness, the electronic cigarette soft enclosure holding device further includes a holding mechanism disposed at the connection location between the closure component and enclosure and engaged and pressed against the enclosure such that the closure component and enclosure are firmly pressed against each other. The holding mechanism enhances the connection stability between the enclosure and closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventor: Qiuming Liu
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Publication number: 20140209649Abstract: An interchangeable holder system or apparatus that can be modified quickly, without tools, that provides a user with a plurality of safe and convenient means of holding an object, such as a cigar or a flashlight or a large object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Theodore S. SCHUSTER
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Patent number: 8770205Abstract: A cigar holder for securing a wide variety of differently shaped cigars to a variety of different mounting locations.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventor: Richard E. Hopwood
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Patent number: 8757168Abstract: A cigar holder operable to retainably engage a cigar. The cigar holder may include a cigar retention member and a clamping assembly. The cigar retention member may be positionable with respect to the clamping assembly to supportably retain a cigar therein when the clamping assembly is secured to a number of different support structure orientations. In an embodiment, the jaw assembly may comprise a base support structure for supportably engaging the cigar holder on a surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Inventor: Gary Wills
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Publication number: 20140060551Abstract: A cigar holder assembly adapted for use with a gold bag or gold cart. The cigar holder assembly includes a clamp, a cigar tube, and a multi-positional swivel connector configured to permit adjustment of the position of the cigar tube relative to the clamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Wayne Zilka
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Publication number: 20140007890Abstract: A cigar holder operable to retainably engage a cigar. The cigar holder may include a cigar retention member and a clamping assembly. The cigar retention member may be positionable with respect to the clamping assembly to supportably retain a cigar therein when the clamping assembly is secured to a number of different support structure orientations. In an embodiment, the jaw assembly may comprise a base support structure for supportably engaging the cigar holder on a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventor: Gary Wills
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Publication number: 20130146071Abstract: The invention features a two-piece holder which features an expandable opening sized to receive and support numerous size cigars. The opening features ridge cuts that aid in holding a cigar in its desired position. The handle of the holder affords the user the opportunity to smoke the body of the cigar to the fullest possible extent without burning the smoker's fingers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Brenda Gail Hatcher, John Dominick DeRosa, Maria DeRosa
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Publication number: 20110253154Abstract: A holder for a smoking article may be inserted into the ground or golf tee holder on a golf cart, or secured over and about the upper opening leading into a garment pocket or golf bag. The holder is used to protect the smoking article from exposure to poisons and injurious chemicals used in fertilizers, and weed and fungus killers, in addition to water, dirt and debris that also cause damage to a golfer's cigars or cigarettes. A golfer can place a cigar or cigarette between the jaws of the holder, and insert the shaft into the ground or golf tee holder, thereby allowing the golfer to easily insert a tee into the ground, remove a club from the golf bag, take a shot, or drive a cart without holding a cigar or cigarette in his/her hand or mouth, and without having to be concerned about the position or location of a lit cigar or cigarette, and preventing any water, grass, dirt, chemicals or debris from adhering to the smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Rocco Dolciato
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Publication number: 20110061665Abstract: A protective cover for a smoking pipe includes a generally elongate generally tubular body member formed from elastic material and defining a bowl portion, a stem portion and a shank portion, the body member including a bowl access opening formed in the bowl portion and a stem utility opening formed in the stem portion, the body member being configured for receiving a smoking pipe through the access opening for substantial envelopment of the smoking pipe by the body member, the body member being configured to stretch from a rest disposition prior to insertion of a smoking pipe through the access opening wherein the body member has a first internal volume dimension to a use disposition for gripping at least one of the bowl portion, the shank portion and the stem portion wherein the body member has a second internal volume dimension, wherein the material returns toward its original shape when the stress of pipe fitment is removed thereby substantially enveloping the smoking pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventor: Mack Hylton
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Patent number: 7387129Abstract: A device that sucks small quantities of air through a lit cigar in order to maintain sufficient oxygen flow to prevent the cigar from going out.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Rascals, Rogues and RapscallionsInventors: H. Michael Moscherosch, Emma M. Moscherosch
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Publication number: 20040187880Abstract: Described is a device that holds cigarettes/cigars and that is attachable to golf bags or other surfaces. The device has an attachment section that is pivotally attached to a holder section, said pivotal attachment allowing the holder section to move from a folded position to an extended position. There is a pivoting structure that allows the holder section to be locked into the folded position and, by depressing a pivot pin that extends through the attachment section and the holder section, automatically extends the holder to the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventor: Thomas J. Hernandez
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Publication number: 20030005940Abstract: A smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper and a carbon monoxide pump. The pump includes a separator, an adsorbent for carbon monoxide downstream from said separator and may include a catalyst for oxidizing carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and venting holes adjacent to the adsorbent. In use, the carbon monoxide pump selectively diverts carbon monoxide from main stream combustion products, the separator impedes the entry of large molecules into the carbon monoxide pump, the catalyst at least partially oxidizes the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and the venting holes provide an alternative path for the diverted carbon monoxide and the oxidized carbon monoxide to check or reduce carbon monoxide inhalation by a smoker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: Alexander J. Dyakonov, David A. Grider
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Patent number: 6234179Abstract: A cigar or cigarette holder that inserts into the spare-tee-holding-holes found in the plastic molded dashboards of most golf carts. It has a tapered-shaped-segment (12) that is pushed into said spare-tee-holding-holes until it is securely held. At a variable angle from said tapered end is the smoking article holding segment (10) that is designed so as to hold different sized smoking articles.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Inventor: Vicente Alcaraz
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Patent number: 6109271Abstract: A cigar holder for a vehicle is formed with one portion to support a cigar and another portion of non-heat conducting and weather resistant material to protect the vehicle from the heat of the cigar and the cigar holder from the deleterious effects of the weather. The cigar holder is attachable to the vehicle by a suction cup which is concealed by an insert which is selectable to give the cigar holder different appearances.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Larry J. WingetInventors: Charles H. Webber, Larry J. Winget
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Patent number: 6053176Abstract: A system for heating a cigarette to evolve an aerosol upon consumer request comprises a cigarette and a lighter. The lighter includes a housing into which the cigarette is inserted, and a stationary heater inside the housing is positioned in thermal proximity to the cigarette. The cigarette is rotatably mounted inside the housing. When a puff is desired, heat is applied to the cigarette to produce the aerosol. Prior to the next puff, the cigarette is slightly rotated to position a fresh portion of the cigarette in proximity to the stationary heater, and this procedure is repeated until the cigarette is spent.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: John M. Adams, Michael S. Braunshteyn, Mohammad R. Hajaligol, Wesley G. Sanderson
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Patent number: 5810164Abstract: A cigarette box insert of such width, depth and height to snugly fit within a cigarette box, having a stepped top, a first receptacle being a smoking material receptacle for holding smoking material and one or more second receptacles for holding one or more pipes or cigarettes.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Inventor: Bryan Rennecamp
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Patent number: 5752599Abstract: A can holder for use with a can of smokeless tobacco is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a threaded container for receiving and securing a can of smokeless tobacco. A mirror is connected to the underside of the container to assist a smokeless tobacco user in determining whether or not tobacco particles have become lodged or are adhering to their teeth. A toothpick removably retained within a toothpick housing assists a smokeless tobacco user in removing any detected tobacco particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1996Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Stephen J. VeltmanInventor: Stephen J. Veltman
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Patent number: 5657773Abstract: A cigarette rolling paper includes a rectangular sheet of cigarette paper having a frontside surface and a backside surface. A rectangular strip of deformable material is attached at one end to the frontside surface of the sheet. The strip is positioned on the sheet with its length extending across the width of the sheet, and with a lengthwise edge positioned adjacent a widthwise side edge of the sheet. The strip includes a free end opposite from an attached end that preferably extends a distance beyond a lengthwise edge of the sheet opposite from the adhesive section. The strip is rolled into a spiral configuration before placing smoking material into the sheet to assist the user in rolling by hand a substantially cylindrical cigarette. The rolled strip also prevents smoking material from being drawn through the cigarette and into a user's mouth, and permits the entire amount of smoking material to be consumed without risking burned hands and/or lips.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Inventor: Nadim William George
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Patent number: 4838285Abstract: A golf tee having a substantially V shaped groove for receiving and holding cigarettes, cigars or the handle of a golf club to avoid infection by dangerous residue of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers if they were laid on the turf, tees or greens. The tee is inserted in the ground in the normal way.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1987Date of Patent: June 13, 1989Inventor: Louis Petrone
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Patent number: 4709706Abstract: A cigarette holder having two S-shaped flat arms fitted together by grooves or notches placed midway along the arms. The holder is held together at their lower parts by magnetic attraction but are readily separable at their upper parts when a cigarette is placed between them.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1985Date of Patent: December 1, 1987Inventor: Juan G. Turro
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Patent number: 4687006Abstract: A cigarette or cigar fire safety apparatus. A fulcrum and a lumped or distributed counterbalancing mass are made integral components of conventional cigarettes and cigars in such a manner that the lighted end of the smoking material is tilted up and out of contact with combustible, essentially horizontal surfaces upon which the lighted materials happen to accidentally be dropped or mistakenly placed. The fulcrum/weighted end combination also reduces the tendency of the cylindrical smoking materials to roll. Furthermore, the fulcrum is collapsable. In another embodiment of the invention, a series of coaxial extensions are placed at various positions along the surface of a cylindrical smoking material whereby the smoking material is kept away from such flammable surfaces by the action of these extensions.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1985Date of Patent: August 18, 1987Inventor: Jay W. Shelton
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Patent number: 4585014Abstract: A smoking device is provided having a tubular safety shield to inhibit the ability of a rod-like smoking tobacco element from igniting other articles with which the device may come into contact. The safety shield includes a multiplicity of projections that extend relatively inward to engage with a tobacco element and support it in coaxially spaced relationship to the wall of the tubular shield, thereby resulting in an annular chamber enabling essentially uninhibited and free circulation of air. Forming of the projections results in the concurrent formation of the like number of apertures in the shield wall with these apertures effectively disposed to face in a generally axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the shield while enabling free airflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1983Date of Patent: April 29, 1986Inventor: Arnold H. Fry
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Patent number: 4550739Abstract: A pipe tamping tool 10 includes tamping member 26 integrally formed with cleaning member 28 capable of cleaning the interior of the bowl of the pipe. Medially formed on the cleaning member 28 is a reacting member 30 for retaining the pipe bowl in an upright position when placed upon a horizontal surface. The retaining member 30 is a substantially arcuate member which envelopes the stem of the pipe and which has outwardly flaired free edges or legs or flanges which radiate outwardly from the arcuate portion thereof. A clip 42 for attaching the device to an article of clothing, is integrally formed as part of the device. A flocking or similar material 40 can be adhered to the interior of the arcuate member 36 to prevent scratching of the pipe stem.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1983Date of Patent: November 5, 1985Assignee: G.E.M.M. ManufacturingInventor: George H. Henderson
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Patent number: 4517993Abstract: The pipe rack is constructed so that the pipes are held upside down with the stems extending downwardly in a vertical direction. A base containing fibrous material therein is adapted to receive the mouthpiece of the pipe stem, with the fibrous material providing a wicking action to remove accumulated moisture from the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1982Date of Patent: May 21, 1985Inventor: John D. Tobias
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Patent number: 4264024Abstract: A sling for supporting one or more smoking pipes in a secure manner with the pipes being readily removable from the sling and easily placed into the sling. The sling is provided with a loop structure for receiving a belt to support the sling at the waist region of a wearer or alternatively, the sling may be supported by a neck or shoulder encircling strap or throng or by other suitable means. The sling includes a main body member of leather or equivalent flexible material having some degree of rigidity in order to be shape sustaining with the lower end of the body member being reversely folded to provide a pipe retaining member which together with the body member defines a vertically opening pocket for receiving the bowl portion of one or more smoking pipes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1978Date of Patent: April 28, 1981Inventor: Ellsworth L. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 4262684Abstract: A stable and easily transportable folding pipe stand comprising a pair of support plates hinged together along one edge and a collapsible support member secured to and extending between facing surfaces of the support plates. Preferably the support member includes a centrally located aperture, the periphery of which engages the lower portion of the bowl of a smoking pipe.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1979Date of Patent: April 21, 1981Inventor: Gary D. Merigan
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Patent number: 4204551Abstract: A smoking-pipe, usable as a replacement for a normal gearshift knob in an automobile includes a main body having a cavity, inside which a removable ventilated cartridge used to contain tobacco or other smokable material fits slidingly. A flexible smoke-tube conducts smoke from the base of the cavity to the user's mouth, and a magnetically retained cover conceals the cavity, creating the outward appearance of a custom-made shift control knob. An O-ring and a gasket hold the cartridge in the cavity, prevent noise producing vibration of the cartridge against the walls of the cavity, and provide an air seal around the cartridge to enhance air circulation through the smoking matter.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1978Date of Patent: May 27, 1980Inventor: Roger A. Robinson
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Patent number: 4148422Abstract: A holder for a smoking-pipe in the form of a substantially rigid or flexible sheath attachable to a support, the sheath having front and back walls defining a cavity and being sufficiently close to one another and sufficiently taut laterally and transversely that they frictionally pinch-hold a pipe stem in the cavity. An interior wall surface can have a high friction surface area, and the sheath can include tautening means to tauten the walls, to increase the frictional hold of the pipe stem.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1977Date of Patent: April 10, 1979Inventor: Adam L. Habler
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Patent number: 4108153Abstract: An ash tray of circular shape formed with a circular projecting flange bounding an annular recess, in which sand may be placed, with a central cup section in which a bracket is fitted. The bracket is shaped with radial spokes, each terminating in an open ring of a size to fit a cigarette tip, with the spokes joined to a central open ring of a size to fit about a cigar tip. The spokes serve to hold a pipe of a varying size in place, depending on the placement of the pipe. The bracket is mounted to the inner sides of the cup so as to be raised above the bottom wall of the cup, to permit placement of sand in the cup bottom.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1977Date of Patent: August 22, 1978Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.Inventor: Edward K. Pearson
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Patent number: 4055283Abstract: A holder for a smoking-pipe in the form of a substantially rigid or flexible sheath attachable to a support, the sheath having front and back walls defining a cavity and being sufficiently close to one another and sufficiently taut laterally and transversely that they frictionally pinch-hold a pipe stem in the cavity. An interior wall surface can have a high friction surface area, and the sheath can include tautening means to tauten the walls, to increase the frictional hold of the pipe stem.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1975Date of Patent: October 25, 1977Inventor: Adam L. Habler
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Patent number: 4044932Abstract: A sling for holding a smoking pipe readily accessible on the belt of the user which is flexible, handy, and yet firmly and securely retains a pipe therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1975Date of Patent: August 30, 1977Inventor: Ellsworth L. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 4033358Abstract: Cigarette paper with an integral support for holding a cigarette that has been consumed in substantial part, comprising a deformable wire incorporated longitudinally along the length of the paper containing the smoking medium, the wire being exposed for manipulation into a finger supported holder for the remainder of the cigarette.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1976Date of Patent: July 5, 1977Inventor: Duane Earl Harrington
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Patent number: RE30558Abstract: Cigarette paper with an integral support for holding a cigarette that has been consumed in substantial part, comprising a deformable wire incorporated longitudinally along the length of the paper containing the smoking medium, the wire being exposed for manipulation into a finger supported holder for the remainder of the cigarette.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1979Date of Patent: March 31, 1981Inventor: Duane E. Harrington