Smokers convenience caddy

• US 4,588,076 A
• Filed: 11/07/1983
• Issued: 05/13/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey C. Caputo, Mario A. Caputo
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey C. Caputo, Mario A. Caputo
• Inventors: Caputo, Mario A., Caputo, Jeffrey C.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Macey, H.
• Application Number:
  US06/549,568
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 131/329, 131/231, 131/238, 131/239, 131/234, 131/240 R, 131/250, 206/86-89, 206/236, 206/239, 206/38, 206/246, 206/496, 206/119, 206/120, 206/806
• US Class Current: 206/86
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/18 combined with other objects

Abstract

A smokers'"'"' convenience caddy includes a compartmentalized receptacle with detachable components. A base unit adapted for accommodating a conventional package of cigarettes is securable to a selected substantially vertical support surface. An ash container is suspendable from the base unit and alternatively can be utilized at a remote location therefrom. A lighter pod for accepting a cigarette lighter is attachable to a side wall of the base unit and can also be independently deployed.

Claims

1. A smoker'"'"'s convienence caddy comprised of a combination of detachable component units made of plastic material and formed into a compartmentalized composite structure including a base unit adapted for accommodating a package of cigarettes, said base unit defining a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall with said rear wall having an adhesive backing for removably attaching the base unit to a support surface, said rear wall further extending said front wall and said end walls for providing a maximum adhesive bonding area, an ash container, said ash container including aperture engagement means, said front wall of the base unit including a mounting support adapted for interlocking connection with the aperture engagement means for releasably supporting the ash container on the base unit, a lighter pod adapted for accommodating a cigarette lighter, said lighter pod having a substantially planar rear wall, a curved front wall, said rear pod wall having a width dimension substantially conforming to the end wall of the base unit, said lighter pod further including a bottom wall extending between the curved front pod wall and rear pod wall to provide an enclosure having an open end opposite the bottom pod wall, said rear pod wall having adhesive bonding means for selectively attaching the lighter pod either to the end wall or a planar support surface, said rear pod wall further having a height dimension greater than said curved front pod wall for providing a maximum adhesive bonding area, said curved front pod wall being convex and extending to the bottom pod wall for defining an enclosure adapted to accommodate a cigarette lighter having an oval cross-sectional shape, said curved front pod wall further defining a recessed portion proximate to the open end, said recessed portion providing finger grip access for withdrawing the cigarette lighter from the lighter pod, whereby said several components are adapted for alternate independent utilization.