Cigarette-lighter holder

• US 4,852,729 A
• Filed: 03/01/1988
• Issued: 08/01/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John R. Conte
• Original Assignee: John R. Conte
• Inventors: Conte, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Jimmy G.
• Application Number:
  US07/162,559
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 206/85-89, 206/259, 206/236
• US Class Current: 206/86
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/18 combined with other objects

Abstract

A holder for a cigarette pack and a lighter. The holder includes two compartments and has an open top. The holder is integrally formed as a one piece, five-sided plastic box. A partition is integrally joined with three sides and separates the compartments. Within the lighter compartment is inserted a depth adjusting block which adjusts the height of the lighter. A different embodiment is made with a lighter compartment which is formed shallower than compartment for the cigarette pack.

Claims

1. A holder for cigarettes and a lighter, said holder comprising a one piece five sides plastic box with the top of the box open, an internal partition wall integrally formed within said box, said partition wall being integrally joined with three of said five sides and parallel to the other two of said five sides thereby forming said box into first and second compartments, said box having a height which is sufficiently less than the height of a regular pack of cigarettes so that a person may grip the top of the pack for pulling it from or inserting it into said box and so that packs of different lengths may be inserted into said box, said first compartment in said box and on one side of said partition wall having an internal length and width which receives the bottom of a pack of cigarettes with a friction fit adequate to prevent accidental separation of the pack and box while enabling an easy insertion or removal of said pack from said box, said second compartment in said box and on an opposite side of said partition wall having an internal length and width which receives the bottom of a lighter which is no wider than the width of said pack of cigarettes, a length and width of said second compartment receiving said lighter with a snug fit to prevent accidental separation of said lighter from said box while enabling an intentional insertion or removal of said lighter from said box, and means for deposit in the bottom of said second compartment for limiting the depth of said second compartment, said limiting means adjusting the depth of said second compartment so that the top of a lighter is no lower than the top of said pack of cigarettes when in said box.

2. The holder of claim 1 and a plurality of said limiting means for adjusting the height of a lighter to match the height of said lighter to match the height of said pack of cigarettes.

3. The holder of claim 2 wherein the top of said lighter is in the range of 1/16 to 1/2-inch above the top of said pack of cigarettes.

4. The holder of claim 1 and one side of a Velcro fastener for attaching said holder to another object.