Smoking accessory

• US 4,993,435 A
• Filed: 01/16/1990
• Issued: 02/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Mccann
• Original Assignee: Steven Mccann
• Inventors: McCann, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reichard, Lynne A.
• Application Number:
  US07/465,339
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 131/330, 131/175, 131/206, 131/202, 131/212.1, 131/213, 131/215.1, 131/215.2, 131/215.3, 131/231, 131/235.1, 131/238, 131/329
• US Class Current: 131/330
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/00 Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/16 Safety sleeves for cigars or cigarettes preventing damage by glowing ash
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/22 Supports for holding cigars or cigarettes while smoking

Abstract

A smoking accessory includes a case that can completely contain a lighted cigarette. The cigarette foot end extends out of the case, and the smoker exhales smoke into a mouthpiece on the case that conducts the exhaled smoke into a filter chamber to be filtered before it is exhausted to the environment. The case includes an ash chamber next to a cigarette containing chamber, and a filter chamber is located adjacent to the cigarette containing chamber. A flexible hose having two passages can be connected to the case.

Claims

1. A smoking accessory comprising:

(A) a smoke-impermeable hollow case having a front end wall and a rear end wall, a top and a bottom, and first and second side walls;

(B) an access door hingeably connected to said case top for providing access to the interior of said hollow case when said door is open;

(C) a lighted cigarette containing compartment in said case and which includes

(1) a first interior wall extending inside said case from said case rear end wall to said case front end wall, said first interior wall being spaced from said first side wall,

(2) a second interior wall extending inside said case from said case rear end wall to said case front end wall and being spaced from said first interior wall and from said case second side wall,

(3) an ash opening defined through said first interior wall,

(4) a sliding door portion on said first interior wall which slides from a closed position covering said ash opening to an open position uncovering said ash opening,

(5) a one-way valve in said case rear end wall for conducting ambient air into said lighted cigarette containing compartment but preventing air from passing out of said cigarette compartment via said one-way valve,

(6) a cigarette access opening defined through said case front end wall through which a cigarette foot end extends for access to a smoker, and

(7) a cigarette support tube mounted on said case front wall adjacent to said cigarette access opening;

(D) an ash compartment defined between said first interior wall and said case first side wall, said ash compartment including a top wall located to be adjacent to said case access door when said case access door is closed, said ash compartment extending from said case front end wall to said case rear end wall and being opened and closed by said sliding door;

(E) a filter compartment defined between said second interior wall and said case second side wall and extending from said case front end wall to said case rear end wall, said filter compartment including

(1) a top wall hingeably connected to said second interior wall to be adjacent to said case access door when said access door is closed,

(2) an exit opening defined in said case rear end wall to permit filtered gas in said filter compartment to escape from said case,

(3) a mouthpiece mounted on said case front end wall and a one-way valve mounted on said front end wall in covering relation to said mouthpiece for conducting air into said filter compartment via said mouthpiece but preventing air from passing out of said filter compartment via said mouthpiece,

(4) a passage in said second interior wall for conducting smoke from said cigarette containing compartment into said filter compartment, and

(5) a one-way valve mounted on said second interior wall in covering relation to the passage in said second interior wall to permit smoke to flow into said filter compartment from said cigarette containing compartment but to prevent smoke from passing from said filter compartment to said cigarette containing compartment via said passage; and

(F) filter media located in said filter compartment.

2. The smoking accessory defined in claim 1 wherein said filter media includes a plurality of cylindrical filter blocks.

3. The smoking accessory defined in claim 2 further including a flexible hose having

(1) an outer casing that is impermeable to cigarette smoke,

(2) a case engaging end and a smoking end,

(3) a mouthpiece on said smoking end,

(4) a cigarette smoke impervious dividing wall extending from said case engaging end to said smoking end and dividing said hose into a smoke inhalation passage and a smoke exhalation passage,

(5) a one-way valve mounted in said inhalation passage which permits smoke to flow only from said case engaging end to said smoking end,

(6) a one-way valve in said exhalation passage which permits smoke to flow only from said smoking end to said case engaging end,

(7) coupling mounted on said case engaging end which includes

(a) a cigarette foot receiving cover connected to said inhalation passage to conduct smoke from said cigarette foot to said hose mouthpiece, and

(b) a case mouthpiece receiving portion connected to said exhalation passage to conduct smoke exhaled by a smoker to said filter chamber.