Combination cigarette pack and lighter holder

• US 5,630,503 A
• Filed: 12/05/1995
• Issued: 05/20/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kenneth Rhodes, Rhodes, Nancy
• Original Assignee: Kenneth Rhodes, Rhodes, Nancy
• Inventors: Rhodes, Kenneth, Rhodes, Nancy
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Jimmy G.
• Application Number:
  US08/567,435
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 206/85-95, 206/236, 206/256, 206/259, 220/501-503, 220/505, 220/523-527
• US Class Current: 206/85
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/109 Lighting means, e.g. matches or lighters

Abstract

A combination cigarette pack and lighter holder of the type having a base member insertable within a top member is provided. The combination cigarette pack and lighter holder comprises: a base member having a first section defining a cigarette compartment adapted for disposing a cigarette pack therein and a second section defining a lighter compartment adapted for disposing a cigarette lighter therein, the second section being substantially centered along the vertical axis of the front wall of the first section and extending outwardly therefrom; and a top member adapted for removably inserting the base section therein, in a manner such that the cigarette pack and lighter are contained within the combination cigarette pack and lighter holder.

Claims

1. A combination cigarette pack and lighter holder comprising:

a base member having a first section and a second section;

said first and said second sections being integrally formed from substantially rigid plastic, said first section having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall and a bottom wall, said front wall and said rear wall being parallel to one another and interconnecting said left side wall, said right side wall and said bottom wall in a manner to form a five sided box defining a cigarette compartment;

said second section having a first side wall, a second side wall, a cover wall and a floor wall, said first and said second side wall being spaced from one another and extending perpendicularly outward from said front wall of said first section approximate the midpoint thereof, said cover wall being substantially parallel to said front wall and interconnecting said first side wall, said second side wall and said floor wall, said floor wall extending substantially perpendicularly from said front wall and interconnecting said first and said second side wall and said cover wall, said second section defining a lighter compartment, said first section and said second section of said base member forming a substantially planar, open top surface; and

a top member adapted for removably inserting said base section therein in a manner such that the said cigarette pack and said lighter are enclosed therein, said top member having a first wide wall, a second wide wall, a pair of narrow side walls and a top wall, said first wide wall, said second wide wall, said pair of narrow side walls and said top wall being integrally formed of rigid plastic, said first and said second wide walls being substantially parallel to one another and interconnecting said pair of narrow walls and said top wall, said second wide wall of said top member having a U-shaped section, said U-shaped section having a first leg, a second leg and a third leg, said first and said second leg extending perpendicularly outward from said second wide wall and substantially parallel to one another, said third leg interconnecting said first and said second leg and being substantially parallel to said first wide wall, said base member being insertable within said top member said second section of said base member being disposed within a channel formed by said U-shaped section of said top section.