U.S. patent application number 11/978256 was filed with the patent office on 2008-11-13 for smoking product.
Invention is credited to Gregory Desmond.
Application Number | 20080276946 11/978256 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33130087 |
Filed Date | 2008-11-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080276946 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Desmond; Gregory |
November 13, 2008 |
Smoking product
Abstract
A smoking product of a cigarette type which can be made quickly
and personally and can be filled with any amount and type of
tobacco according to the smoker's will.
Inventors: |
Desmond; Gregory; (Quincy,
MA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP
88 BLACK FALCON AVENUE
BOSTON
MA
02210
US
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Family ID: |
33130087 |
Appl. No.: |
11/978256 |
Filed: |
October 29, 2007 |
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10249424 |
Apr 8, 2003 |
7287531 |
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11978256 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
131/187 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24C 5/425 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
131/187 |
International
Class: |
A24F 1/28 20060101
A24F001/28 |
Claims
1. (canceled)
2. A smoking product comprising an elongated tubular holder having
a first end; and an elongated tube having an outer end and an inner
end that is releasably engaged around and overlaps said first end,
said tube being slidable lengthwise relative to the holder so that
said outer end can be adjustably spaced from said first end to vary
the available tube volume between said first and said outer ends,
said tube being of a combustible material so that when said outer
end is lit, the tube burns down like a cigarette wrapper.
3. The product defined in claim 2 wherein said holder is of
cardboard.
4. The product defined in claim 2 wherein the tube is of parchment
or cigarette paper.
5. The product defined in claim 2 wherein the tube is appreciably
longer than the holder.
6. The product defined in claim 2 and further including a quantity
of loose tobacco received in said available tube volume through
said outer end and pressed filled by sliding the tube along the
holder to reduce the distance between said first and said outer
ends.
7-13. (canceled)
14. The product defined in claim 6 and further including opposed
pressure points located on the product between said first and said
inner ends which when pressed together prevent said tobacco from
penetrating into the holder.
Description
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a division of Ser. No.
10/249,424, filed on Apr. 8, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,287,531.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present device derives from the tobacco industry and is
an auxiliary smoking product with cigarette holder, representing a
product combining the consumer characteristics and quality of
cigarettes.
[0003] Different types of cigarettes are known in the world. Common
for all is the tobacco core inserted in cigarette paper jacket and
short cut cigarette holder made from pressed paper, for example. It
should be noted that the cigarette holder and the tobacco core are
put together in a single whole by a paper band (U.S. Pat. No.
3,498,299 and GB 2,203,324).
[0004] Tobacco products described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,524,450 are
the closest in the technical sense and purpose to the proposed
product. These products have an elongated cigarette holder of
cardboard-type pressed fibrous material and a cylindrical tube for
tobacco content. The tobacco core tube and cigarette holder are
united together with the help of a paper fillet.
[0005] In the well-known cigarettes, the tobacco core tube has a
permanent non-changeable length and therefore a certain given
amount of tobacco in the cigarette. Therefore, if a smoker wants to
decrease the amount of smoked tobacco he will have to put out the
cigarette, and either store somewhere or throw out the non-smoked
part, which makes it inconvenient, non-economic and violates the
ecology of smoking.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The purpose of the invention is to create such a cigarette
smoking product that will enable one to change the amount of smoked
tobacco according to the smoker's intent or habit.
[0007] Another purpose of the invention is to create a smoking
product that is easy to produce personally.
[0008] A further purpose of the invention is to create a smoking
product that combines the features and quality of filter and
non-filter cigarettes.
[0009] The aforementioned are goals achieved by the present smoking
product. It contains a cigarette holder made from pressed
cardboard-type fibrous material that, in essence, is a coreless
tubular element with a long axis, and a tobacco core tube also of
cylindrical form manufactured from parchment. The novelty is that
the tobacco core tube has a slightly larger diameter and length
than the diameter and length of the above-mentioned cigarette
holder and this core tube partially envelops the outside of the
cigarette holder in order to form a core to be filled by tobacco.
The tobacco core tube is made in a way enabling it to move along
the long axis of the cigarette holder in order to change the volume
of space for tobacco.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] My product shall be hereby described in detail in the
description with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
[0011] FIG. 1 depicts an embodiment of the proposed smoking product
of a cigarette type; and
[0012] FIGS. 2a-2e depict the procedure for making the FIG. 1
cigarette-type smoking product.
DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0013] The proposed cigarette-type product includes a cigarette
holder 1 (FIG. 1), made from pressed fibrous material of cardboard
type that constitutes a coreless tubular element, 5 cm long with a
long axis, and a tobacco core tube 2 of cylindrical form of
parchment. Core tube 2 has a slightly larger diameter and length
than that of the above-mentioned cigarette holder 1, i.e., the
length of the illustrated core tube amounts to 8 cm. Core tube 2
envelopes partially from the outside the cigarette holder 1 and
thus a space 3 is formed for tobacco filling 4 (FIG. 2c). Core tube
2 has the possibility to move along the long axis of the cigarette
holder 1, thus enabling a change in the volume of space 3 for the
tobacco. The sliding of the core tube is made by hand to the extent
needed.
[0014] The cigarette holder is made as now described. At first, the
sample (cigarette-paper) should be twisted clockwise and
counterclockwise pursuant to indicator "A", as shown in FIG. 2a, in
order to rumple, soften and separate the cardboard layer from the
parchment layer, i.e. to release the tobacco core tube 2. Then with
two fingers of one hand one should take the cigarette holder 1 at
its base, as is indicated in FIG. 2c with arrow "B" and easily,
without effort pull out the cigarette holder in the direction as
indicated with arrow "D", i.e. to the right almost to the end
leaving a small part "C" 1 cm long, overlapping tobacco core 2.
Further, two fingers should press the indicated part "C", that is
made of a cardboard layer and a parchment layer so that the tobacco
does not fall into the space in the cigarette holder 1. Then, one
should fill space 3 with loose tobacco 4 (FIG. 2c) by hand.
[0015] After space 3 is filled in sufficiently, with the help of
two fingers one should pull at the base of tobacco core tube 2, on
FIG. 2d this place is indicated with arrow "E", down towards the
base of the cigarette holder 1, as indicated on FIG. 2d with arrows
"F". Tobacco 4 automatically under pressure from all the sides of
core 2 will be press-filled and that part of the space that was
pressed up and that connects the cigarette holder 1 with the core
tube 2, will not allow the tobacco to penetrate inside the
cigarette holder 1. Thus, the hand-made cigarette (FIG. 2e) filled
with tobacco 4 is ready to use, i.e. tobacco core tube 2 with
tobacco 4 is ready for being lit and smoked with the lower part the
cigarette holder 1 acting as a sort of filter.
[0016] The procedure of manufacturing this cigarette takes no more
than one minute. And since core tube 2 can be moved along the long
axis of the cigarette holder 1, the amount of tobacco in space 3
can be increased, or decreased, i.e. this method enables a
cigarette to be made of any size with one's own hand and with any
type of tobacco according to the smoker's desire.
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