Paperboard container for extinguishing and disposal of lighted cigarettes

a technology which is applied in the field of personal containers for extinguishing and retaining cigarettes, and can solve the problems of poor cigarette disposal, pollution of cigarette littering, and high maintenance and clean-up costs,

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-16
VALERA INT CORP
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[0025]Providing ashtrays in the form of the containers of the invention with the sales of cigarettes can provide a crucial step into solving the littering problem. Although results will not show immediately due to a strongly formed habit of “tossing the butt...

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Improper cigarette disposal is the most common form of littering in the world.
Cigarette littering has many negative impacts on the public, most of them environmental.
Among the biggest and hardest impacts of cigarette littering are pollution, and maintenance and clean-up costs.
Pollution is the worst effect caused by cigarette littering.
There is much misinformation about cigarette filters.
A major publi...

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[0043]With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, it has been observed that during the course of smoking, a cigarette 1, whether plain or filter-tipped, is typically reduced to a length ranging from two to four centimeters, at which point the smoker desires to dispose of the unextinguished remains or cigarette butt. In accordance with the present invention, a lightweight paperboard container 10 for the disposal of lighted cigarettes includes (a) an open-top drawer 20 that receives the lighted cigarette in a close-fitting longitudinal channel and (b) an open-ended case or box 50. The rectilinear box 50 has an open end 52 and is closed at its opposite end by panel 54 and is formed with sidewalls 56 and top and bottom walls 58 and 60, respectively.

[0044]In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the drawer 20 is provided with a pair of parallel open channels 22 separated by a hollow partition member 24 that extends from lid 30 to the opposing distal end 32. In this embodiment, each of the channels 22 is able t...

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A lightweight paperboard container for the disposal of a lighted cigarette includes (a) an open-top drawer with a lid at one end that receives a lighted cigarette in a longitudinal channel in close-fitting relation; and (b) an open-ended case or box that receives the drawer in close-fitting sliding relation and, when the drawer is fully inserted into the box, quickly smothers and extinguishes the lit cigarette remains without scorching or excessive heating. The drawer preferably has two or more parallel channels, each about the length of a cigarette, so that a plurality of extinguished cigarette remains can be stored in the smoker's pocket or handbag pending the opportunity for their proper disposal.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to personal container for extinguishing and retaining extinguished cigarettes for use by smokers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]Improper cigarette disposal is the most common form of littering in the world. Cigarette littering has many negative impacts on the public, most of them environmental. Among the biggest and hardest impacts of cigarette littering are pollution, and maintenance and clean-up costs.[0003]Pollution is the worst effect caused by cigarette littering. Cigarette butts can be easily carried by water and even wind. These butts are then carried into rivers, lakes and the oceans. Cigarette butts thrown in the wild or carried into the streams by rain and wind do not degrade easily.[0004]About 95% of all cigarette filters are made from cellulose acetate which is a form of plastic. There is much misinformation about cigarette filters. A major public misunderstanding is that cigarette filters are biodegradable. By definit...

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IPC IPC(8): A24F13/18
CPCA24F13/18A24F19/0064A24F19/0078
Inventor GRANDA, CARLOS MANUEL GARCIARODRIGUEZ, ALFREDO ANTONIO ARTURO ABREU
Owner VALERA INT CORP
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