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June 12, 1956 S. J. ELSWICK CIGARETTE-CLIP HOLDER Filed June 24, 1955 IN V EN TOR.

STUART J ELsWIcK ATTOQHEYS CIGARETTE-CLIP HOLDER Stuart J. Elswick, Anawalt, W. Va.

Application June 24, 1955, Serial No. 517,739

Claims. (Cl. 131-259) This invention, a cigarette holder, has among important objects thereof the following:

To provide, in a holder of the type having a stem-like handle extending perpendicularly to the length or the supported cigarette, improved means for releasably gripping the cigarette;

To facilitate the connection or disconnection of the cigarette and holder;

To permit tilting of the supported cigarette about an axis extending transversely thereof so that it may be held with its length at an angle other than 90 degrees to the length of the holder;

To facilitate the holding of the cigarette in such a way that there will be no cigarette stain or odor on ones fingers after smoking, while insuring that the natural taste of the cigarette will be retained; and

To obtain approximately as much smoking from a cigarette of regular size as that which may be obtained from smoking a so-called king size cigarette in the conventional manner, that is, holding the cigarette between the fingers of the hand.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claims appended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder supporting a cigarette;

Figure 2 is an enlarged partial section on line 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 2.

The holder constituting the present invention includes an elongated, cylindrical stem integrally formed at its upper end with a flattened, widened end portion 12 having a correspondingly flattened and widened recess 14 opening upon the upper extremity of said end portion.

In the outer surface of one side wall of the recess 14, there is formed a shallow recess 16, in which is engaged the inner end of a flat, wide arm 18 riveted at 20, at locations spaced longitudinally of said arm, to the end portion 12. Ann 18, at its outer end, projects above the open end of recess 14, and extends along one side of the recess. A jaw 22, curved through substantially 90.degrees of a circle in the direction of the opposite side of the recess 14, is pivotally connected at the inner end of said jaw by means of a rivet 24 to the arm 18. Projecting laterally from arm 18 in the same direction as jaw 22, that is, above the open end of recess 14, is an approximately triangular, blade-like projection 26 having a top edge 28 inwardly curved about the same center, and upon the same radius, as jaw 22.

Medially between the opposite sides of recess 14, and extending transversely within the recess between the front and back walls thereof a short distance below the open upper end of the recess, is a pivot pin 30, passing through transversely aligned openings formed in laterally spaced ears 32 integrally provided upon opposite sides of an elongated straight arm 34, which projects out of the open upper end of recess 14. A jaw 36, curved through sub- United States Patent 0 2,749,919 Patented June 12, 1956 "ice stantially degrees about a radius equal to that of the jaw 22, is pivotally connected by means of a pivot 38 to the upper or free end of arm 34, and extends toward the jaw 22.

Circumposed about pin 30 are the coils of a spring 40, one end of which bears against the outer surface of arm 34, and the other end of which bears against the side wall of recess 14 opposite from the side wall to which arm 18 is secured, the spring being arranged to normally swing arm 34 toward arm 18. A substantially triangular projection 42 rigidly secured to the inner surface of arm 34 extends toward the projection 26, and has an inwardly curved top edge 43 curved about a center, and upon a radius, common to that of the jaw 36. When arm 34 is biased in a clockwise direction as seen in Figure 2 to its maximum extent, the pointed tips of projections 26, 42 are in closely spaced relation. In this relationship of the parts, edges 28 and 43, and jaws 22, 36 form different segments of a common circle, to cooperate in defining a circular opening of a diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the cigarette C.

Integrally formed upon the inner end of the arm 34 is an extension 44 disposed at an obtuse angle to the longitudinal axis of arm 34, and provided at its free lower end with a laterally, outwardly projecting push button 46 extending through a short longitudinal slot 48 formed in the adjacent side wall of recess 14 near the inner end of the recess.

In use of the device, one grasps the stem in one hand, and depresses button 46 with the thumb, to the dotted line position of Figure 2. This shifts jaw 36 outwardly from jaw 22 against the restraint of spring 40, widening the cigarette-receiving opening to permit insertion of a cigarette. The push button is then released, and under the force of spring 40, the jaw 36 will shift into engagement with the cigarette cooperating with jaw 22 in gripping the supported cigarette. The cigarette may now be conveniently smoked, without ones fingers touching the same, thus eliminating the possibility of stain or odor on the fingers.

Normally, the longitudinal axis of the cigarette will be perpendicular to that of stem 10. However, as shown in Figure 3, due to the pivotal mounting of the upper half of the jaws on their associated arms, said jaws may be swung about a common horizontal axis defined by rivets 24, 38 to enable the cigarette to be tilted to a position in which it is disposed at an angle other than a right angle to the stem 10.

When the cigarette has been fully smoked, one need merely press inwardly on push button 46, the cigarette thus being released and may be removed from the holder.

When the holder is not in use, it may be readily inserted in a shirt pocket or a suit breast pocket, and clipped therein through the medium of a spring pocket clip 50 secured to the side of the stem 10. The illustrated clip is angularly spaced 90 degrees about the circumference of the stem from the push button, but this spacing can be changed as desired.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a stern; a first arm having a fixed connection to the stem and projecting beyond one end of the stem; an arcuate first jaw connected to the first arm; a second arm pivotally mounted upon the stern and spaced laterally from the first arm; a second arcuate jaw connected to the second arm and extending toward the first jaw; resilient, yielding means associated with the second arm adapted to normally bias thesecond arm toward the first arm for disposition of said jaws in engagement with a cigarette extending therebetween; and lateral projections fixed to the respective arms and extending toward one another below the respective jaws in position to engage the underside of a cigarette between the jaws in supporting relation to said cigarette.

2. A cigarette holder including an elongated stem; a first arm extending longitudinally of the stem beyond one end of the same and having a fixed connection to the stem; a first jaw carried by the projecting end of the first arm and arcuately curved to extend about a segment of the circumference of a cigarette; a second arm pivotally mounted upon the stem and having a free end projecting beyond said end of the stem in laterally spaced relation to the first arm; a second jaw connected to the second arm and arcuately curved in the direction of the first named jaw so as to extend about a second segment of the circumference of said cigarette; spring means operatively connected to the stem and said second arm adapted to normally bias the second arm and jaw toward the first arm and jaw; and a pair of approximately triangular projections fixedly secured to the respective arms and extending laterally from the arms toward one another, one of said projections being proportioned to extend about a third segment of the cigarette circumference and the other projection being adapted to extend about a fourth segment of the cigarette circumference, to cooperate with respective jaws in gripping said cigarette.

3. A cigarette holder including an elongated stem; a first arm extending longitudinally of the stem beyond one end of the same and having a fixed connection to the stem; a first jaw carried by the projecting end of the first arm and arcuately curved to extend about a segment of the circumference of a cigarette; a second arm pivotally mounted upon the stem and having a free end projecting beyond said end of the stem in laterally spaced relation to the first arm; a second jaw connected to the second arm and arcuately curved in the direction of the first named jaw so as to extend about a second segment of the circumference of said cigarette; spring means operatively connected to the stem and said second arm adapted to normally bias the second arm and jaw toward the first arm and jaw; a pair of approximately triangular projections fixedly secured to the respective arms and extending laterally from the arms toward one another, one of said projections being proportioned to extend about a third segment of the cigarette circumference and the other projection being adapted to extend about a fourth segment of the cigarette circumference, to cooperate with said jaws in gripping said cigarette; an extension formed upon the second arm; and a push button carried by said extension and projecting laterally outwardly from the stem, said push button being disposed for depression by a user in a direction effective to shift the second arm away from the first arm and jaw against the force of said spring means.

4. A holder for a cigarette comprising an elongated stem providing a handle, said stem at one end including a relatively flat end portion and said end portion having a recess opening upon said end of the stem; 21 first arm extending substantially in parallelism with the longitudinal center line of the stem and fixedly secured to said widened end portion at one side of the recess, said first arm projecting beyond the open end of the recess; a second arm pivotally mounted within said recess and adapted to be swung about an axis extending transversely of the recess, said second arm projecting at one end out of the open end of the recess in laterally spaced relation to the first arm; spring means operatively connected to said second arm and one wall of the recess to normally bias the second arm about the pivot axis thereof in the direction of the first arm; first and second jaws each arcuately curved through substantially degrees of a circle connected to the projecting ends of the respective arms and extending toward one another, adapted to grip a cigarette therebetween on movement of the second arm under the force of the spring means toward the first arm; means associated with the second arm adapted to swing the same in a direction away from the first arm against the restraint of said means under the control of a user; and lateral projections carried by the respective arms and extending toward one another within the space between the arms, said projections being spaced longitudinally of the arms from the jaws thereof, said projections having curved edges with the curved edge of each projection curving about a center common to that about which the jaw of the arm to which it is attached is curved, said edge of each projection being curved upon a radius equal to that of the jaw of the same arm, whereby to define a substantially circular opening of different segments, the edge of which is defined by the respective jaws and projections, for receiving a supported cigarette.

5. A cigarette holder comprising an elongated stem; a first arm fixedly connected to and projecting beyond one end of the stem; a first jaw arcuately curved to extend partially about the circumference of a cigarette engaged thereagainst, said first jaw having a pivotal connection to the first arm; a second arm pivotally mounted upon the stem in laterally spaced relation to the first arm and projecting beyond said end of the stem; spring means operatively connected to said second arm adapted to bias the second arm in the direction of the first arm; and a second arcuate jaw pivotally connected to the second arm, said jaws being pivotable upon an axis extending transversely of the stem for disposition of a cigarette gripped thercbetween with its length at a selected angle to the length of the stem.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,641,517 Yessaian Sept. 6, 1927 1,692,652 Habbart Nov. 20, 1928 1,780,936 Nurnberg Nov. 11, 1930 1,904,903 Sweet Apr. 18, 1933 2,145,910 Alphen Feb. 7, 1939

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