# US 12,004,559 B2 · Cigar holder and method for making same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,559 B2 - Document ID: US12004559B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/813,032 - Filed: 2022-07-16 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-16 - Assignees: Cigar Assist, LLC - Applicants: Cigar Assist, LLC - Inventors: Louis Rossi; Vince Sorbara; Daniel O'Connell; Joseph Donovan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004559B2 ## CPC - A24F 13/02: Cigar or cigarette holders (mouthpieces A24F7/00; producing tubular cigar or cigarette holders from plastics or from substances in a plastic state B29D23/14) - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) ## Abstract A cigar holder may comprise a tubular receptacle having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end, the first end comprising a first opening such that the tubular receptacle may be configured to receive at least a portion of a cigar insertably thereinto via the first opening of the first end, the second end comprising a second opening, the sidewall of the tubular receptacle including a through-hole; a magnet receptacle fastened to the second end of the tubular receptacle, the magnet receptacle comprising an end cap and a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion fit to the second opening, the protrusion including a cavity; and a magnet disposed at least partially within the cavity. A method of making a cigar holder may comprise providing a tubular receptacle, a magnet receptacle, and a magnet; attaching the magnet to the magnet receptacle; and fastening the magnet receptacle to the tubular receptacle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cigar holder, comprising: a tubular receptacle having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end, the first end comprising a first opening such that the tubular receptacle is configured to receive at least a portion of a cigar insertably thereinto via the first opening of the first end, the second end comprising a second opening, the sidewall of the tubular receptacle further defined by a through-hole; a magnet receptacle fastened to the second end of the tubular receptacle, the magnet receptacle comprising an end cap and a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion configured to fit to the second end such that the magnet receptacle is attached to the tubular receptacle proximate the second end, the protrusion and the end cap defining a cavity; a magnet disposed on the end cap at least partially within the cavity; wherein the second end comprises a first thread and the protrusion comprises a second thread, wherein the protrusion is configured to fit to the second end via a threaded connection comprising the first thread and the second thread; wherein the first thread is disposed about an exterior surface of the tubular receptacle proximate the second end and the second thread is disposed about an interior surface of the protrusion; and wherein the through-hole has a hole diameter equal to or greater than a shaft diameter of a golf tee. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cigar holder of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the through-hole is smaller than a diameter of a head of the golf tee. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cigar holder of claim 1, wherein a longitudinal axis of the through-hole is coincident with a normal axis of the first opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cigar holder of claim 1, wherein a normal axis of the first opening is at a right angle to a normal axis of the second opening. ### Claim 5 A cigar holder, comprising: a tubular receptacle having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end, the first end comprising a first opening such that the tubular receptacle is configured to receive at least a portion of a cigar insertably thereinto via the first opening of the first end, the second end comprising a second opening, the sidewall of the tubular receptacle further defined by a through-hole; a magnet receptacle fastened to the second end of the tubular receptacle, the magnet receptacle comprising an end cap and a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion configured to fit to the second end such that the magnet receptacle is attached to the tubular receptacle proximate the second end, the protrusion and the end cap defining a cavity; and a magnet disposed on the end cap at least partially within the cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the second end comprises a first thread and the protrusion comprises a second thread, wherein the protrusion is configured to fit to the second end via a threaded connection comprising the first thread and the second thread. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cigar holder of claim 6, wherein the first thread is disposed about an exterior surface of the tubular receptacle proximate the second end and the second thread is disposed about an interior surface of the protrusion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The cigar holder of claim 6, wherein the first thread is disposed about an interior surface of the tubular receptacle proximate the second end and the second thread is disposed about an exterior surface of the protrusion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the protrusion is configured to be insertably fit into the second end, thereby fitting the protrusion to the second end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the through-hole has a diameter sufficiently large to permit passage of a shaft of a golf tee. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cigar holder of claim 10, wherein the diameter of the through-hole is smaller than a diameter of a head of the golf tee. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the through-hole has a diameter sufficiently large to permit passage of a shaft of a piston therethrough. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The cigar holder of claim 12, wherein the diameter of the through-hole is smaller than a diameter of a head of the piston. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the magnet comprises a hard magnet or a soft magnet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cigar holder of claim 14, wherein the magnet comprises an aluminum-nickel-cobalt magnet, a samarium cobalt magnet, a ferrite magnet, a neodymium-iron-boron magnet, a neodymium-cobalt magnet, a silicon steel sheet magnet, or a soft core magnet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein the magnet has a magnetic strength sufficient to constrain an orientation of the magnet relative to an external object to which the cigar holder is attached via magnetic attraction between the magnet and the external object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The cigar holder of claim 5, wherein a normal axis of the first opening is at a right angle to a normal axis of the second opening. ### Claim 18 A method of making a cigar holder, comprising: providing a tubular receptacle having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end, the first end comprising a first opening such that the tubular receptacle is configured to receive at least a portion of a cigar insertably thereinto via the first opening of the first end, the second end comprising a second opening, the sidewall of the tubular receptacle further defined by a through-hole; providing a magnet receptacle comprising an end cap and a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion and the end cap defining a cavity; providing a magnet; attaching the magnet to the magnet receptacle such that the magnet is disposed on the end cap at least partially within the cavity; and fastening the magnet receptacle to the second end of the tubular receptacle such that the protrusion is insertably fit into the second opening of the second end. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the magnet has a magnetic strength sufficient to constrain an orientation of the magnet relative to an external object to which the cigar holder is attached via magnetic attraction between the magnet and the external object. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the first opening is disposed at a right angle, an obtuse angle, or an acute angle relative to the second opening.