Smoking article and method
OwnerDaniel S. Sinclair, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A method of constructing a cigar includes the providing of a plurality of frusto-conically shaped tubes, each tube being of a smokable material such as a spirally wrapped layer of tobacco material. The tubes are nested, one tube inside the other tube. The nested tubes are then attached to a mouthpiece having a socket that is internally threaded. The nested tubes and mouthpiece are packaged either filled with tobacco filler material, partially filled, or unfilled in a container.
Claims26
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of nested conically shaped tubes that form a nested stack of shaped tubes, the nested stack having opposed first and second stack ends, each conically shaped tube in the nested stack being formed of smokable material and each having proximal and distal cone end portions with cone interiors between their respective proximal and distal cone end portions;
- (b) a conical support nested in the cone interior of a first conically shaped tube located at the second end of the nested stack;
- (c) a supporting receiver having an opening for receiving the proximal end of a second conically shaped tube located at the first end of the nested stack;
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- (d) packaging for sale the nested stack of conically shaped tubes with the nested stack having the receiver and the conical support, and the plurality of nested conically shaped tubes being unfilled with a smokable material.
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of conically shaped tubes that form a nested stack of shaped tubes, the nested stack having opposed first and second nested stack ends, each conically shaped tube in the nested stack being formed of smokable material and each having proximal and distal cone end portions with cone interiors between their respective proximal and distal cone end portions;
- (b) a conical support nested in the cone interior of a first conically shaped tube of the nested stack of shaped tubes, the first conically shaped tube being located at the second end of the nested stack;
- (c) a supporting receiver for receiving the proximal end of a second conically shaped tube of the nested stack of shaped tubes, the second conically shaped tube being located at located at the first end of the nested stack;
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- (d) packaging for sale the nested stack of conically shaped tubes, the receiver, and the conical support, wherein the plurality of nested conically shaped tubes are not filled with a smokable filler.
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining
- (i) a plurality of nested conically shaped tubes that form a nested stack of shaped tubes, the nested stack having opposed first and second stack ends, each conically shaped tube in the nested stack being formed of smokable material and each having proximal and distal cone end portions with cone interiors between their respective proximal and distal cone end portions;
- (ii) a conical support nested in the cone interior of a first conically shaped tube located at the second end of the nested stack;
- (iii) a supporting receiver having an opening for receiving the proximal end of a second conically shaped tube located at the first end of the nested stack;
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- (iv) the nested stack of conically shaped tubes being packaged for sale in a container;
- (b) opening the container and removing at least one of the nested conically shaped tubes from the container;
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- (c) filling the at least one removed conically shaped tube with a smokable filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.