Reusable pocket ash receptacle
OwnerEugene E. Wynnykinventor
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Abstract
A pocket ash receptacle of U-shaped configuration comprises a flat pouch of flexible material adapted to be opened by compressing the edges thereof. A reinforcing resilient metallic wire frame insert, shaped to follow the edge configuration, is located within the pouch. Upon opening of the pouch by exerting lateral pressure, a portion of the insert forms a solid body across the mouth of the pouch over which the end of a cigarette may be passed for removal of the ash or against which the burning end may be snuffed out. In one modification, the solid body of the insert across the mouth of the pouch has such configuration as to permit the cleaning of the bowl of a pipe.
Claims1
A pocket ash receptacle for receipt of ashes from smoking materials, said receptacle comprising:
- a generally U-shaped pouch of flexible material, said pouch having a front side and a rear side, said front and rear sides being joined at their edge portions along the periphery of said U to provide said pouch with an openable mouth portion;
- a resilient, U-shaped wire frame corresponding to the U-shape of said pouch, said frame being secured within the edge portions of said pouch and exerting outward pressure against said periphery of said pouch to maintain said mouth portion closed;
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- a transverse wire loop member secured to lower leg portions of said U-shaped wire frame and extending upwardly therebetween, an upper portion of said loop member being of a size to fit within the bowl of a pipe, at least a portion of said transverse wire loop member extending within said pouch adjacent a portion of said mouth of said pouch centrally between said front and rear sides of said pouch when said legs of said resilient wire frame are moved toward each other to open said mouth of said pouch, whereby said transverse wire loop member is disposed centrally in said mouth of said pouch to facilitate ash removal from said smoking material placed in contact with said transverse wire loop member, said ashes so removed being collected in said pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.