Cigarette perforater box
AssigneeLawrence Peska Assoc., Inc.
InventorJaime Ortiz, Jr.
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Abstract
In order to reduce the content of smoking byproducts (including nicotine and tars) in the smoke inhaled by the smoker, the disclosed perforator box is used to simultaneously perforate the paper, covering the smoking end of all cigarettes in a pack. To accomplish this, the full pack is placed in the open sided box and a needle studded cover is pressed onto the box so that the neeldes perforate the cigarettes. When smoked, smoke from the perforated cigarettes contains a lower percentage of nicotine and tars. It is suggested that this should aid a person desirous of stopping to achieve his goal.
Claims1
A device for perforating cigarettes comprising a rectangular parallelapiped shaped box with one open broad face, the box being dimensioned to accomodate a pack of cigarettes, a rectangular cover, fitting the open broad face and a plurality of needle shaped members affixed to the inward facing surface of cover, the members being parallel to one another and distributed approximately uniformly over a portion of the cover corresponding to a major portion of the combustable end of the cigarettes which the box is to hold, said box including a thin resilient pad covering the inner face of box face opposite to the open broad face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.