Back to results
US 4,230,214 AGranted
Coin operated cigarette case
OwnerArmando G. Cortezinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
OwnerArmando G. Cortezinventor
Estimating the term…
A housing in which to receive a plurality of cigarettes and defining an outlet opening through which cigarettes may be successively discharged from the interior of the housing. Flush closing door structure is supported from the housing and shiftable between a flush closed position closing the opening and an open position. The housing defines coin slots for receiving coins therein and in which coins may be temporarily supported in predetermined position. Also, coin displacement structure is provided within the housing for shifting between inactive and active positions and is manually shiftable between the active and inactive positions thereof from the exterior of the housing. The door includes abutment structure engageable by coins upon displacement of the coins by the coin displacement structure during its movement from the inactive position to the active position thereof, to shift the door from the flush closed position thereof toward the open position thereof.
A coin operated cigarette case, said case defining a housing in which to receive a plurality of cigarettes and defining an outlet opening through which a cigarette may be discharged from the interior of said housing, flush closing door means for said opening shiftable between a flush closed position and open position, said housing defining coin slot means for receiving coins therein and temporarily positioning coins within predetermined position within said housing, and coin displacement means supported within said housing for shifting between inactive and active positions and manually shiftable between said positions from the exterior of said housing, said door including abutment means engageable by said coins, upon displacement of the coins by said coin displacement means during its movement from said inactive position to said active position, to shift said door means from said flush closed position toward said open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.