Lighter apparatus for use with cigarette packages or cases therefor

Abstract

Improved cigarette lighter apparatus for combined use with cigarette packages of the "flip-top" type or, in one embodiment, with cases for cigarette packages, includes a member for supporting a lighter device, which supporting member is adapted to be removably affixed to a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package in a manner such that upon the contents of the cigarette package being exhausted, the supporting member can be removed therefrom and removably affixed to another conventional cigarette package, and a lighter device mounted on the supporting member. In this embodiment, the supporting member includes a sleeve portion adapted conveniently to fit over a portion of a conventional "flip-top" cigarette package and a lighter supporting cover portion hingedly connected to the sleeve portion. The lighter device may alternately be permanently or removably mounted on the supporting member. In the former case the resulting assembly may be either reusable or disposable while in the latter, the lighter device may be either refillable or disposable by itself. According to a further feature of the invention, the lighter apparatus may alternatively comprise a component of a case for cigarette packages. Additional embodiments of the invention are disclosed wherever the lighter apparatus may be used either in conjunction with conventional cigarette packages as described above or, alternatively, may be used alone, i.e. not in conjunction with cigarette packages or cases, for lighting cigarettes in the conventional manner.

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