Match
OwnerHenry V. Cremoneseinventor
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Abstract
A match will sustain burning for a limited period of time comprising a splint having a combustible head and a cut-out extending defining spaced apart arms extending from adjacent the head to below any burn sustaining coating on the match.
Claims10
A match comprising a fibrous splint of carboard or hard paper, a pyrotechnic head on one end of said splint, a combustible material on said splint extending along a portion of the length of said splint from said head, said splint having essentially parallel side edges from the head to the end and being of substantially rectangular cross section, said splint having spaced apart arms defining a through slot extending longitudinally of said splint from adjacent said head to beyond said combustible material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.