Smokeless cigarette filter device

#1. Field of the Invention

#The instant invention relates generally to smoking devices and more specifically it relates to a smokeless cigarette filter device.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

#To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings are illustrative only, and that changes may be made in the specific construction illustrated and described within the scope of the appended claims.

#FIG. 1 is a partially exploded front perspective view of a first embodiment of the instant invention with parts broken away to show the ash screen and cigarette therein.

#FIG. 1A is a front perspective view taken in the direction of arrow 1A in FIG. 1, with the barrel broken away.

#Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 through 6 illustrate a smokeless cigarette filter device 10, which consists of a barrel 12 fabricated out of molded, heat resistant durable material. A structure 14 on a first end 15 of the barrel 12 is for covering the mouth and nose of a smoker. An element 16 is for holding a cigarette 18 within the barrel 12, so that a butt end 20 of the cigarette can enter the mouth and nose covering structure 14. A component 22 is for lighting a distal end 24 of the cigarette 18 within the barrel 12 when the smoker inhales. An assembly 26 is on a second end 27 of the barrel 12, for filtering harmful first and second hand smoke coming from the lit cigarette 18 and the smoker, so as to prevent the smoke from ever reaching the outside air. An apparatus 28 is for extinguishing the cigarette 18 within the barrel 12, when the smoker is done smoking the cigarette 18.

#The mouth and nose covering structure 14 is a mouth and nose cup mask 30, molded of pliable material that will snugly conform to the face of the smoker. The mouth and nose cup mask 30 includes a collar 32 that is removable from the first end 15 of the barrel 12 for cigarette 18 placement and cleaning.

#The mouth and nose cup mask 30 further contains a plurality of one way inlet valves 34, to allow air to enter, prevent the escape of smoke filled air while the smoker is smoking and prevent the mouth and nose cup mask 30 from collapsing when it is pressed against the smoker's face. The mouth and nose cup mask 30 further includes a cigarette guide and exhalation vent 36, being funnel shaped and having a centered cigarette guide sleeve 38 to receive the butt end 20 of the cigarette 18 surrounded by a plurality of vent holes 40. The vent holes 40 are for allowing exhaled smoke from the mouth of the smoker after it is drawn directly from the butt end 20 of the cigarette 18, to be blown back into the device 10. The vent holes 40 are also for allowing air to freely enter the device 10, while the mouth and nose cup mask 30 is not against the face of the smoker for the filtration of first hand smoke.