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US 8,757,168 B2Granted
Cigar holder
OwnerGary Willsinventor
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Abstract
A cigar holder operable to retainably engage a cigar. The cigar holder may include a cigar retention member and a clamping assembly. The cigar retention member may be positionable with respect to the clamping assembly to supportably retain a cigar therein when the clamping assembly is secured to a number of different support structure orientations. In an embodiment, the jaw assembly may comprise a base support structure for supportably engaging the cigar holder on a surface.
Claims13
A cigar holder, comprising:
- a cigar retention member operable to retainably engage a cigar without application of a compressive force to the cigar, the cigar retention member comprising a cigar cradle extending in a first direction corresponding to a length of the cigar and a second direction corresponding to a circumference of the cigar, wherein the cigar cradle comprises;
- a riser disposed at a first end portion thereof, the riser operable to dispose a lit end portion of the cigar in a spaced apart relation from the cigar cradle adjacent to the lit end portion of the cigar, and
- a hood at a second end portion thereof opposite the first end portion, wherein at least a portion of a cut end portion of the cigar is substantially surrounded by the hood when the cigar is retainably engaged by the cigar retention member;
- and
- a clamping assembly operable to clampingly engage a support structure, wherein the cigar retention member is supportably engaged with the clamping assembly.
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A method for retaining a cigar, comprising:
- supportably engaging the cigar holder with a support structure by clamping a clamping assembly of the cigar holder to the support structure;
- positioning a cigar retention member based on a position of the cigar holder as supportably engaged with the support structure;
- disposing a cigar with respect to a cigar cradle of the cigar retention member that extends in a first direction corresponding to a length of the cigar and a second direction corresponding to a circumference of the cigar, wherein the disposing includes contacting a riser disposed at a first end portion of the cigar cradle with a lit end portion of the cigar to dispose the cigar in a spaced apart relation from the cigar cradle adjacent to the lit end portion of the cigar and disposing a cut end portion of the cigar relative to a hood at a second end portion of the cigar cradle opposite the first end portion so that the cut end portion is substantially surrounded by the hood when the cigar is disposed relative to the cigar cradle;
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- retaining the cigar in the cigar cradle of the cigar retention member, wherein the retaining is without application of a compressive force to the cigar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.