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US 9,254,006 B2Granted
Portable cigar ashtray
OwnerMichael Abdallahinventor
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Abstract
A portable cigar ashtray includes a cup-shaped base portion having a closed bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the closed bottom, and an open top. A resting platform is disposed inside the cup-shaped base portion and spaced from the closed bottom. A retaining assembly is disposed near an upper end of the cup-shaped base portion and includes a retaining ring and a nub holder.
Claims10
A portable cigar ashtray, comprising:
- a cup-shaped base portion having a closed bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the closed bottom, and an open top;
- a resting platform disposed inside the cup-shaped base portion and spaced from the closed bottom;
- a retaining assembly disposed near an upper end of the cup-shaped base portion, the retaining assembly including a retaining ring and a nub holder, the retaining assembly having a first free end and an opposed second free end with a generally C-shaped midportion extending therebetween, the retaining assembly being formed of a continuous metal element with the retaining ring integrally forming the first free end and the nub holder integrally forming the second free end.
A portable cigar ashtray, comprising:
- a cup-shaped base portion having a closed bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the closed bottom, and an open top, the side wall having a circumferential recess defined therein near the upper end of the cup-shaped base portion;
- a resting platform disposed inside the cup-shaped base portion and spaced from the closed bottom;
- a retaining assembly formed of a continuous metal element with a retaining ring integrally forming a first end of the retaining assembly and a nub holder integrally forming a second end of the retaining assembly, the nub holder being a spiral of wire with an inward part and outward part of the spiral, the inward part being disposed lower than the outward part, the retaining assembly further having a resilient general C-shaped midportion extending between the retaining ring and the nub holder, the retaining assembly being received in the circumferential recess in the side wall, the resilient midportion urging the first and second ends outwardly so as to engage the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.