Cigar extinguisher & saver device

Abstract

An improved portable cigar extinguisher and saver device consisting of an assembly of two hollow, cylindrical tube sections coupled together in a slidable, telescopic manner capable of being hermetically sealed by a movable top cap attached to the top tube section and a detachable bottom cap on the bottom tube section. The device can be sealed airtight and shortened or lengthened telescopically, thereby eliminating the space and air within to quickly extinguish a lit cigar and preserve it for later consumption, or to carry a fresh, unsmoked cigar. The device provides cigar smokers with a convenient, socially and environmentally friendly device for extinguishing and carrying a partially consumed cigar.

1 . A cigar extinguisher and saver device comprising: 
 An assembly of two tube sections with a hollow cavity sized to receive a cigar and composed of a heat resistant material in a telescopic coupling with movable caps at both ends;    said assembly having a slidable means and a coupling means such that a top tube section can receive a bottom tube section in a telescopic coupling so that said assembly can be lengthened or shortened to a predetermined length in order to expand or contract the space and air within;    said top tube section having at one end a movable top cap that can create a substantially airtight seal and an open, opposing end sized to receive said bottom tube section in a slidable and telescopic manner; and    said bottom tube section having an open end and an opposite end with a movable bottom cap that can create a substantially airtight seal, and having a diameter less than the diameter of the said top tube section.    
     
     
         2 . A device as in  claim 1  whereas said slidable means and said coupling means consist of a plurality of integrally molded flanges of equal length on the inner walls of said top tube section engaging a plurality of integrally molded grooves or recesses of equal length on the outer walls of said bottom tube section.  
     
     
         3 . A device as set forth in  claim 2  whereby said slidable means and said coupling means include the use of a screw to stop and to regulate the sliding movement of said assembly.  
     
     
         4 . A device as set forth in  claim 1  whereby said assembly of two tube sections has an inner circumference sized to received a cigar or tobacco product up to  54  ring gauge.  
     
     
         5 . A device as set forth in  claim 3  whereby said assembly has a means to secure said assembly to or within a person's cloths, luggage, or other portable article.  
     
     
         6 . A device as set forth in  claim 3  whereby said movable bottom cap can be detached from said bottom tube-like section.  
     
     
         7 . A device as set forth in  claim 1  whereby said movable top cap is attached to said top tube section so that said top cap will create an airtight seal in a first position and will expose the hollow cavity in a second position.