Device for storing a partially smoked cigarette

Abstract

A device for storing a cigarette has a first tubular member having a closed end and an open end, and a second tubular member having a closed end and an open end. The tubular members may be fixed to one another in a detachable manner to provide an airtight hollow cylinder with the closed ends of the tubular members disposed at opposite ends of the cylinder. The device is made of a material that is resistant to damage by a burning cigarette.

1 . A device for storing a cigarette comprising:
 (a) a first tubular member having a closed end and an open end;   (b) a second tubular member having a closed end and an open end, wherein the tubular members may be fixed to one another in a detachable manner to provide an airtight hollow cylinder with the closed ends of the tubular members disposed at opposite ends of the cylinder, the device comprising a material that is resistant to damage by a burning cigarette.   
     
     
         2 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 1  wherein a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member has an exterior surface with an outside diameter that is not larger than an inside diameter of a portion of an interior surface of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member to allow the open end of the first tubular member to be inserted into the open end of the second tubular member. 
     
     
         3 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 2  wherein the exterior surface of the portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member has a radially extending protrusion that is complementary to an indentation in the interior surface of the portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member for securing the first and second tubular members to one another. 
     
     
         4 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 1  wherein an exterior surface of a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member is provided with first threads and an interior surface of a portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member is provided with second threads that are complementary with the first threads for securing the first and second tubular members to one another in an airtight and detachable manner. 
     
     
         6 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 1  wherein the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member is provided with longitudinally extending arcuate securing members for engaging an interior surface of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member to allow the arcuate securing members of the first tubular member to be inserted into the open end of the second tubular member for securing the first and second tubular members to one another in an airtight and detachable manner. 
     
     
         7 . A device for storing a cigarette comprising:
 (a) a first tubular member having a closed end and an open end;   (b) a second tubular member having a closed end and an open end, wherein the open end of the first tubular member is insertable a limited distance into the open end of the second tubular member a limited distance whereby the tubular members may be fixed to one another in a detachable manner to provide an airtight hollow cylinder with the closed ends of the tubular members disposed at opposite ends of the cylinder, the device comprising a material that is resistant to damage by a burning cigarette.   
     
     
         8 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 7  wherein a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member has an exterior surface with an outside diameter that is not larger than an inside diameter of a portion of an interior surface of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member. 
     
     
         9 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 7  wherein an exterior surface of a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member has a radially extending protrusion that is complementary to an indentation in an interior surface of a portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member for securing the first and second tubular members to one another. 
     
     
         10 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 8  wherein the exterior surface of the portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member has a radially extending protrusion that is complementary to an indentation in the interior surface of the portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member for securing the first and second tubular members to one another. 
     
     
         11 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 7  wherein an exterior surface of a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member is provided with first threads and an interior surface of a portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member is provided with second threads that are complementary with the first threads for securing the first and second tubular members to one another. 
     
     
         12 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 7  wherein the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member is provided with longitudinally extending arcuate securing members for engaging an interior surface of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member to allow the arcuate securing members of the first tubular member to be inserted into the open end of the second tubular member with an interference fit for securing the first and second tubular members to one another. 
     
     
         13 . A device for storing a cigarette comprising:
 a first tubular member having a closed end and an open end;   a second tubular member having a closed end and an open end, wherein the open end of the first tubular member is insertable into the open end of the second tubular member;   a portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member having an exterior surface with an outside diameter that is not larger than an inside diameter of a portion of an interior surface of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member, the exterior diameter of the portion of the exterior surface of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member is smaller than the external diameter of the remainder of the length of the first tubular member providing a circumferentially extending external ledge;   the circumferentially extending external ledge of the first tubular member abutting the open end of the second tubular member to limit the distance that the first tubular member extends into the second tubular member;   the exterior surface of the portion of the first tubular member adjacent the open end of the first tubular member having a radially extending protrusion that is complementary to an indentation in the interior surface of the portion of the second tubular member adjacent the open end of the second tubular member;   whereby the tubular members are fixed to one another in a detachable manner to provide an airtight hollow cylinder with the closed ends of the tubular members disposed at opposite ends of the cylinder, the device comprising a material that is resistant to damage by a burning cigarette.   
     
     
         14 . The device for storing a cigarette according to  claim 7  wherein the protrusion and the complementary indentation each extend circumferentially about the associated surface of a tubular member.