There are a number of cigar holders on the market today. However, the cigar holders are not adjustable and cannot handle different sizes of cigars.
The following detailed description and provides a better understanding of the features and advantages of the inventions described in the present disclosure in accordance with the embodiments disclosed herein. Although the detailed description includes many specific embodiments, these are provided by way of example only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the inventions disclosed herein.
In some embodiments, the top piece 101 may be one piece. In some embodiments, the bottom piece 102 may be one piece. In some embodiments, the top piece 101 and/or the bottom piece 102 may be made of a metal, a hardened plastic, a composite material or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the top piece 101 may include the top handle assembly 105, a top hinging assembly 116, and/or a top gripping assembly 120. In some embodiments, a top plastic material or coating 141 may cover and/or be adhered to a top surface of the top hinging assembly 116 and/or a top surface of a top gripping assembly 120. In some embodiments, a bottom piece 102 of a cigar holder may include a bottom handle assembly 110, a bottom hinging assembly 117, and/or a bottom gripping assembly 125. In some embodiments, a bottom plastic material or coating 142 may cover and/or be adhered to a bottom surface of a bottom hinging assembly 116 and/or a bottom surface of a bottom gripping assembly 125. In some embodiments, a top plastic material or coating 141 and/or a bottom plastic material or coating 142 may be made of a heat resistant plastic or material. In some embodiments, the top plastic coating 140 and 141 may need to be flexible and allow movement of the hinging assembly 115, the top gripping assembly 120 and the bottom gripping assembly 125 when the cigar holder is opened or moved to an open position.
In some embodiments, a cigar smoker or user may grip the top handle or top handle assembly 105 and/or a bottom handle or bottom handle assembly 110, which may activate a hinging or spring assembly 115. In some embodiments, the activation of the hinging or spring assembly 115 may cause the top gripping assembly 120 to move up and away from the bottom gripping assembly 125, which will form an larger opening 135 into which a cigar may be inserted. This may be referred to as an open position (e.g., when the top handle 105 and the bottom handle 110 are pressed towards each other). In some embodiments, a force exerted on a top handle 105 and/or a bottom handle 110 may determine how large of an opening 135 may be formed. In a closed position or resting position, as illustrated by the drawing in
In some embodiments, the hinging assembly 115 may be a spring tensioned hinging assembly. In some embodiments, the hinging assembly 115 may include a pin 116 to hold a top portion 117 of the hinging assembly to a bottom portion 118 of the bottom assembly together (or to provide tension between the top hinging assembly 117 and the bottom hinging assembly 118). In some embodiments, the hinging assembly 115 may be made of a metal material, a plastic material, a composite material, or a combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a top surface of a handle assembly 105 and a bottom surface of a bottom handle assembly 110 may include a rubber or sticky substance in order to allow users to more easily grip the top handle assembly 105 and the bottom handle assembly 110.
In some embodiments, a shape of a top gripping assembly 120 and a bottom gripping assembly 125 may be novel and unique. In some embodiments, a top gripping assembly 120 may have a first section 121 which is horizontal or straight. In some embodiments, a second section 122 of a top gripping assembly 120 may rise 0 to 45 degrees vertically from the first section 121. In alternative embodiments, a second section 122 may rise 10 to 25 degrees from a first section 121. In some embodiments, a third section 123 of a top gripping section 120 may decrease or fall 0 to 45 degrees vertically from a second section 122 of a top gripping assembly 120, which results in a distal end of the top gripping assembly 120 to be positioned in a similar horizontal plane as the first section 121 of the top gripping assembly 120. In alternative embodiments, a third section 123 may rise 10 to 25 degrees vertically from a second section 122 of the top gripping assembly 120. In some embodiments, a shape of the top gripping assembly 120 may allow an opening 135 to be created to allow a cigar to be placed in between the top gripping assembly 120 and the bottom gripping assembly 125.
In some embodiments, a shape of bottom gripping assembly 125 may have a first section 126, a second section 127 and a third section 128. In some embodiments, the first section 126 may be horizontal or straight. In some embodiments, a second section may rise 0 to 45 degrees vertically from a first section. In alternative embodiments, a second section 127 of the bottom gripping assembly may decrease or fall 10 to 25 degrees vertically from a first section 126. In some embodiments, a third section 128 of the bottom gripping assembly may rise 0 to 45 degrees vertically from a second section 127. In alternative embodiments, a third section 128 may rise 10 to 25 degrees vertically from a second section 127. In some embodiments, a shape of a bottom gripping assembly 125 may be opposite to or a reverse of a top gripping assembly 120 to create the opening 135 for the cigar to be placed into.
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In some embodiments, a proximate end of a top gripping assembly 120 may be inserted into a second side of a top part 116 of the hinging assembly 115 and a proximate end of a bottom gripping assembly 125 may be inserted into a second side of a bottom part 117 of the hinging assembly 115. In some embodiments, the proximal ends of the gripping assemblies 120125 may be connected, welded, adhered or glued to one side of the top 116 and bottom 117 portions of the hinging assembly.
The description above allows a user to securely grip and hold a cigar. In addition, this allows a user to enjoy a cigar down to is end without coming close to (and potentially burning) a user's fingers. The design and description above allows the user to hold a cigar naturally. The description above allows a user to hold a variety of cigar gauges and/or sizes. The design and description above prevents a user from having a smokey hold odor on its fingers. The cigar holder is adjustable because a user determines how hard to press the top handle assembly 105 to the bottom assembly 110.
In this embodiment, the top piece 401 and the bottom piece 402 may be one piece. In this embodiment, the top piece 401 and the bottom piece 402 may be made of a metal, a hardened plastic, a composite material or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, a top handle 405 or a bottom handle 410 may be engraved with a logo or a name of a company that is promoting and/or marketing the novel cigar holder. This is also true with respect to the top handle 105 and bottom handle 110 in
In this embodiment, a cigar smoker or user may grip the top handle 405 and/or a bottom handle 410, which may activate a hinging or spring assembly 415. In this embodiment, the activation of the hinging or spring assembly 415 may cause the top gripping assembly 420 to move up and away from the bottom gripping assembly 425, which will form a larger opening 435 into which a cigar may be inserted. This may be referred to as an open position (e.g., when the top handle 405 and the bottom handle 410 are pressed towards each other). In this embodiment, a force exerted on a top handle 405 and/or a bottom handle 410 may determine how large of an opening 435 may be formed. The size of the opening 435 may be adjustable to different sizes or gauges of cigars. In a closed position or resting position, as illustrated by the drawing in
In this embodiment, the hinging assembly 415 may be a spring-tensioned hinging assembly. In this embodiment, the hinging assembly 415 may include a pin 418 to hold a top portion 416 of the hinging assembly to a bottom portion 417 together (and/or to provide tension between the top hinging assembly 416 and the bottom hinging assembly 417). In this embodiment, the hinging assembly 415 may be made of a metal material, a plastic material, a composite material, or a combination thereof.
In this embodiment, a top surface of a handle assembly 405 and a bottom surface of a bottom handle assembly 410 may include a rubber or sticky substance in order to allow users to more easily grip the top handle assembly 405 and the bottom handle assembly 410.
In this embodiment, a shape and length of the top gripping assembly 420 and a bottom gripping assembly 425 (or portions thereof) are different from the embodiments shown in
In this embodiment, a shape of bottom gripping assembly 425 may have a first section 426, a second section 427 and a third section 428. In this embodiment, the first section 426 may be horizontal or straight, as is illustrated in
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In some embodiments, a shell or a designed body (e.g., like a shark, a grizzly bear, or a hawk or a bird with a beak) may cover portions of the top piece 401 or 101 of the cigar holder and/or may cover portions of the bottom piece 402 or 102 of the cigar holder. As an illustrative example, a top part of a shell or designed body may cover the top hinging assembly 116416 and/or the top gripping assembly 120420 and a bottom part of a shell or designed body may cover the bottom hinging 117417 and/or the bottom gripping assembly 125425 so that a mouth of the designed body (e.g., a mouth of a shark, a grizzly bear, or hawk) may open. The top part of a shell or designed boy may be connected or coupled to the bottom part of a shell or designed body via a pin (which may or may not be the same pin 118 or 418 utilized in the embodiments in
In this embodiment, a top piece 401 or a bottom piece 402 may have a length of 102.96 millimeters. In other embodiments, a top piece 401 or a bottom piece 402 may have a length ranging from 80 to 125 millimeters. In some embodiments, a width of a remainder of the top piece 401 or bottom piece 402 (e.g., not the handle assembly) may be 12 millimeters or may have a width ranting from 8 to 16 millimeters.
In exemplary embodiments, a spring 710 may include an opening 722. In exemplary embodiments, the one or more spacers 711 may be placed into the opening 722 of the spring 710 and may provide support for the spring 710 (keep a shape of a spring and minimize or prevent inward sagging). In exemplary embodiments, one or more spacers 711 may be placed and/or aligned with the top openings 704 of the top jaw assembly and bottom openings 716 of the bottom jaw assembly. In some implementations, the one or more spacers 711 may be hollow in a center portion. In exemplary embodiments, in order to hold the top jaw assembly 705, the bottom jaw assembly 715, the spring 710 and the one or more spacers 711 in place, one or rivets or connectors 712 may be inserted into a hollow center of the one or more spacers 711. In some implementations, the one or more rivets or connectors 712 may have a diameter or width of one dimension in a middle portion and a larger diameter or width at both end portions 713. In this implementation, the middle section may fit into the hollow section of the one or more spacers 711, whereas the ends 713 of the rivet or connector 712 may not fit through the hollow section of the one or more spacers 711. In some implementations, one of the ends 713 of the rivet or connectors 712 may be detachable from a middle portion of the rivet or connector. In some implementations, the detachability may occur utilizing a snap fit, a screw and thread, or a welding of the end 713 of the rivet to middle section of the rivet or connector 712.
In exemplary embodiments, the hand or finger gripping area or section 706 may be positioned from 0 to 60 degrees from a horizontal axis, as is illustrated in
In exemplary embodiments, as shown in
In exemplary embodiments, the hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of a bottom jaw assembly may be positioned from 0 to 60 degrees from a horizontal axis, as is illustrated in
In exemplary embodiments, a hand or finger gripping area or section 706 of a top jaw assembly 705 and/or a hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of a bottom jaw assembly 715 may have a length of approximately 25 millimeters and/or a width of 25 millimeters (e.g., it may be a square or close to a square in shape). In alternative embodiments, a hand or finger gripping area or section 706 of top jaw assembly 705 and/or a hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of a bottom jaw assembly 715 may have a length ranging from 15 to 35 millimeters and/or a width ranging from 15 to 35 millimeters. In other embodiments, a hand or finger gripping area or section 706 of top jaw assembly 705 and/or a hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of bottom jaw assembly 715 may have a square shape and in alternative embodiments, a hand or finger gripping area or section 706 of top jaw assembly 705 and/or a hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of bottom jaw assembly 715 may not have a square shape.
In exemplary embodiments, a top jaw assembly 705 and/or a bottom jaw assembly 715 may have a length of approximately 114 to 116 millimeters. In alternative embodiments, a top jaw assembly 705 and/or a bottom jaw assembly 715 may have a length ranging from 80 to 125 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, a width of a remainder a top jaw assembly 705 and/or a bottom jaw assembly 715 (e.g., not the hand or finger gripping areas 706 or 717) may be approximately 12 millimeters wide. Alternatively, a width of a remainder a top jaw assembly 705 and/or a bottom jaw assembly 715 (e.g., not the hand or finger gripping areas 706 or 717) may have a width ranting from 8 to 16 millimeters.
In exemplary embodiments, a configuration of the cigar holder allows the cigar holder 700 to rest on a surface by placing the bottom jaw assembly 715 on a horizontal surface. In addition, the cigar holder 700 may rest on a surface by placing the top jaw assembly 705 and a bottom jaw assembly 715 on a surface in a horizontal position. In exemplary embodiments, the cigar holder 700 has a same position at rest as when the cigar holder 700 has a cigar clasped in between the top jaw assembly curved area 709 and the bottom jaw assembly curved area 720. In some embodiments, the cigar holder 700 may be able to stand vertically by placing the cigar holder in a vertically oriented position where a hand or finger gripping area or section 706 of a top jaw assembly 705 and a hand or finger gripping area or section 717 of a bottom jaw assembly 715 are placed on an end (e.g., a distal end from the curved areas 709 and 720).
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In some embodiments, portions and/or sections of the cigar holder described in
In exemplary embodiments, a cigar holder may include a top jaw assembly, the top jaw assembly including first opening on a first side and a second opening on a second side; a bottom jaw assembly, the bottom jaw assembly including a first opening on a first side and a second opening on a second side; a spring; a spacer element, the spacer element including a hollow center and the spacer element placed inside an opening in a center of a spring and positioned adjacent the first opening and the second opening of the top jaw assembly and positioned adjacent the first opening and the second opening of the bottom jaw assembly; and a rivet, the rivet including a main body, a fixed first end and a detachable second end, the rivet configured to be positioned in the hollow opening of the spacer element and through the first opening and the second opening of the top jaw assembly and through the first opening and the second opening of the bottom assembly, wherein the fixed first end and the detachable second end of the rivet including a larger diameter than the hollow opening of the spacer element, the first opening and the second opening of the top jaw assembly, and the first opening and the second opening of the bottom jaw assembly, and wherein the detachable second end of the rivet is configured to be connected to the main body of the rivet to couple the top jaw assembly to the bottom jaw assembly.
In exemplary embodiments, a pick assembly, the pick assembly may puncture a cigar at one end or the other end in order to make the cigar easier to smoke. In some implementations, the pick assembly may be rotatable by 180 degrees, or alternatively may be rotatable by 180 degrees. In some implementations, the pick assembly may have an opening and a pick body, and the rivet is positioned through the pick assembly opening to connect the pick assembly to the cigar holder. In exemplary embodiments, the top jaw assembly may include a first gripping area, a first angled section, a first flat section and a first curved cigar gripping section; and the bottom jaw assembly including a second gripping area, a second angled section, a second flat section and a second curved cigar gripping section, where the first gripping area, the first angled section and the first curved cigar gripping section are positioned in an opposite direction with respect to the second gripping area, the second angled section, and the second curved cigar gripping section to cause the cigar to be held in between the first curved cigar gripping section and the second curved cigar gripping section. In exemplary embodiments, the first flat section may be parallel with respect to a second flat section. In exemplary embodiments, the first gripping area may be pushed toward the second gripping area to cause an opening between the first curved cigar gripping section and the second curved cigar gripping section to open and to allow a cigar to be placed between the first curved cigar gripping section and the second curved cigar gripping section.
In exemplary embodiments, a user may place an end of the first gripping area of the top jaw assembly and an end of the second gripping area of the bottom jaw assembly to allow the cigar holder to stand in a vertical direction. In exemplary embodiments, the top jaw assembly may be placed in a horizontal orientation, the first gripping area and the first angled section may be positioned between 10 to 20 degrees with respect to a horizontal axis. In exemplary embodiments, the bottom jaw assembly may be placed in a horizontal orientation, the second gripping area and the second angled section may be positioned between 10 to 20 degrees with respect to a horizontal axis.
In exemplary embodiments, the first curved cigar gripping section has a first section rising from a horizontal axis, a second section having a curved shape and a third section falling with respect to the horizontal axis. In exemplary embodiments, the second curved cigar gripping section has a first section falling with respect to a horizontal axis, a second section having a curved shape, and a third section rising with respect to the horizontal axis.
A person of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that any process or method disclosed herein can be modified in many ways. The process parameters and sequence of the steps described and/or illustrated herein are given by way of example only and can be varied as desired. For example, while the steps illustrated and/or described herein may be shown or discussed in a particular order, these steps do not necessarily need to be performed in the order illustrated or discussed.
The various exemplary methods described and/or illustrated herein may also omit one or more of the steps described or illustrated herein or comprise additional steps in addition to those disclosed. Further, a step of any method as disclosed herein can be combined with any one or more steps of any other method as disclosed herein.
Unless otherwise noted, the terms “connected to” and “coupled to” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as permitting both direct and indirect (i.e., via other elements or components) connection. In addition, the terms “a” or “an,” as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as meaning “at least one of.” Finally, for ease of use, the terms “including” and “having” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are interchangeable with and shall have the same meaning as the word “comprising.
The processor as disclosed herein can be configured with instructions to perform any one or more steps of any method as disclosed herein.
As used herein, the term “or” is used inclusively to refer items in the alternative and in combination.
As used herein, characters such as numerals refer to like elements.
Embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described as set forth herein and are provided by way of example only. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize numerous adaptations, changes, variations and substitutions without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Several alternatives and combinations of the embodiments disclosed herein may be utilized without departing from the scope of the present disclosure and the inventions disclosed herein. Therefore, the scope of the presently disclosed inventions shall be defined solely by the scope of the appended claims and the equivalents thereof.
This application claims priority to provisional patent application Ser. No. 63/451,593, filed Mar. 12, 2023, and entitled “Cigar Holder,” the entirety of which is incorporated by reference.
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63451593 | Mar 2023 | US |