Patent Application
20190383487
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The disclosure and prior art relates to cases and more particularly pertains to a new case for covering a lighter to resemble a shotgun shell.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a disc, a first tube, and a lid. The first tube is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the disc. The first tube has a top that is open so that the first tube is configured to insert a lighter through the top. The lid is hingedly coupled to the first tube proximate to the top. The lid is configured to selectively couple to the first tube to close the top.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The first tube 14 is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the disc 12. The first tube 14 has a top 18 that is open so that the first tube 14 is configured to insert a lighter through the top 18, as shown in
The lid 16 is hingedly coupled to the first tube 14 proximate to the top 18. The lid 16 is configured to selectively couple to the first tube 14 so that the lid 16 is positioned to selectively close the top 18. The lid 16 comprises plastic.
The lid 16 comprises a second tube 26 that has an upper end 28 and a lower end 30. The upper end 28 is closed. The lower end 30 is open. The lower end 30 is configured to selectively couple to the first tube 14.
A strap 32 is coupled to and extends between the second tube 26 and the first tube 14, as shown in
A first coupler 34 is coupled to the first tube 14 proximate to the top 18. A second coupler 36 is coupled to the second tube 26 proximate to the lower end 30. The second coupler 36 is complementary to the first coupler 34. The second coupler 36 is positioned to selectively couple to the first coupler 34 to couple the second tube 26 to the first tube 14 to close the top 18.
The first coupler 34 comprises a first recess 38 that extends into an outer perimeter 40 of the first tube 14 adjacent to the top 18 to defines a tenon 42, as shown in
A third recess 50 extends arcuately from the first recess toward the disc 12, as shown in
A plurality of first indentations 52 is positioned in an outer surface 56 of the upper section 22 of the first tube 14. Each first indentation 52 extends from the top 18 of the first tube 14 to the lower section 24 of the first tube 14. A plurality of second indentations 54 is positioned in an outer face 58 of the second tube 26. Each second indentation 54 extends from the upper end 28 to the lower end 30 of the second tube 26. The second indentation 54 is substantially aligned with an associated first indentation 52 when the second tube 26 is coupled to the first tube 14. The first indentations 52 and the second indentations 54 provide a texture mimicking that of the shotgun shell.
In use, the lighter is inserted through the top 18 into the first tube 14, positioning the igniter to light the lighter. The second tube 26 is positioned to be pivoted relative to the first tube 14 to position the second tube 26 over the igniter of the lighter. The mortice 48 is positioned to insert the tenon 42 to frictionally couple the second tube 26 to the first tube 14. The third recess 50 is configured to insert the pry tool to pry the tenon 42 from the mortice 48. The second tube 26 is positioned to be pivoted relative to the first tube 14 to open the top 18 of the first tube 14, again exposing the igniter of the lighter.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
