JPH10271985A - Pocketable ashtray provided with lighter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pocketable ashtray functioning as an ashtray and allowing to carry without fail and to prevent the careless discard of cigarette butt. SOLUTION: A lighter 3 is attached to a pocketable ashtray 1 provided with an openable lid 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an improvement in a portable ashtray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the causal relationship between tobacco and carcinogenicity has been supported by data, so that the
There is a growing trend to promote smoking cessation in public places such as specific indoor places. As a result, the absolute number of places where ashtrays are attached is extremely small, and when accidentally entering a non-smoking area from a smoking area, people often encounter a situation where they are in trouble with dumping cigarettes.

[0003] On the other hand, with the promotion of the public beautification movement, on the other hand, the littering of garbage has been strictly cracked down, making it difficult to discard cigarettes while moving, and the absolute number of ashtrays mentioned above has decreased. In recent years, smokers who use portable ashtrays have been increasing in outdoor areas where the importance of protecting the natural environment is of course important, as well as the range of ordinary life.

[0004] Such portable ashtrays are generally used as a simple structure because they only need to be able to remove tobacco ash during smoking, to be pressed against an ashtray, to be rubbed out, and then to be thrown away in a trash can. Many of them have a saucer shape, but throwing ashes into a trash can does not mean that the ashes on the ashtray can be neatly thrown away. Therefore, in a portable ashtray that is always carried in a pocket, the inside of the pocket becomes dirty. To prevent this, a portable ashtray having a structure in which the ashtray surface is covered has been proposed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Such portable ashtrays
The function of the ashtray is very useful for preventing littering of cigarettes, but since it is independent, it is easy to forget to carry it. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to make it possible to carry a portable ashtray that functions as an ashtray without forgetting it, and to eliminate littering of cigarettes.

[0006]

According to the portable ashtray with a lighter of the present invention, the lighter 3 is attached to the portable ashtray 1 having the lid 2 which can be opened and closed to achieve the above object. It is. In the present invention, the lighter 3 is attached to the side of the portable ashtray 1 or the portable ashtray 1
Is attached in a stored state by the cover 4 inside the
Is preferred. The lighter according to the present invention is not limited in terms of its function and structure, such as an electric heater and oil-based ignition.

[0007]

In accordance with the present invention, a lighter is attached to this portable ashtray, taking advantage of the consciousness that smokers rarely forget the essential lighters they care about. He always tried to keep his ashtray with him. With this, when the cigarette is ignited in the outdoors or the like, the lid 2 is opened and the ashtray 1 is used to store the ash, and the tobacco ash is temporarily stored and the lid 2 is closed. The ash and slag can be discarded at the place.

It is sufficient that the lighter 3 is attached to the side of the portable ashtray 1. However, in the case of using a stone for ignition, the lighter 3 is easily caught in a pocket or the like.
It is preferable to be attached inside the cover and to be hidden by the cover 4. In the present invention, the lighter 3 is a portable ashtray 1
Of the portable ashtray 1 or attached to the portable ashtray 1 by the cover 4 in a housed state. The lighter according to the present invention is not limited in terms of its function and structure, such as an electric heater and oil-based ignition.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a portable ashtray with a lighter according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First Embodiment This embodiment has a structure in which a lighter 3 is attached to a portable ashtray 1 provided with a lid 2 which can be opened and closed while being covered by a cover 4. The cover lid 4 is pivoted upward at the upper part of the ashtray 1 via an unstable switching mechanism (here, a kind of a known toggle mechanism using the elasticity of the cover lid 4 and / or a part of the ashtray 1). It is provided so as to be freely movable, and stops at that position if it is turned upward by a required angle, and is closed (shown by a virtual line) if it is turned downward by a required angle, so that the lighter 3 inside can be used. Is configured.

The lid 2 is provided on the side of the ashtray 1 via a similar unstable switching mechanism so as to be freely rotatable to the side. Conversely, the cover is closed when it is turned in the closing direction at a required angle, and ash and slag can be accommodated therein. In the figure, 5 is a finger projection of the lid 2 and 6 is a pivot. Reference numeral 7 denotes a pivot portion of the cover 4.

Second Embodiment This embodiment has a structure in which a lighter 3 is attached to a side of a portable ashtray 1 having a lid 2 which can be opened and closed. The lid 2 is provided on the upper part of the ashtray 1 so as to be rotatable upward by a pivot through an unstable switching mechanism. When the lid 2 is rotated upward by a required angle, it stops at that position (indicated by an imaginary line). When turned downward by an angle, the lid is closed, and ash and slag can be stored therein. In the drawing, reference numeral 6 denotes a pivot portion of the lid 2 as in the first embodiment. Note that the lighter 3 may be provided as an existing commercially available one so as to be fixed to the side of the portable ashtray 1.

[0012]

According to the present invention, a lighter required for igniting a cigarette is attached to a portable ashtray, so that a lighter that is rarely forgotten is brought as a cell phone, so that the ashtray is not forgotten. The portable ashtray can be effectively used not only in the activity area but also in the outdoors and the like, which can prevent littering of cigarettes and, besides beautifying the environment, can also prevent unexpected fires.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable ashtray with a lighter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portable ashtray with a lighter according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable ashtray 2 Lid 3 Lighter 4 Cover lid

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A portable ashtray with a lighter, wherein a lighter 3 is attached to a portable ashtray 1 having a lid 2 which can be freely opened and closed. 2. A portable ashtray with a lighter according to claim 1, wherein said lighter is attached to a side of said portable ashtray. 3. A portable ashtray with a lighter according to claim 1, wherein said lighter 3 is attached inside said portable ashtray 1 by means of an opening / closing lid 4.