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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762266 | Multipurpose cigar tool A multipurpose cigar tool is provided that is able to be carried in the pocket of a user. The tool includes a number of implements moveable between closed and open positions in a recess of a base and outwardly of the bases respectively. The implements include a ciga... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7080649 | Cigarette holder A cigarett holder has a mouthpiece, a cotton filter, a main pipe, and a filter column. The mouthpiece has a distal periphery flange, a head portion, an inner tube having a through hole, and an enlarged hole communicating with the through hole. The main pipe has a fi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6293783 | Lighter with a through-hole and reinforcing ribs A lighter includes a housing having a through-hole defined by an annular wall. The annular wall has a thickness smaller than that of the remaining portion of the housing. A ring is attached to the through-hole for attaching keys. The annular wall has a ce... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6125866 | Pump cleaning unit for the heater fixture of a smoking device A pump cleaning unit for a heater fixture of a smoking device includes a base member. The base member includes a cup having an open end and a closed end, and a pedestal including a top part disposed in the cup proximate the open end of the cup and a leg c... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6073633 | Safety smoking pipe with internal ash-cleaning and tobacco-packing mechanisms The safety smoking pipe includes first and second parts telescopically receivable one within the other and rotatable relative to one another. The first part includes an elongated tube having a screen adjacent one end. The second part includes an elongated... | 06/13/2000 |
| 4267849 | Cigarette holder A cigarette holder includes a pair of compartments for receiving filtering material, the holder being joined in the middle by a sleeve carrying a retrieving member having a hook on one end and a tamping handle at the opposite end. For taking the cigarette... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4244383 | Smoking device A smoking device comprising a reversible smoking bowl in combination with a stem of said smoking device. The reversible bowl comprises two smoking compartments in coaxial alignment with each other and with the stem. Both compartments are of the same diame... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4177823 | Combination key ring Herein described is a combination key ring and smoker's tool which includes a cylindrical body which has a plunger protruding from one end of the body. By manipulation, the plunger extends outwardly from the body and can be used for packing a pipe bowl wi... | 12/11/1979 |