Extinguishers for cigarettes and the like

Claim 1

A CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE CONTAINING A FLUID BODY AND HAVING AN OPEN UPPER END, A FLOAT WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE, SAID FLOAT BEING OF A MATERIAL IMPERVIOUS TO FLUID ACTION SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE FLOAT REMAINS CONSTANT, THE FLOAT HAVING A PLANAR LOWER SURFACE AND A ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE JOINING THE LOWER SURFACE AT THE PERIMETRIC EDGE THEREOF WITH AN AIR CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, THE WEIGHT OF THE FLOAT CAUSING THE PERIMETRIC EDGE THEREOF TO BE SLIGHTLY IMMERSED IN THE FLUID BODY TO PROVIDE A LIQUID POOL ABOVE THE PERIMETRIC EDGE AND ON THE UPPER ROUNDED SURFACE OF THE FLOAT SO THAT WHEN A LIGHTED CIGARETTE IS DROPPED ONTO THE UPPER SURFACE, THE CIGARETTE MAY BE GUIDED BY SUCH SURFACE INTO THE LIQUID POOL TO EXTINGUISH THE SAME, AND A HORIZONTAL ANNULAR FLANGE SECURED TO AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE OPEN END OF THE RECEPTACLE SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE ABOVE THE ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE OF THE FLOAT DEFINING AN ENTRANCE OPENING FOR THE RECEPTACLE AND ALSO SERVING AS A BAFFLE TO MINIMIZE SPILLING OF THE FLUID FROM THE RECEPTACLE.