Ashtray

Claim 2

An ashtray for receiving and extinguishing cigarette butts and ashes, comprising in combination: a housing, an insert having upper parts defining a gap therebetween, said insert being removably inserted in said housing, fulcrum means connected to said insert and forming a fulcrum, one of said upper parts Spaced apart from said fulcrum sloping downwardly and having a downwardly directed abutment portion; a movable cover for said insert having two sections and being tiltably and removably supported on said fulcrum, one section of said cover being tiltable in said gap about said fulcrum between a gap closing position in which it abuts from below against said abutment portion thereby closing said gap, and, respectively, a gap opening position away from said abutment portion, and the other section of said cover including a counterbalancing weight sufficient for urging said one section into said gap closing position, said one section defining with said abutment portion in said gap closing position an extinguishing chamber sufficiently air tight to extinguish a burning cigarette when disposed in said chamber.

Claim 3

An ashtray according to claim 1 wherein said one upper portion and said cover extend over insert so as to close the gap in the gap closing position thereof.

Claim 4

An ashtray according to claim 1, wherein said extinquishing chamber has a length of about 4 inches and a width substantially the same as the width of a cigarette.

Claim 5

An ashtray, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing is a quadrangular housing having an open top, said insert being insertable into said housing from the top thereof, and a portion of said cover being supported on an upper edge of said housing when said cover is in the gap oepning position.

Claim 6

An ashtray according to claim 4, wherein the upper portion of said insert is provided with projecting portions abutting against the inner walls of said housing.

Claim 7

An ashtray for receiving and extinguishing cigarette butts and ashes, comprising in combination a housing, a insert having two opposite upper portions directed towards each other to define a gap therebetween, said insert being removably inserted in said housing, the edge of one upper portion being directed upwardly to form a fulcrum edge, the other upper portion sloping downwardly and having a downwardly directed abutment edge; a movable cover for said insert having two sections and being tiltably supported on said fulcrum edge, one section of said cover being tiltable in said gap about said fulcrum edge between a gap closing position in which it abuts from below against said abutment edge, and, respectively, a gap opening position away from said abutment edge, and the other section of said cover including a weight sufficient for urging said one section into said closing position, said one cover section having a channel part defined therein, said channel part having an opening facing said abutment edge and having a projecting shoulder abutting from below against said abutment edge to form an extinguishment chamber when said cover is in its gap closing positon.

Claim 8

An ashtray for receiving and extinguishing cigarette butts and ashes, comprising in combination a housing, a insert having two opposite upper portions directed towards each other to define a gap therebetween, said insert being removably inserted in said housing, the edge of one upper portion being directed upwardly to form a fulcrum edge, the other upper portion sloping downwardly and having a downwardly directed abutment edge; a movable cover for said insert having two sections and being tiltably supported on said fulcrum edge, one section of said cover being tiltable in said gap about said fulcrum edge between a gap closing position in which it abuts from below against said abutment edge, and, respectively, a gap opening position away from said abutment edge, and the other section of said cover including a weight sufficient for urging said one section into said closing position, said one cover section having a channel part defined therein, said channel part having an opening facing said abutment edge and having a projecting shoulder abutting from below against said abutment edge to form an extinguishment chamber when said cover is in its gap closing positon.

Claim 9

An ashtray according to claim 6, further including a surface portion formed on the lower surface of said other upper portion of said insert, said surface portion having a width corresponding substantially to the clearance of said channel and being located opposite thereto.