US2554136A - Ash tray and glass holder - Google Patents

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C- K. BROWN, JR

ASH TRAY AND GLASS HOLDER May 22, 1951 Filed July 6, 1945 3mm Owe/.55 K.5e'ow/v, Je.

Patented May 22, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ASH TRAY AND GLASS HOLDER Charles K. Brown, Jr., Fairmont, W. Va.

Application July 6, 1945, Serial No. 603,529

2 Claims. 1

This invention pertains to receptacles for holding drinking glasses and ash trays.

It has among its objects to provide a new and improved combination drinking glass holder and ash tray that will avoid one or more of the disadvantages and limitations of such devices developed in the prior art.

Another object is to provide a new and improved drinking glass holder and ashtray that will be adapted to permit the facile insertion and removal of a drinking glass therein, and will support same so substantially that it will be' very difiicult to upset.

Other objects will become apparent as the invention is more fully set forth.

In a particular form of this invention illustrated and described herein as an example of this invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a drinking glass holder and ash tray embodying this invention, and partly in section to show its interior construction, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the particular form shown, a base I0, having afiat bottom and flared peripheral contour of circular form, serves to sustain the device, and form a tray. An internal recess l I, forms an ashtray portion with corrugations l2 adapted to readily remove ashes from a cigaret or cigar, and collect such in the grooves for easy sweeping out therefrom.

At the back of the recess, a towering body I3 rises with its front l4 lower than the rear l8 by two arcuate steps l6 and I1, respectively, and of cylindrical nature with its upper edge portion 18 outwardly flared. It is hollowed, the internal form of such being circularly tapered to receive and hold a conventional type of glass tumbler l9 therein for about one-third of its length. A fiat surface bottom 20 forms the limiting line for the insertion of the glass, or tumbler. The arcuate form of the steps I6 and I1 facilitates the insertion and. removal of the tumbler from the front and also breaks the grasp on the sides of the tumbler and tends to prevent it sticking therein.

The tray in front of the tumbler holder enables the user to press down on same while the tumbler is being removed. The flared contours of the body also help in this regard for further manipulation. The corrugations l2 also add resistance and enable a non-slipping grip to be retained on the tray. The position of the tumber above the tray keeps it out of contact with the contents of tray. The tray is provided with a shelf 25 to support a lighted cigarette or cigar. The bottom 29 is provided with a sump 26 to collect moisture from the surface of the glass.

While but one general form of the invention is shown in the drawings and described in the specifications it is not desired to limit this application for patent to this particular form or in any other Way otherwise than limited by the scope of the claims, as it is appreciated that other forms could be made that would use the same principles and come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a base, a hollow body integral with said base and extending upwardly at one end thereof for holding a tumbler therein, said body having a relatively low wall at one of its points, of emergence from said base and a relatively high wall at the opposite point of emergence from said base, said walls being connected by a series of arcuate valleys to facilitate insertion and removal of the tumbler in and from the hollow body, and a series of parallel grooves at the opposite end of said base disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the device to afford a firm grip while the tumbler is being removed from the hollow body.

2. A device of the class described comprising a base, a hollow body integral with said base and extending upwardly at one end thereof for holding a tumbler therein for about one third of the length thereof, said body having a relatively low wall at one point of emergence from said base and a relatively high wall at the opposite point of emergence from said base, said walls being connected by a series of arcuate valleys and said walls flaring outwardly to facilitate insertion and removal of the tumbler in and from the hollow body, said hollow body having a sump space at its bottom to collect moisture from the tumbler, and a series of parallel grooves at the opposite end of said base disposed transversely to the longitudinal axisof the device to afford a firm grip while the tumbler is being removed from the hollow body.

CHARLES K. BROWN, JR.

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