Cigarette-smoker's pouch.

Application filed May 27, 1908. Serial No. 435,354. '

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that we. Truman C. Narajio.be and Clyde Judson Barnbell, both citizens of the United States, residing at 5 Los Angeles, in the county of Los An- , geles and State of California, have invented J a new and useful Cigarette-Smoker's Pouch, ϊ of which the following is a specification. !

An object of this invention is to provide a | novel convenience for cigarette smokers who i make a practice of rolling their own cigarettes immediately before smoking the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide for cigarette smokers a pouch* that will preserve the tobacco from pulverization to which it is subjected when carried in the pocket tn an ordinary tobacco sack.

The invention may be embodied in various forms, and we do not limit the invention to any specific form of construction.

The invention includes a pouch in which provision is made for carrying cigarette papers as well as the tobacco and it also, includes a novel form of pouch for earrving tobacco and enabling the smoker to open the pouch and pour the tobacco into the paper with great ease and facility.

The invention may be applied in various forms and we do not limit it to any specific 30 construction.

The.accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in the two forms we at present deem most desirable.

Figure 1 is a view of the front- side of the 35 form of pouch which is constructed to carry both the tobacco and the cigarette papers. In this view the pouch is shown closed. Fig. 2 is a view of the same pouch as it appears when open for pouring out tobacco. Fig. 3 40 is a view of said holder open for filling with tobacco. A portion of the loop 9 is broken away to. show the position the flap or strap 7 takes inside the loop 9 when the pouch is thus open.. Fig. 4 is a section on line x\ Fig. i 45 1. Fig. 5 is a section on line indicated by x\

Fig. 4, showing the front and back portions· of the pouch. The back of the pouch appears at the right and the front of thd pouch at the left of the view, and in relation there^so to as though turned over to the left from the back of the pouch, a portion of the wall which, separates the paper pocket from- the tobacco receptacle is broken to expose the - reinforcing metal strip and a portion cf the 55 nc-nr.-l?re. c re „ ..re:__i______n.

several blanks which may be employed in constructing the form of pouch shown in the preceding views. Fig. 7 is a section on line corresponding to x\ Fig. 1, showing the pouch as constructed without a paper-holding pocket.

The pouch comprises a body 1 provided wirh a cavity 2 forming a tobacco receptacle and a pocket 3 for cigarette papers. An opening or mouth 4 is provided at one end of the pouch body extending from edge to edge of said body for the purpose of filling the pouch with tobacco.

is a lip extending part wav across the pouch alongside said opening 4, and preferably terminating short of the other edge of the pouch to form an opening 6 through which the tobacco may be readily poured when the parts of the pouch are in the position shown in Fig. 2.

/ designates a flap forming an extension of the back wall 8 of the pouch and extending over the openings 4 and 6 to close the same.

designates a loop secured to the flap and extending around the body of the pouch and adapted to slide therealong to close the orifice or openin 10 that is provided in the front wall 11 of the pouch to ive access to the cigarette paper pocket 3 when the loop is slipped along the body a sufficient distance from the open end of the pouch.

designates a slit or slot in one edge wall of the pouch to allow a package of cigarette i papers to be inserted into such pocket. It • is understood that the papers may be in! serted through the orifice 10 so that it is not | necessary in order to usei the pocket 3 that ί the edge slit or slot 12 be provided.

. Preferably, the cigarette paper pocket 3 is arranged at the end of the pouch opposite the tobacco opening 4 so that when the loop 9 has been slid along the body 1 of the pouch to give access to the orifice 10, the flap 7 will have ‘been withdrawn from the open end of the pouch to allow tobacco to be poifred from the pouch, and when the loop is drawn down to . cover the orifice 10 the flap 7 is brought into position to close the openings . The pouch may be constructed of any desired and convenient number of pieces within the judgment of the manufacturer.

. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclu60

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105 ⁰⁰ paper pocket. Fig. 6 is a view showing the sive, 13 designates a frame⁶⁵ which may be

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982,292 stamped from thick leather or other suitable material, the same being provided with two partially inclosed spaces 14 and 15 respectively provided with openings 6 and 12.

The space-15 is of sufficient size to accommodate a package of cigarette papers, and the gap 12 is of sufficient dimensions to allow such package to be inserted into the open space 15. IG designates a sheet of leather or 10 other material fastened to the inner face of the frame 3 to form the bottom of the cigarette paper pocket 10. 17 designates a Ushaped frame fastened to the frame 13 to give additional thickness to the pouch, and 15 forming with said frame 13 the edge walls of the tobacco receptacle. 18 is a finishing band or strip cemented to the outer sides of the frames 13 and 17. This band or strip is shown in perspective in Fig. 6. The other 20 parts are shown in plan in said figure. 19 designates tongues that are adapted to finish the ends of the edge walls of the frame. It ’is to be understood that each of the several parts may be cut of a single piece or may be 25 built up in the ordinary course of manufaci ure out of two or more pieces, and that only ’be general outlines of the parts are shown, ’. > attempt being made to illustrate the parts as being formed of pieces fastened together. 30 20 designates a reinforcement of sheet metal or other suitable material to bridge over the orifice 12 to prevent the front wall 11 from sagging across said orifice. Projections at 19, 19, on opposite ends of the mouth open35 ing 4, G, of the pouch hold the flap against shifting edgewise.

In practice. to fill the cigarette paper pocket the user will simply slip the loop 9 along the body from the positiofi showirin 40 Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, until the orifice 12 is uncovered. Thereupon the package of cigarette papers may be inserted through the orifice 12 into the pocket 3; or in case the orifice 12 has not been provided 45 the package of papers may be slipped into place through the orifice 10. When the parts are in this position which is shown in Fig. 2, the pouch is sufficiently open to allow tobacco to be poured therefrom so that the 50 user may, with his thumb or finger, remove the outermost, cigarette paper, and may. immediately proceed to fill the same with tobacco from the pouch without any further manipulation of the pouch. When the cig55 arette paper has been filled, the loop may be returned to the position shown in Fig. 1, thus at the same time closing the tobacco receptacle and the cigarette paper pocket. To fill the pouch with tobacco, the loop .9 may 60 be slipped entirely off of the pouch body, as shown in Fig. 3. thus making all of the openings 4 and 6 accessible for filing. When the pouch has been filled, the loop may be returned to the position shown successively in

Figs. 2 and 1. By providing a flat-walled G5 pouch with a pocket just inside one wall to contain the cigarette papers, a single appliance is made convenient for carrying both the tobacco and the cigarette papers in proper condition for instant use. 70