Quick mounting ashtray holder and ashtray

Abstract

A quick mounting ashtray holder that can be rapidly and reversibly mounted in a car. The invented ashtray holder secures an ashtray such that neither the ashtray nor the holder rattles, even when the car is on a rough road. The ashtray holder has a bracket with a platform portion, an angled portion, and a base portion. The platform portion has a top side and a bottom side, where said platform portion provides a mounting surface. The angled portion determines the orientation between the platform portion and the base portion. The base portion base has a front side and back side, where the back side has a fastening means for quick mounting the base portion to a vehicle. There is a frame for receiving and holding an ashtray. The frame has structural supporting and restraining elements, gripping pads, and mounting components for attaching the frame to the platform portion.

1 . A quick mounting ashtray holder, said ashtray holder comprising: 
 a bracket comprised of a platform portion, an angled portion, and a base portion; wherein the platform portion has a top side and a bottom side, where said platform portion provides a mounting surface; wherein said angled portion determines an orientation between the platform portion and the base portion; wherein said base portion base has a front side and back side, where the back side has a fastening means for quick mounting the base portion to a vehicle;    a frame for receiving and holding an ashtray, wherein said frame is comprised of structural supporting and restraining elements, mounting components attaching the structural supporting and restraining elements to the platform portion, and gripping pads on the restraining elements, where said gripping pads elastically distort to conform to an ashtray inserted into the frame.    
   
   
       2 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the gripping pads are composed of a rubbery foam, wherein said rubbery foam is selected to provide vibration dampening, as well as gripping force on an exterior surface of the inserted ashtray.  
   
   
       4 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fastening means is at least one strip of loop fastener that is adhesively mounted to the base portion.  
   
   
       5 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the angled portion is selected to provide an angle between the platform portion and the base portion of from 0 degrees to about 135 degrees.  
   
   
       6 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the angled portion is selected to provide an angle between the platform portion and the base portion of from 45 degrees to about 90 degrees.  
   
   
       7 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mounting components are selected from the group consisting of weld points, brads, rivets, screws, and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       8 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said bracket is composed of metal.  
   
   
       9 . The quick mounting ashtray holder according to  claim 1  is further comprised of an ashtray having exterior surface walls that has a band with a top edge that coincides with a rim of the ashtray, and a bottom edge that coincides with the an uppermost portion of the gripping pads.  
   
   
       10 . A quick mounting ashtray holder, said ashtray holder comprising: 
 a bracket having an integral frame, said bracket comprised of a compound platform portion, an angled portion, and a base portion; wherein the compound platform portion has a top side, a bottom side, and contiguous extending supporting and restraining elements for receiving and holding an ashtray;    wherein said integral frame is further comprised of gripping pads on the restraining elements, where said gripping pads elastically distort to conform to an ashtray inserted into the frame;    wherein said angle portion determines an orientation between the compound platform portion and the base portion; and    wherein said base portion base has a front side and back side, where the back side has a fastening means for quick mounting the bracket to a vehicle.    
   
   
       11 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the gripping pads are composed of a rubbery foam, wherein said rubbery foam is selected to provide vibration dampening as well as gripping force on an exterior surface of the inserted ashtray.  
   
   
       12 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the fastening means is at least one strip of loop fastener that is adhesively mounted to the base.  
   
   
       13 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the angled portion is selected to provide an angle between the compound platform portion and the base portion of from 0 degrees to about 135 degrees.  
   
   
       14 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the angled portion is selected to provide an angle between the compound platform portion and the base portion of from 45 degrees to about 90 degrees.  
   
   
       15 . The quick mounting ashtray holder as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said bracket is composed of metal.  
   
   
       16 . The quick mounting ashtray holder according to  claim 10  is further comprised of an ashtray having exterior surface walls that has a band with a top edge that coincides with a rim of the ashtray, and a bottom edge that coincides with the an uppermost portion of the gripping pads