Litter disposal device

Abstract

A litter disposal device for temporarily storing and containing cigarette ash, butts, and other litter. The litter disposal device includes a cap, a storage system, a pivot system adapted to permit the cap to move between the closed and open positions, and an extinguishing system containable within the storage system and adapted to extinguish the lit end of a cigarette. In the open position, ashes, butts, and unused portions of cigarettes, cigars, and/or other similar products/rubbish can be transported from the outside to the inside of the litter disposal device and vice versa. In the closed position, however, cigarette ash and butts cannot enter or exit the storage system of the litter disposal device. The storage system has a generally flat bottom to enable the litter disposal device to maintain an upright position.

1 . A cigarette butt disposal unit comprising:
 a cap;   a storage system to store rubbish, the storage system comprising an upper open end;   a pivot system permitting the cap to move between a closed position in which discarded rubbish is secured in the storage system and an open position in which rubbish can be inserted into the storage system; and   an extinguishing system carried by the storage system, the extinguishing system adapted to extinguish a cigarette when the cigarette contacts the extinguishing system.   
   
   
       2 . The cigarette butt disposal unit of  claim 1 , the pivot system comprising a latch element adapted to temporarily maintain the cap in the closed position against accidental openings. 
   
   
       3 . The cigarette butt disposal unit of  claim 1 , the storage system comprising a flat bottom adapted to enable the storage system to maintain an upright position. 
   
   
       4 . The cigarette butt disposal system of  claim 3 , the pivot system comprises:
 a pivot lug element in communication with the cap, the pivot lug element extending downwardly from a proximal end of a lower end of the cap; and   a pivot groove element in communication with the storage system, the pivot groove element adapted to receive the pivot lug element.   
   
   
       5 . A cigarette butt disposal device comprising:
 a cap;   a storage body adapted to store cigarette ash and butts;   a pivot system adapted to permit the cap to move between a closed position and an open position; and   an extinguishing system releasably containable within the storage body, the extinguishing system adapted to extinguish a cigarette.   
   
   
       6 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 5 , the cap comprising:
 an upper closed end;   a lower open end adapted to engage an upper open end of the storage body when the cap is in the closed position; and   a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the upper closed end of the cap to the lower open end of the cap.   
   
   
       7 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 6 , the cap further comprising:
 an upper insert plate containable within the cap; and   a lower insert plate containable within the cap,   wherein the upper insert plate and the lower insert plate are adapted to dissipate heat within the storage body.   
   
   
       8 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 7 , the storage body further comprising:
 a lower closed end, wherein the lower closed end is flat to enable the storage body to maintain an upright position; and   a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the upper open end of the storage body to the lower closed end of the storage body.   
   
   
       9 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 8 , wherein the pivot system comprises:
 a pivot lug element in communication with the cap, the pivot lug element extending downwardly from a proximal end of the lower open end of the cap; and   a pivot groove element in communication with the storage body, the pivot groove element adapted to receive the pivot lug element and extending downwardly from a proximal end of the upper open end of the storage body.   
   
   
       10 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 9 , the pivot lug element formed to define a pivot lug aperture. 
   
   
       11 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 10 , the pivot groove element formed to define a pivot groove aperture. 
   
   
       12 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 11 , the pivot system further comprising a pivot hinge element adapted to engage the pivot lug element and the pivot groove element. 
   
   
       13 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 12 , the pivot hinge element containable within the pivot lug aperture and the pivot groove aperture. 
   
   
       14 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 9 , further comprising a latch element adapted to temporarily maintain the cap in the closed position. 
   
   
       15 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 14 , wherein the extinguishing system comprises:
 an upper open end;   a lower open end adapted to engage the storage body;   a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the upper open end of the extinguishing system to the lower open end extinguishing system; and   an extinguishing plate element in communication with a proximal end of the upper open end, wherein the extinguishing plate element is adapted to engage and extinguish a lit item.   
   
   
       16 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 15 , the extinguishing system further comprising:
 an extinguishing handle element in communication with the lower open end of the extinguishing system, the extinguishing handle element extending downwardly from a proximal end of the lower open end of the extinguishing system.   
   
   
       17 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 16 , the extinguishing handle element comprising an extinguishing lip element in communication with a distal end of the extinguishing handle element. 
   
   
       18 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 17 , the storage body further comprising an inner body containable within the storage body; the inner body comprising:
 an upper open end;   a lower closed end that is flat; and   a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the upper open end of the inner body to the lower closed end of the inner body.   
   
   
       19 . The cigarette butt disposal device of  claim 18 , the extinguishing system further comprising an extinguishing pocket containable within the extinguishing system, and the extinguishing pocket in communication with the proximal end of the upper open end of the extinguishing system and is adapted to engage and extinguish the cigarette.