Cigar With Support Embedded Therein

Abstract

A cigar has a rod a thin material placed in between the cigar leaf and the tobacco. A thin, strong, bendable strip is embedded in the outer rolling leaf of a cigar. As the cigar is smoked more and more, the rod will be more and more exposed to prevent fingers, and/or fingertips to be burnt and/or injured. When the cigar becomes too short to hold, the rod is bent and used as a handle. Thus, with the device of the present invention, one can smoke the cigar all the way to the ashes.

1 . A cigar comprising:
 A) a main body formed of cigar tobacco, the main body having a first end which is a lighted end when the body is in use, a second end which is the smoked end when the body is in use and a longitudinal axis which extends between the first and second ends of the body, the main body having an initial, unsmoked length measured between the first and second ends of the main body prior to the first end being lit, the first end of the main body moving toward the second end of the main body after the first end is ]it during a smoking process whereby the length of the main body decreases during the smoking process;   B) a wrapping element which is wrapped around the main body from the first end to the second end; and   C) a strip of bendable material inserted between the wrapping element and the main body, the strip of bendable material having a first end located near the second end of the body and extending from the second end of the main body toward the first end of the main body in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the main body, the strip of bendable material having a second end which is spaced apart from the first end of the main body and a length which extends between the first end of the strip of bendable material and the second end of the strip of bendable material, the length of the strip of bendable material being less than then the initial length of the main body whereby the strip of bendable material will be unexposed prior to the beginning of the smoking process and will become exposed after the first end of the main body has burned down toward the second end of the main body during the smoking process.   
   
   
       2 . The cigar defined in  claim 1  wherein the bendable material is bent into an L-shape after the smoking process has exposed at least part of the bendable material. 
   
   
       3 . The cigar defined in  claim 2  wherein the wrapping material is cigar paper. 
   
   
       4 . The cigar defined in  claim 2  wherein the wrapping material is cigar leaf. 
   
   
       5 . The cigar defined in  claim 2  wherein the strip of bendable material is formed of material that will not burn the wrapping material during the smoking process. 
   
   
       6 . The cigar defined in  claim 2  wherein the L-shape has a bend and a first leg which extends from the first end of the bendable material toward the bend and a second leg which extends from the second end of the strip of bendable material toward the bend, with the first leg having a length as measured between the first end of the strip of bendable material and the bend in the bendable material which is at least two inches.