Severable cigar having two sealed heads

Abstract

A cigar has a length of at least 8 inches and may be severed in a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis without deleteriously affecting its structural integrity or its smokability. The cigar has a non-rotatable collar consisting of a smokable tobacco product which surrounds and grips the cigar at its midpoint. Overlapping portions of the spirally wound wrapper are glued together by a smokable adhesive, from one end of the cigar to the other.

1 . A severable cigar having a length of at least 8 inches and comprising
 (a) filler consisting of compacted pieces of tobacco leaf;   (b) a generally cylindrical binder consisting of a portion of a tobacco leaf tightly surrounding the filler;   (c) a generally cylindrical wrapper consisting of a portion of a tobacco leaf spirally wrapped around and surrounding the binder in such a manner that the edge of each successive turn overlaps the edge of the turn of the wrapper immediately below it, to form a generally spiral overlapped portion, the surfaces of which overlapped portion are secured together by smokable adhesive for substantially the length of the cigar, so as to form a generally spiral seam;   (d) a first head sealed by smokable adhesive at one end of the cigar; and   (e) a second head sealed by smokable adhesive at the other end of the cigar;   whereby the user may cut the cigar cleanly in a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, in order to create two cigars of desired lengths, without substantially diminishing their structural integrity.   
     
     
         2 . A cigar according to  claim 1  which further comprises a non-rotatable collar surrounding and gripping the cigar at its midpoint, which collar consists of a smokable tobacco product and further enhances the severability of the cigar. 
     
     
         3 . A severable cigar having a length of at least 8 inches and comprising
 (a) filler consisting of compacted pieces of tobacco leaf;   (b) a generally cylindrical binder consisting of a portion of a tobacco leaf tightly surrounding the filler;   (c) a generally cylindrical wrapper consisting of a portion of a tobacco leaf spirally wrapped around and surrounding the binder in such a manner that the edge of each successive turn overlaps the edge of the turn of the wrapper immediately below it, to form a generally spiral overlapped portion;   (d) a first head sealed by smokable adhesive at one end of the cigar;   (e) a second head sealed by smokable adhesive at the other end of the cigar; and   (f) a non-rotatable collar surrounding and gripping the cigar at its midpoint, which collar consists of a smokable tobacco product;   whereby the user may cut the cigar cleanly through the collar in a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, in order to create two cigars, without substantially diminishing their structural integrity.   
     
     
         4 . A method of making two cigars of desired lengths, which method comprises
 (a) providing a cigar according to  claim 1  which is surrounded by non-smokable packaging;   (b) removing the packaging from the cigar; and   (c) cutting the cigar along a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         5 . A method of making two cigars of desired lengths, which method comprises
 (a) providing a cigar according to  claim 2  which is surrounded by non-smokable packaging;   (b) removing the packaging from the cigar; and   (c) cutting the cigar along a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         6 . A method of making two cigars of desired lengths, which method comprises
 (a) providing a cigar according to  claim 3  which is surrounded by non-smokable packaging;   (b) removing the packaging from the cigar; and   (c) cutting the cigar along a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         7 . A method of making two cigars of desired lengths, which method comprises
 (a) providing a generally cylindrical cigar which is at least 8 inches long, has a longitudinal axis, has a sealed head at each end, and is surrounded by non-smokable packaging;   (b) removing the packaging from the cigar; and   (c) cutting the cigar along a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.