Drinking glass with embedded pass-through chamber for cigars

Abstract

A drinking vessel used by a drinker for drinking liquids, with a pass-through chamber to receive and support cigars, with the pass-through chamber being embedded in the drinking vessel, having two openings, and intersecting the drinking vessel's primary wall.

1 . A drinking vessel to be used by a drinker for drinking liquids with a pass-through chamber to receive and support cigars;
 a. the drinking vessel comprising at least one primary wall, a lip, a base, and a vessel cavity;
 i. the lip configured to be in contact with a drinker's mouth; 
 ii. the at least one primary wall being disposed between and connecting the lip and the base, not comprising a handle, configured to be held by a drinker's hand, and having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face oriented toward the vessel cavity, the outer face configured to be in contact with the drinker's hand;
 the base configured to be placed on a hard surface and having a top face and a bottom face, the bottom face oriented toward the hard surface and the top face oriented toward the vessel cavity; 
 
 iii. the vessel cavity being disposed within a boundary formed by the lip, the at least one primary wall, and the base, and having a center, the center being equidistant from opposite portions of the at least one primary wall; 
   b. the pass-through chamber comprising an inner wall, an outer wall, a first and a second opening, and a chamber cavity;
 i. the inner wall facing the chamber cavity and being continuous with the outer face of the at least one primary wall; 
 ii. the outer wall at least partially facing the vessel cavity; 
 iii. the first and second openings each being disposed at a different position on the at least one primary wall; 
 iv. the chamber cavity formed by the inner wall, extending from the first to the second opening, configured to receive and support a cigar through at least one of the first or second openings, and the chamber cavity having a cross-section diameter sufficient to receive a cigar with a diameter between 34 and 54 gauge. 
   
     
     
         2 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the drinking vessel being substantially cylindrical. 
     
     
         3 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity being substantially cylindrical. 
     
     
         4 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity not passing through the vessel cavity center 
     
     
         5 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the drinking vessel having a substantially polygonal cross-section. 
     
     
         6 . The drinking vessel of  claim 5 , the cross section having at least three sides, each side forming a juncture with its adjacent side. 
     
     
         7 . The drinking vessel of  claim 5 , the chamber cavity being disposed between the vessel cavity center and at least one juncture. 
     
     
         8 . The drinking vessel of  claim 6 , the chamber cavity having an axis which intersects the first and second openings and intersects at least two sides of the cross section at an angle between 30 and 60 degrees each. 
     
     
         9 . The drinking vessel of  claim 6 , the cross section having at least four sides, and the chamber cavity being disposed between the vessel cavity center and at least two junctures. 
     
     
         10 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity having an axis which intersects the first and second openings and intersects at least two sides of the cross section at 90 degrees each. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the inner wall of the pass-through chamber featuring grooves or ridges configured to grip the cigar. 
     
     
         13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity having a length spanning from the first to the second openings of at least an inch. 
     
     
         15 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity having a length spanning from the first to the second openings of at least an inch and a half. 
     
     
         16 . The drinking vessel of  claim 1 , the chamber cavity being substantially parallel with the base. 
     
     
         17 . A drinking vessel to be used by a drinker for drinking liquids with a pass-through chamber to receive and support cigars;
 a. The drinking vessel comprising a base, a primary wall, a vessel cavity, and a lip, the vessel cavity being disposed within a boundary formed by the lip, the primary wall, and the base, and having a center, the center being equidistant from opposite portions of the primary wall;   b. the pass-through chamber embedded in the primary wall and comprising an inner wall, a first and a second opening, and a chamber cavity;
 i. the first and second openings being disposed at a first and a second position on the primary wall, respectively; 
 ii. the chamber cavity formed by the inner wall, having a length spanning from the first to the second openings of at least an inch, the chamber cavity not passing through the vessel cavity center, and configured to receive through at least one of the first or second openings a cigar with a diameter between 34 and 54 gauge. 
   
     
     
         18 . The drinking vessel of  claim 17 , the drinking vessel not having a handle extending from the primary wall. 
     
     
         19 . The drinking vessel of  claim 17 , the chamber cavity intersecting the first and second positions on the primary wall at angles between 30 and 60 degrees each. 
     
     
         20 . The drinking vessel of  claim 17 , the chamber cavity intersecting the first and second positions on the primary wall at angles of approximately 90 degrees each.