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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis R Thompson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206108 ; 206109 ;
Abstract
The improvement in a match container having a striking surface without the container, in which the striking surface is enclosed within a collapsible pocket extending outwardly from the striking surface to a distance sufficient to easily receive a portion of the match and the ignitible head after which the collapsible pocket is depressed toward the striking surface causing the ignitible head to engage the striking surface and be ignited as the match and head are withdrawn from the pocket.