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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:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis M Sprinkel, Jr, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131336 ; 131338 ; 1311982 ;
Abstract
An adjustable filter cigarette is provided with detents for tactile indication of the degree of adjustment. The detents include a protuberance on the surface of the filter mating with cutouts in the tipping paper, or a protuberance on the inside of the tipping paper mating with depressions on the surface of the filter.