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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Mark D. Shaw, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
J. Tad Heyman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Laurence M. Bierce, Macclenny, FL (US);
Mark D. Shaw, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
J. Tad Heyman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Laurence M. Bierce, Macclenny, FL (US);
UltraTech International, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A deodorizing apparatus for suppressing odor emanating from a cigarette butt containment vessel. The cigarette butt containment vessel includes a partially enclosed basin cavity into which cigarette butts are collected. In accordance with the present invention, the deodorizing apparatus includes an odor absorption device mounted within the basin cavity of the cigarette butt containment vessel. The odor absorption device includes an absorptive material housing constructed of an air-permeable fabric or mesh that retains the odor absorptive material while permitting airflow between the basin cavity and the interior of the absorptive material housing.