ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,921, issued on June 3, was assigned to StogeeSleeve LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).
"Cigar holder" was invented by Kristine Ann Kracl (Mesa, Ariz.), Christopher Jon Wiegele (Mesa, Ariz.) and Richard O. Gregory II (York, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cigar holder can include an annular body defining an inner surface and an outer surface; the annular body comprising: a protrusion extending outward in a radial direction from a surrounding portion of the outer surface with respect to an axis of the annular body; and a plurality of protuberances, each of the plurality of protuberances extending in a radial direction from a surrounding portion o...