Xstinguish
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The Xstinguish cigarette saver/snuffer, bottle opener, can opener and lottery scratcher. This device clips onto a BIC Classic lighter.
- Also known as the "Ultimate Party Tool"(taken from retail packaging)
[edit] History
The Xstinguish inventor Steven Coulthard invented and designed the Xstinguish in 1991 after the Oakland Hills fires in Northern California were started from a carelessly dicarded cigarette. Mr. Coulthard's vision was to invent a product that snuffs a cigarette in 3 seconds or less to stop forest and highway fires at the source. The original Xstinguish only included a bottle opener and cigarette snuffer tube. After 10 years of designing and redesigning the product for consumer use the first prototypes were made at the end of 2003. In 2005 the first assemblyline Xstinguish were shot for retail sale with branding and packaging for the USA marketplace. The new 2006 version of the Xstinguish upgrades to a metal bottle opener, a reinforced can opener and the addition of a Lottery Scratcher. The Xstinguish snuffs a cigarette in 3 seconds because the tube is tapered towards the bottom. When the cigarette is slid down the shaft it seals itself about ¾'s of the way down to create a vacuum inside the Xstinguish tube. The cherry of the cigarette uses up all of the existing air and then snuffs itself out from lack of air. (See Detail Drawing to Right)
[edit] Styles of Xstinguish
There are 18 different color combinations of the Xstinguish. Colors range from; Yellow, Blue, Orange, Grey, Red, Black, White, Pink, Purple, and Green. The company sells the Xstinguish in variety packed counter top displays and hang strips.
The Xstinguish corporate offices are in Palo Alto, CA with sales offices in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas.
