Patent Application
20240225096
The present subject matter is generally related to select smoker devices and, more particularly, is directed to a battery-operated device for burning cigarette ends (e.g., marijuana cigarette ends). The present subject matter is still more particularly directed to a portable battery-operated device designed for burning the marijuana cigarette end portions and emitting the smoke.
At the time many states of the federal government stopped prosecuting individuals for possession or sale of medical marijuana, if those individual complied with the sales regulations of those states, a new industry emerged: Medical Cannabis, which is an industry based upon cannabis and select cannabinoids prescribed by medical doctors to patents for pain relief and other maladies including but not limited to nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy or patient therapies including but not limited to appetite improvement aids for HIV/AIDS patients and/or chronic pain or muscle spasm reduction including spasm-suppression agents, often producing problems including dosage and dosage control. For example, cigarettes, controlled by the cigarette industry, contain, from tip-to-filter, about one mg nicotine each, an amount typically addictive to people. Since there are no FDA or any other governmental agency-overseen rules and/or regulations, or other measures, to control the amount of medical cannabis and cannabinoids delivered by use of a vaporizers, atomizer, and so forth, US published application 2019/0038856 to Boone, Jr. is directed to a medical cannabis and cannabinoids device designed to deliver only a doctor's prescribed dosage, only at prescribed times, and only to authorized users.
Additional curative methods for dispensing medical marijuana are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 10,064,950; 9,827,322; 9,827,282; and 9,827,281, all in the name of Shabana Naheed. These patents describe methods, to treat cancer, which involve boiling blended cannabis material with oil; collecting oil infused with cannabis; targeting cancerous cells in a body; and injecting cannabis-infused oil into body portions having cancerous cells.
To-date, thirty-seven states, four territories, and the District of Columbia, in the United States have legalized cannabis use for medical purposes. The medical marijuana industry subsequently gave way to a limited legalized “recreational use” of marijuana. In the United States, recreational use of cannabis has been legalized in twenty-one states, two territories, and the District of Columbia. U.S. Pat. No. 11,291,238 to Leadbeater et al., for example, discloses a cannabis cigarette preparation system which includes an indexing module configured to accept a plurality of pre-rolled cones. Each cone has a sealed end and an open end. The system, which moves the pre-rolled cones through a plurality of stations, includes, at a first station, a filling module configured to dispense a portion of cannabis shake material into the open end of each of the pre-rolled cones to form loosely filled cones. Then, at a second station, the system compresses the cannabis shake material, contained within each of the loosely filled cones, for forming tamped cones. The system further includes a de-clogging module and a pinching module. The pinching module is dimensioned and configured to pinch-twist, at a third station, the open end of each pre-rolled cone, for producing rolled marijuana cigarettes for recreational use.
US published application 2020/0383376 to Scherr discloses a modular marijuana cigarette support system for securing a burnable substrate and having an interchangeable body, such as a nicotine-based cigarette or a cannabis-based joint. The interchangeable body, supported by a base, is protected at its distal end by a thermal protection barrier.
In areas of the country where recreational marijuana has been legalized, no businesses could be found that sell recreational marijuana products which solve certain problems I have noted. For instance, for those living where recreational marijuana use has been legalized, it would be desirable to not experience burned fingers resulting from such recreational use. It would further be desirable to know that essentially 100% of the marijuana product is burned after recreational use. Prior art doesn't solve these problems.
A device for burning marijuana cigarette end portions includes a main body, a smokestack, a screen, a fan, and a source, e.g., one or more batteries, to power the fan.
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The main body 12 defines an internal channel 100 (
The device 10 for burning marijuana cigarette end portions of the present subject matter includes a switch 22 operatively connected, using one or more wires 30, between the power source 28 and fan 26, for enabling the fan 26 to be switched “off” and/or “on.”
The device 10 for burning marijuana cigarette end portions of the present subject matter includes a threaded fastener 16 having a shank 210 (
The second cavity 18 can resemble (
First, a mahogany wood block of 1.750 inch-square hard maple is obtained, set up in a lathe, and shaped an outside diameter, to make the smokestack. Next the ends are dressed, and center drilled. Next, the mahogany wood block is taken, and clamped it in a milling machine, to form a first cavity dimensioned and configured to receive the smokestack, then used various tools, well known to carpenters, to form a second cavity or bowl for the main body. Then turning the block (which would become the main body) vertical, a connecting hole is drilled between the bowl and the first cavity or “receptacle” for the stack. Next re-positioning the block, select cavities are made for both the switch and the battery. Next, a hole is formed to be “passthrough” for the wires, and assembly can then follow.
Hold the device for burning marijuana cigarette end portions in your hand. Load the bowl with one or more, preferably several, marijuana cigarette end portions (also called roaches). Next, move the switch to its “on” position, to activate the fan and light the marijuana cigarette end portions (or roaches) in the bowl with a match or a lighter. Enjoy!
Also, the device of the present subject matter can be used to burn any flammable tobacco product such, as but not limited to, pipe or cigarette tobacco. In this way, the device can be used in a medical setting, to administer relief to the infirm who cannot smoke directly, to get the benefits of marijuana or tobacco.
What has been illustrated and described in this patent specification is a device for burning marijuana cigarette end portions. While the present subject matter has been illustrated according to a single embodiment, the present subject matter is not limited to that embodiment. On the contrary, many alternatives, changes, and/or modifications will become apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSITA”) after this patent specification has been reviewed in connection with the associated FIGS. Therefore, all such alternatives, changes, and/or modifications are to be viewed as forming a part of the present subject matter insofar as they fall within the spirit and scope of appended claims.
