Aspects of the present invention relate to portable water pipe assemblies for inhalation of a gas entrained with product and methods of using.
A water pipe is an inhalation device generally used for smoking herbal substances such as tobacco or cannabis. The use of water pipes can date back to over 2,000 years ago, and it has various designs around the world. A water pipe can be made of various materials such as, e.g., glass, plastic, metal, bamboo, etc., which can withstand repeated use and heat exposure without breaking. When smoking through a water pipe, the gas entrained with product of the burned herbal substance passes through the water before being inhaled by the smoker. It is believed that the water can trap some heavier particles and water-soluble molecules, preventing them from entering the smoker's airways, and may also provide a cooling effect.
Studies have shown that water-filtered smoke is less harmful than non-filtered smoke. For example, it was found that when alveolar macrophages (mononuclear phagocytes found in the alveoli of the lungs, which ingest small inhaled particles resulting in the degradation, clearance and presentation of the antigen to adaptive immune cells) were exposed to unfiltered smoke, their ability to fight bacteria was reduced, unlike exposure to water-filtered smoke. There is also substantial epidemiological evidence of a lower incidence of carcinoma among tobacco smokers who used water pipes, as opposed to cigarettes, cigars and other unfiltered devices. In the case of cannabis smoking, it is believed that water filtration can be effective in removing components from cannabis smoke that are known as toxic, and the effectiveness of toxic substance removal may be related to the smoke's water contact area. One way to increase the smoke's water contact areas is to break up the smoke into very fine bubbles. This can be achieved by, e.g., incorporating particulate filters and gas dispersion frits into the water pipes.
Accordingly, there is a need for a portable water pipe that provide an enhanced smoking experience, including improved quality of inhalation and improved ease of use, in a discrete. Aspects of the present disclosure are intended to address such issues.
Aspects of the invention are directed to a water pipe assembly for inhalation of a gas entrained with product. The water pipe assembly comprises: a container for receiving water therein, a removable bowl for receiving the product, an upper cap piece adapted to fit over the upper opening of the container housing, and a gas flow tube configured to extend from the upper cap piece into the interior region of the container. The container has a housing about an interior region and comprises an upper opening. The removable bowl comprises a bowl body comprising a top opening and having one or more apertures in a bottom portion thereof to allow the gas entrained with the product to pass therethrough, and the removable bowl comprises a handle extending laterally from the bowl body and has a sealing portion. The upper cap piece comprises: a cap body comprising a compartment having first and second bowl receiving regions, the first bowl receiving region comprising a first recess configured to receive the bowl body, and the second bowl receiving region comprising an outlet that passes through the cap body, and over which the removable bowl can be positioned to provide a flow of the gas entrained with product from the apertures in the bowl body to the outlet during operation of the water pipe assembly; and a mouthpiece attached to the cap body, and having an inhalation outlet for inhaling the gas entrained with product, the mouthpiece being configured to transition between a closed position covering the compartment, to an open position that allows access to the compartment. The gas flow tube is configured to receive the flow of gas entrained with the product from the removable bowl via the outlet to introduce the flow of gas entrained with the product into the interior region of the container. The removable bowl is configured such that (i) the bowl body is received in the second bowl receiving region so as to provide the flow of gas entrained with the product to the gas flow tube during operation of the water pipe assembly, when the mouthpiece is in the open state, and (ii) the bowl body is received in the first recess of the first bowl receiving region and is covered by the mouthpiece when the mouthpiece is in the closed state, and the removable bowl is also configured such that the sealing portion of the handle extends over and seals off the outlet in the second bowl receiving region, when the bowl body is received in the first recess of the first bowl receiving region.
According to another aspect of the invention, a method of using the water pipe assembly disclosed herein is also provided. This method comprises: removing the upper cap piece from the container housing and filling the interior region of the container with water to a predetermined level; re-attaching the upper cap piece to the container housing, such that a lower end of the gas flow tube is submerged in the water in the interior region of the container; transitioning the mouthpiece to the open position to reveal the compartment having the first and second bowl receiving regions; inserting the removable bowl into the second bowl receiving region of the upper cap piece; filling the bowl body of the removable bowl with product; igniting the product in the bowl body, thereby forming the flow of gas entrained with the product that passes into the water in the interior region of the compartment and on to the mouthpiece; and inhaling the flow of gas entrained with the product received from the interior region of the compartment via the inhalation outlet of the mouthpiece.
The following drawings form part of the present specification and are included to further demonstrate certain aspects of the present invention. The invention may be better understood by reference to one or more of these drawings in combination with the detailed description of specific embodiments presented herein.
Aspects of the invention as described herein are directed to an improved, low profile, portable water pipe assembly for the inhalation of substances, such as aromatic substances, therapeutic substances and/or substances with physiological effects. Examples of such substances can include herbs, such as tobacco, cannabis, lavender, chamomile, and other types of plant material. In an embodiment, the water pipe assembly disclosed herein uses a product selected from tobacco leaves, cannabis flowers, or other herbal substances.
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In an embodiment, the upper cap piece 103 comprises a threaded portion 1037 to attach to a complementary threaded portion 1012 at a top region 1010 of the container 101. In another embodiment, the portable water pipe assembly 100 may further comprise a removable cap top 105 that is configured to be fitted over the cap body when the water pipe assembly 100 is in the closed state. The removable cap top 105 may fit over the cap body via various means, such as, e.g., a threaded design or a clip.
In an embodiment, the portable water pipe assembly can further comprise a bubbler assembly 106 attached to the end of the gas flow tube 104 extending into the interior region of the container. In some embodiments, the bubbler assembly 106 may comprise a plurality of bubbler apertures configured to introduce the flow of gas entrained with the product received from the gas flow tube 104 into the interior region of the container 101. In some embodiments, the bubbler assembly 106 comprises a disc 1060 attached at a lower end of the gas flow tube 104, the disc comprising a plurality of bubble apertures formed on an underside thereof and at a plurality of regions about the circumference of the disc. In some other embodiments, the bubbler assembly 106 that is configured to diverge the flow of gas entrained with the product that is received from the removable bowl 102 into a plurality of airflows, to increase the contact area of the flow of gas entrained with the product with a liquid filled in the interior region of the container 101. A higher effectiveness of toxic substance removal is expected using the above designs.
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In another embodiment, the one or more apertures 1022 in the bottom portion of the bowl body 1020 are sized to allow air flow thereinthrough while also substantially maintaining the product contained in the bowl body 1020. In the closed state as shown in
In an embodiment, the sealing portion 1024 of the handle 1023 comprises a sealing projection that extends from an underside of the handle 1023 and is configured to be fitted over the outlet 1033 of the second bowl receiving region 1032 when the mouthpiece 1034 is in the closed state.
In another embodiment, the first and second bowl receiving regions 1031, 1032 are located adjacent to one another in the compartment, such that the sealing portion 1024 of the handle 1023 is capable of extending over and sealing off the outlet 1033 in the second bowl receiving region 1032 when the bowl body 1020 is received in the first receiving region 1031. In further embodiment, the first recess of the first bowl receiving region 1031 is configured to accommodate a major portion of the bowl body 1020 within the first recess when the bowl body 1020 is received in the first bowl receiving region 1031, and the first recess is configured to allow the handle 1023 of the removable bowl 102 to extend laterally from a top of the recess and over the outlet 1033 of the second receiving region 1032 to seal the outlet 1033.
In an embodiment, the second bowl receiving region 1032 comprises a second recess 1039 that is adjacent to the first recess of the first bowl receiving region 1031, the second recess being separated from the first recess by a distance substantially equivalent to a reach of the handle 1023 from the first receiving region to the outlet 1033 of the second receiving region 1032, when the bowl body 1020 is received in the first receiving region 1031. In another embodiment, the second bowl receiving region 1032 comprises a second recess having the outlet 1033 therein and configured to receive the bowl body 1020, and wherein the sealing portion 1024 of the handle 1023 of the removable bowl 102 extends into the second recess to plug the second recess and outlet 1033.
In yet another embodiment, the mouthpiece 1034 substantially conceals the compartment having the first and second bowl receiving regions 1031, 1032, when the mouthpiece 1034 is in the closed state.
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In an embodiment, the second bowl receiving region 1032 comprises a second recess configured to receive the bowl body 1020 when the mouthpiece 1034 is in the open state, the second recess comprising the outlet 1033 formed in a bottom region thereof. In some embodiments, the second bowl receiving region 1032 comprises a mount 10321 to receive and retain the bowl body 1020, the mount comprising the outlet 1033 formed therein. In another embodiment, the second bowl receiving region 1032 comprises a second recess configured to receive the bowl body 1020, the second recess being shallower than the first recess of the first receiving region 1031, so as to provide access to the removable bowl 102 when the bowl body 1020 is received in the second bowl receiving region 1032.
In an embodiment, the mouthpiece 1034 comprises an inhalation inlet 1036 configured to receive the flow of gas entrained with the product from the interior region of the container 101. In an embodiment, the mouthpiece 1034 is rotatably attached to the cap body 1030, and is configured to be rotated to transition between the closed position covering the compartment, and the open position that allows access to the compartment. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece 1034 is attached to the cap body 1030 via a hinge, and wherein rotating the mouthpiece at the hinge causes to mouthpiece to transition between the open and closed states. Alternatively, as shown in
In an embodiment, the mouthpiece 1034 comprises the inhalation outlet 1035 and an inhalation inlet 1036 at either ends of a conduit formed in a straw portion, and wherein at least one of the inhalation inlet and inhalation outlet are sealed when the mouthpiece is in the closed position, so as to prevent passage of air and/or liquid therethrough. In another embodiment, the mouthpiece 1034 comprises the inhalation outlet 1035 and an inhalation inlet 1036 at either ends of a conduit formed in a rotatable or slidable straw portion, and wherein rotation or sliding of the straw portion of the mouthpiece to the closed position disengages the inhalation inlet from communication with the interior region of the container 101, so as to prevent passage of air and/or liquid into the mouthpiece conduit from the interior region of the container.
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According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method of using the portable electronic vaporizing device disclosed herein is provided. For example, the method may comprise: removing the upper cap piece from the container housing and filling the interior region of the container with water to a predetermined level; re-attaching the upper cap piece to the container housing, such that a lower end of the gas flow tube is submerged in the water in the interior region of the container; transitioning the mouthpiece to the open position to reveal the compartment having the first and second bowl receiving regions; inserting the removable bowl into the second bowl receiving region of the upper cap piece; filling the bowl body of the removable bowl with product; igniting the product in the bowl body, thereby forming the flow of gas entrained with the product that passes into the water in the interior region of the compartment and on to the mouthpiece; and inhaling the flow of gas entrained with the product received from the interior region of the compartment via the inhalation outlet of the mouthpiece.
In an embodiment, the method above further comprises: moving the removable bowl from the second bowl receiving region into the first recess of the first bowl receiving region, and positioning the handle of the removable bowl such that the sealing portion of the handle seals the outlet of the second receiving region; transitioning the mouthpiece to cover the first bowl receiving region having the bowl body therein; and optionally, covering the upper cap piece with the removable cap top. In another embodiment, the method disclosed herein further comprises removing the upper cap piece from the container housing, and removing the water contained in the interior region of the container.
While specific embodiments have been discussed, the above specification is illustrative, and not restrictive. Many variations will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of this specification. The full scope of the embodiments should be determined by reference to the claims, along with their full scope of equivalents, and the specification, along with such variations.
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/491,815, filed Oct. 1, 2021, which claims priority to U.S. provisional application No. 63/249,283 filed on Sep. 28, 2021, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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63249283 | Sep 2021 | US |
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Parent | 17491815 | Oct 2021 | US |
Child | 18107570 | US |