Patent Application
20250040595
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The disclosure relates to smoking apparatuses and more particularly pertains to a new smoking apparatus for filtering smoke generated by the smoking apparatus.
Myriad smoking apparatuses are disclosed in the prior art which use a filtering means to filter debris from smoke and gases inhaled by a user. However, the prior art fails to describe such an apparatus in which a barrier filter is removably insertable into a filter cavity which is placed along a channel between a chamber for holding and igniting a smoking material and an outlet for inhaling smoke generated by the smoking material. Such an apparatus is advantageous over the prior art, because it allows for the barrier filter to be removed for cleaning or replacement of the barrier filter.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a body which defines a chamber therein that has a size such that the chamber is configured for containing a smoking material. The chamber has an inlet positioned at a top side of the body and an outlet positioned within the body. The body defines a smoking channel which extends from the outlet of the chamber to an inhalation end positioned at an exterior of the body. The smoking channel is in fluid communication with the chamber via the outlet, and the inhalation end is open. The body defines a filter cavity in fluid communication with the smoking channel. The filter cavity is positioned between the chamber and the inhalation end of the smoking channel and has an opening positioned at the exterior of the body. A barrier filter is positionable in the filter cavity to filter debris from smoke and gases which flow from the chamber through the smoking channel and out of the inhalation end of the smoking channel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The filter cavity 28 is in fluid communication with the smoking channel 22 and is positioned between the chamber 14 and the inhalation end 24 of the smoking channel 22. The filter cavity 28 has an opening 30 positioned at the exterior 26 of the body 12 which has a width such that the opening 30 is configured to be covered by a finger 48 of a user 46. The width of the opening 30 is between 0.125 inches and 0.375 inches. A barrier filter 32 is positionable in the filter cavity 28. The barrier filter 32 is complementary in shape to a cross section of the filter cavity 28 taken transversely with respect to the smoking channel 22. The barrier filter 32 forms a seal with the body 12 when positioned in the filter cavity 28 such that the barrier filter 32 is configured for permitting smoke and gas through the filter cavity 28 only through the barrier filter 32 when the opening 30 of the filter cavity 28 is closed by the finger 48. The barrier filter 32 is also shaped such that a top end 34 of the barrier filter 32 engages the finger 48 when the finger 48 covers the opening 30 of the filter cavity 28 to form a seal with the finger 48.
The airflow channel 36 extends from a junction of the chamber 14 and the smoking channel 22 to an intake end 38 positioned at the exterior 26 of the body 12, the intake end 38 being open. The intake end 38 has a width such that the intake end 38 is configured to be covered by another finger 48 of the user 46. The width of the intake end 38 is between 0.0625 inches and 0.1875 inches.
The body 12 comprises a bulbous portion 40, a shaft portion 42, and a mouthpiece portion 44. The shaft portion 42 is coupled to and extends between the bulbous portion 40 and the mouthpiece portion 44. The shaft portion 42 is also elongated between the bulbous portion 40 and the mouthpiece portion 44. The mouthpiece portion 44 protrudes radially with respect to the shaft portion 42 and is positioned in the bulbous portion 40. The smoking channel 22 extends longitudinally with respect to the shaft portion 42 through each of the bulbous portion 40, the shaft portion 42, and the mouthpiece portion 44. The filter cavity 28 is positioned in the shaft portion 42. The airflow channel 36 is positioned in the bulbous portion 40 and extends laterally with respect to the shaft portion 42. The bulbous portion 40 has a width taken transversely with respect to the shaft portion 42 which is greater than a width of the shaft portion 42. The width of the shaft portion 42 is between 1.25 inches and 1.75 inches, and the width of the bulbous portion 40 is between 2.0 inches and 2.5 inches. The body 12 also has a length taken parallel to the shaft portion 42 of between 5.0 inches and 6.0 inches.
In use, the barrier filter 32 is inserted in the filter cavity 28. The smoking material 54 is added to the chamber 14 and ignited to generate smoke. The intake end 38 of the airflow channel 36 and the opening 30 of the filter cavity 28 may be covered while the user 46 inhales through the inhalation end 24 of the smoking channel 22 to draw smoke from the smoking material 54 through the chamber 14 and into the smoking channel 22. The airflow channel 36 may be uncovered while the user 46 inhales through the inhalation end 24 of the smoking channel 22 to draw air into the intake end 38 of the airflow channel 36, which facilitates passing the smoke present in the smoking channel 22 out of the inhalation end 24. The barrier filter 32 filters the debris from the smoke and gases which flow from the chamber 14 through the smoking channel 22 and out of the inhalation end 24 of the smoking channel 22. The barrier filter 32 may be removed to clean or replace the barrier filter 32.
The dimensions of the body 12 described above aid in the user 46 ergonomically gripping the bulbous portion 40 of the smoking apparatus 10 during use. The positions of the intake end 38 of the airflow channel 36 and the opening 30 of the filter cavity 28 facilitate the user 46 to ergonomically cover both of the intake end 38 and the opening 30 simultaneously with the user's 46 fingers 48. Each of the intake end 38 and the opening 30 may, in some cases, be coverable by fingers 48 of a same hand 52 of the user 46, the fingers 48 of the same hand 52 including a thumb 50.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
