Patent Application
20210084969
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The disclosure relates to smoking game device and more particularly pertains to a new smoking game device for playing a game whereby participants take turn with a spinner directing particular actions by the participants.
The prior art relates to smoking game devices but which further includes means for holding the articles used in the smoking process.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The housing has a top side having a first opening and a second opening extending therethrough. A first compartment is positioned in the housing adjacent to the first side wall and has an interior is aligned with the first opening. A second compartment is positioned in the housing adjacent to the second side wall and has an interior aligned with the second opening. The first and second openings are closable. A disc is rotatably mounted on the housing. The disc has an outer surface facing away from the housing. The outer surface has indicia thereon dividing the outer surface into a plurality of sections. Each of the sections has an action indicia thereon. A pointer is mounted on the housing and extends over the outer surface to indicate one of the sections after rotation of the disc terminates.
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
As best illustrated in
A first compartment 32 is positioned in the housing 12 adjacent to the first side wall 22 and has an interior that is aligned with the first opening 28. A second compartment 34 is positioned in the housing 12 adjacent to the second side wall 24 and has an interior aligned with the second opening 30. The housing 12 is generally known as a dugout used for holding articles for smoking. As can be seen in the Figures, the first compartment 32 may be elongated and is used typically for holding a small pipe. The second compartment 34 may have any shape but is used for holding the material to be smoked and inhaled by the user of the assembly 10. The second compartment 34 will typically have a shallower depth than the first compartment 32.
The first 28 and second 30 openings are openable and closable. This may be achieved with a door 36 is positioned on the housing 12. The door 36 is movable to open or close the first 28 and second 30 openings. As can be seen in
A disc 38 is rotatably mounted on the housing 12. The disc 38 has an outer surface 40 facing away from the housing 12. The outer surface 40 has indicia thereon dividing the outer surface into a plurality of sections 42. Each of the sections 42 has an action indicia 44 thereon. The action indicia 44 will at least include an action indicating that the person should smoke or an action that the person should pass, but other options may be included or altered depending on desired outcomes by the user. Thus, when a group of people are using the housing 12, the disc 38 can be used as a game to determine when a person will or will not use the pipe. A pointer 46 is mounted on the housing 12, the pointer 46 extends over the outer surface 40 and indicates one of the sections 42 after rotation of the disc 38 terminates. The pointer 46 is used to determine which action will be controlling for a person's spin or turn. The front wall 18 has an aperture 48 therein. The disc 38 is positioned in the housing 12 and is viewable through the aperture 48. The pointer 46 is mounted on the front wall 18 and extends over the aperture 48.
A spin actuator 50 is mechanically coupled to the disc 38. The spin actuator 50 is actuated to cause the disc 38 to rotate. While any number of spin actuators 50 may be utilized, one favorable construction includes a disc gear 52 that is mounted on a backside of the disc 38. An intermediate gear 54 is rotatably mounted to the housing 12. The intermediate gear 54 is mounted in a slot 56 such that the intermediate gear 54 is movable between an engaged position engaging the disc gear 52 and a disengaged positioned being disengaged from the disc gear 52. A rack and pinion gear 58 is mounted in the housing 12. The rack and pinion gear 58 is movable in a first direction to engage the intermediate gear 54 and move the intermediate gear 54 from the disengaged positioned to the engaged position. In
A trigger 60 is attached to the rack and pinion gear 58 and extends through the perimeter wall 16 of the housing 12. A biasing member 62 is positioned in the housing 12 and biases the rack and pinion gear 58 in the second direction. A stop 64 is attached to the rack and pinion gear 58 to engage the disc gear 52 to stop rotation of disc 38 when the biasing member 62 fully moves the rack and pinion gear 58 in the second direction. The trigger 60 can be used by the user allow the disc 38 to continue to rotate by preventing the stop 64 from engaging the disc gear 52.
In use, the housing 12 is used as a conventional dugout for holding material to be smoked and a small pipe or other device capable of holding and burning tobacco, cannabis or other smoking material. When sitting in a group, multiple persons will take turns causing the disc 38 to rotate wherein the pointer 46 will direct the user of the disc 38 as to which action they are to perform.
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.
