The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of smoking-equipment of existing art and more specifically relates to smoking-pipes.
Smoking is a practice by which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted, or alternatively, inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream. Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use because the combustion of the dried plant leaves vaporizes and delivers active substances into the lungs where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream to reach bodily tissue.
Many smokers enjoy smoking fresh tobacco or other substances out of a pipe, as opposed to pre-rolled cigarettes. Unfortunately, it can be a hassle not only for smokers to carry around a pouch of tobacco and a pipe but also to stop and pack the pipe whenever the mood strikes. Smokers may also make a mess if the pouch spills or drops. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,418,936 to Jake Lee relates to a tobacco pipe. The described tobacco pipe includes a pipe having a hollow stem threaded to a manifold on top of which a turret is rotatably mounted. The turret is of greater weight than the manifold, so that any one of a plurality of turret magazines remains stationary over a chamber in the manifold in their relative rotation, so that smoking tobacco in a magazine aligned with such chamber takes place through the hollow stem.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known smoking-pipe art, the present disclosure provides a novel smoking-pipe having multiple selectable chambers and method. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an efficient and effective smoking-pipe having multiple selectable chambers.
A smoking-pipe is disclosed herein. The smoking-pipe includes a pipe body, a cylinder, and a cylinder cover. The pipe body may be constructed using a cylindrical base, a shank affixed to the cylindrical base, and an axis shank extending upwardly from the center of the cylindrical base. The cylindrical base may have a first end, a second end, a circular outer cylinder surface, a first base-aperture in the first end, and a second base-aperture in the circular outer cylinder surface. The pipe base may include an internal cavity for the passage of smoke connecting the first base-aperture to the second base-aperture. The shank may include an attachment end connected directly to the second base-aperture and may also include an internal cavity for the passage of smoke connecting the second base-aperture to a mouthpiece through which smoke may be drawn by the user. The axis shank may be connected to the first end, being concentric to the cylindrical base and extending upwardly from the cylindrical base.
The cylinder may also be cylindrically shaped and may also have an outer cylinder surface. The cylinder may include a central axis shaft-aperture concentric to the circular outer cylinder surface that mates to the axis shank on the pipe body, such that the cylinder may revolve about the axis shank while being restricted to the rotational axis of the axis shank and the central axis shaft-aperture. A plurality of smoking chambers comprising apertures may be radially arrayed about the central axis shaft-aperture, being parallel to each other and to the central axis shaft-aperture. Each of the plurality of smoking chambers may be positioned relative to the circular outer cylinder surface such that they may align with the first base-aperture when the cylinder is rotated appropriately. Each of the smoking chambers are configured to hold a reserve of combustible material for smoking and may be selectively and rotationally positioned about the axis shank.
The cylinder-cover may comprise a circular or cylindrical plate configured to cover the plurality of smoking chambers of the cylinder having a cover shank concentric to the cylinder-cover which attaches directly to the axis shank of the pipe body. The cylindrical plate also acts as a retainer to hold the cylinder to the pipe body, while yet permitting the cylinder to revolve about the axis shank. The cylinder-cover may include a cover-aperture perforating the cylindrical plate in such a position that it may align with the first base-aperture when the cylinder-cover is rotated appropriately.
According to another embodiment, a method of smoking multiple reserves of combustible material with a smoking-pipe is also disclosed herein. The smoking-pipe includes firstly, providing the described smoking-pipe; secondly, placing the combustible material to be smoked in at least one of the plurality of smoking-chambers; thirdly, aligning one of the smoking-chambers with the first-base aperture and the cover-aperture; fourthly, combusting the combustible material within the chosen smoking-chamber; fifthly, drawing a smoke produced by the combustible material though the internal shank-cavity into a mouth of a user; sixthly, tasting and alternatively inhaling the smoke; seventhly, continuing to smoke until the combustible material within the chosen smoking-chamber is consumed; eighthly, re-aligning another one of the plurality of smoking chambers with the first-base aperture and the cover-aperture, such that a fresh reserve of the combustible material is available to be smoked; ninthly, repeating the process for successive smoking-chambers until the combustible material within all of the plurality of smoking-chambers is spent; and tenthly and optionally, covering a carb-extension attached to the pipe body while smoking to regulate airflow into the smoking-pipe base.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a smoking-pipe having multiple selectable chambers and method, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a smoking-pipe and more particularly to a smoking-pipe having multiple selectable chambers and method, as used to improve the smoking experience.
Generally, the disclosed smoking-pipe provides a convenient way to pack, carry, and smoke tobacco within a smoking pipe. In a preferred embodiment, the pipe integrates up to five tobacco bowls or chambers for enabling successive smoking without necessitating continual packing of the bowl. This methodology eliminates the need to carry around a pouch of tobacco all day, saving users a considerable amount of time when enjoying a smoking session. The pipe also covers and stores tobacco when not in use, having a cover which contains and conceals all of the tobacco bowls. In use, the pipe may be rotated over the pipe to align a chosen, packed tobacco bowl with the channel in the pipe from which the user may smoke. Each bowl may be selectively aligned with the pipe stem for smoking one at a time. Preferably, the pipe may be made from metal or another suitable material. The exact specifications may vary upon manufacturing.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
According to one embodiment, the smoking-pipe 100 may be arranged as a kit 105. In particular, the smoking-pipe 100 may further include a set of instructions 107. The instructions 107 may detail functional relationships in relation to the structure of the smoking-pipe 100 such that the smoking-pipe 100 can be used, maintained, or the like, in a preferred manner.
Smoking-pipe body 110 further includes detent-aperture 150 disposed within first-cylinder end 140, detent-sphere 152 retained within detent-aperture 150, detent-retainer 154 circumscribing detent-aperture 150, such that detent-retainer 154 engages and retains detent-sphere 152 within detent-aperture 150, such that detent-sphere 152 is able to partially protrude from but not leave detent-aperture 150, and detent-spring 156 disposed within detent-aperture 150 pressing detent-sphere 152 against detent-retainer 154. Cylinder 120 further includes plurality of detent-recesses 158 configured to engage detent-sphere 152 when detent-spring 156 presses detent-sphere 152 against detent-retainer 154, detent-spring 156 being configured to simultaneously press detent-sphere 152 against the cylinder. Plurality of detent-recesses 158 correspond to plurality of smoking-chambers 126 (
Referring now to
It should be noted that step 510 is an optional step and may not be implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use 500 are illustrated using dotted lines in
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
The present application is related to and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/459,603 filed Feb. 15, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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