Patents by Inventor Tom Norman

Tom Norman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Smoking apparatus and methods of constructing and utilizing same
    Patent number: 4096868
    Abstract: A smoking apparatus which provides pleasing and mild tasting smoking sensation by first cooling and purifying smoke from a smokable product before the smoker inhales the smoke. The apparatus is designed so as to enable a liquid and/or ice cooling medium, which may include standard size ice cubes, to be placed in a bottle structure. A retainer which retains a smokable product so communicates with the bottle structure as to refrigerate and purify smoke in its journey from the retainer to the smoker's mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Inventor: Tom Norman