SMOKING PIPE FOR BOTH TOBACCO LEAVES AND OIL RESIN
The invention comprises an improved tobacco smoking pipe such that the pipe may be used to smoke liquid tobacco. The pipe consists of an inner tube that has an open end and a closed end with an intake disposed there between that communicates with the open end. A connecting element secures an outer tube and allows the closed end of the inner tube to slidably retract and extend within said outer tube. The improvement of the invention which allows liquid to be smoked in the pipe is the addition of a retaining element extending from the closed end of the inner tube.
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/844,116, filed Jul. 9, 2013 by the present inventor, of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
I. BackgroundA. Field of Invention
The present invention generally relates to smoking articles. More particularly, the present invention relates to pipes for smoking tobacco leaves, oil and or resin.
B. Description of the Related Art
Smoking tobacco is typically available in a dried-leaf form and can be smoked using devices such as a pipe. The tobacco may additionally be manipulated by chemical and or physical means to alter the composition, structure or chemistry of the tobacco to form products such as resin and or liquid tobacco. These products may be thereafter combined with smoking tobacco or other fillers and or additives and smoked.
Known devices that can be used to smoke liquid tobacco consist essentially of water pipes, which are typically used as a result of the high amount of heat needed to ignite the oil. A method of smoking liquid tobacco for example includes the step of: (1) heating an element until sufficiently hot to ignite oil on contact, (2) contacting the element with oil (in a method known as “dabbing”) causing the oil to ignite and produce smoke/fumes, (3) encasing the contact element/oil, and (4) imparting a change in pressure or vacuum to direct smoke through pipe into a smokers lungs. Depending on the water pipe used, or method of the user, steps (2) and (3) can be interchanged. Notwithstanding the fact that water pipes require a source of water, the pipes require maintenance and care and are generally bulky and not easily transportable.
There is a pipe on the market known as a “glass blunt” which is a pipe that may be used to smoke tobacco leaf. The “glass blunt” has an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube has an adaptor placed on one end which connects to and slideably engages the inner tube, which is capable of retracting and extending therethrough. The inner tube is hollow and has an open end and a closed end. Between the ends is an inlet that allows smoke to enter the inner tube. A sufficient amount of tobacco may be packed into the outer tube with a closed end of the inner tube and the interior walls of the outer tube containing the tobacco. While the glass blunt is portable and requires little maintenance, it is not capable of being used to smoke liquid tobacco.
There is a need in the art to provide a transportable pipe that does not require water, requires little maintenance, and is capable of being used to smoke liquid tobacco.
II. SUMMARYThe current invention is for an improvement to a “glass blunt” pipe that allows a user to smoke tobacco oil from the pipe. In an embodiment, a retainer is provided at the closed end of the inner tube. In use, the retainer is extended beyond the opening of the outer tube and heated. Upon being heated a sufficient temperature, tobacco oil (i.e. liquid nicotine) is contacted to the retainer and instantly is ignited, causing the oil to smoke. The retainer is then retracted within the outer tube. When air is sucked from an opening of the inner tube, smoke is directed into an inlet formed on the inner tube.
In an embodiment the pipe of the instant invention may be smoked directly by sucking the opened end of the inner tube. In another embodiment, the pen end of the inner tube may serve as an adapter to yet another pipe.
The invention may take physical form in certain parts and arrangement of parts, some embodiments of which will be described in the specification and illustrated in accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, wherein, when referring to the drawings, the inventor identifies the following components thereto,
The instant invention is for an improved pipe for smoking tobacco that is an improvement over the prior art wherein the improvement allows for the pipe to be used to smoke liquid tobacco.
Connecting means 160 has a first open end 165 that is shaped and sized to accept and secure first open end 125 of outer tube 110. The second open end of connecting means 160 is shaped and sized to allow inner tube 130 to slideably engage therein such that the inner tube 130 can be retracted and extended relative to the outer tube 110. In an embodiment, connecting means 160 provides an air tight boundary between the first open end 125 of the outer tube 110 and the exterior of the inner tube 130 such that smoke is directed through inlet 150 when air is sucked out from opening 135 of the inner tube 130.
In view of the several embodiments presented herein, various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the Invention. It is intended that such obvious changes and modifications be embraced by the annexed claims.
Claims
1. An improved tobacco smoking apparatus comprising an inner tube having a closed end, an open end and an inlet disposed there between in communication with said open end; a hollow outer tube having an end secured to connecting means, wherein said connecting means slidably engages with an said inner tube to allow the closed end to retract and extend within said outer tube; wherein the improvement comprises a retainer formed about the closed end of said inner tube.
2. The retainer according to claim 1, wherein the retainer is capable of being heated a sufficient temperature such that when it is contacted with liquid tobacco, the tobacco instantly ignites.
3. The retainer according to claim 2, wherein the retainer is capable of holding liquid tobacco such that only the smoke caused by the ignition enters said inlet.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 8, 2014
Publication Date: Jan 15, 2015
Inventor: Michael Maglione (Branchburg, NJ)
Application Number: 14/326,251
International Classification: A24F 1/00 (20060101); A24F 5/00 (20060101);