Patent ID: 8590540
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. A smoking pipe apparatus for smoking tobacco, comprising: (a) an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, said elongated body including a first end portion and an opposing second end portion, said elongated body also including a base side portion and an opposing primary side portion, further said elongated body includes a first margin and an opposing second margin; (b) a bowl disposed partially within said first end portion from said primary side portion, said bowl including a surrounding sidewall that extends from a step and terminates at said primary side portion, wherein said sidewall defines a bowl interior separated from an exterior environment, said bowl also includes a plurality of chamber voids that are disposed inward from said step toward said base side portion, wherein said plurality of chamber voids inwardly terminate at a centrally disposed ridge that is positioned inward from said step toward said base side portion wherein said ridge is extended toward said primary side portion being positioned between said step and said chamber voids; (c) a plurality of passageways extending from said second end portion to said plurality of chamber voids, wherein said plurality of passageways are disposed within said elongated body, each of said passageways is in fluid communication with each of said chamber voids; and (d) a screen that is disposed within said sidewall, wherein said screen is supported on an outer periphery by said step and said screen is centrally supported by said ridge, wherein said screen assumes a concave shape as viewed from said primary side portion, wherein operationally when tobacco is placed within said screen concave shape and with an activation of a lighter from said primary side portion adjacent to the tobacco and simultaneously with a manual creation of a vacuum at said plurality of passageways on said second end portion, a diffusion of tobacco smoke is created with said plurality of chamber voids to result in a more centrally outward omnidirectional burn of the tobacco therethrough said screen.