Smoking apparatus

A cigarette smoking apparatus is provided, in which a cigarette may be mounted to protect it from the wind, and which acts as an ashtray, collecting ashes, sparks, and the like. A cigarette holder is sized to receive and hold a cigarette and is supported in a hose which is attached to a chamber and filter casing. The casing has an enlarged chamber and a removably mounted filter therein, and a removably mounted mouthpiece attached thereto. The wind protecting sleeve may have a hinged lid attached thereto, and a whistle slot formed therein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a smoking device, and especially to a 
smoking device for smoking cigarettes and the like, which has a filter 
chamber and filter compartment along with means to support a cigarette 
therein and an encircling sleeve for the cigarette to protect the 
cigarette from wind while collecting ashes, sparks, and the like. 
In the past, it has been common to provide a great variety of pipes for 
smoking loose tobaccoes, which sometimes contain removably mounted filters 
therein. The typical pipe includes a bowl connected through a stem to a 
mouthpiece so that the tobacco can be burned in the bowl and drawn through 
the stem by the user. The filter is placed in the stem or mouthpiece. 
Cigarette holders typically have only a stem and mouthpiece, and 
frequently have a filter compartment for holding a filter so that the user 
can smoke a filterless cigarette and have the benefit of a filter. The 
mouthpieces are frequently removable so that the stem can be cleaned. 
The present invention is directed towards a combination in which a 
cigarette holder is mounted to an elbow-shaped casing which has both a 
filter chamber and a removable filter mounted therein and includes in the 
combination, an encircling wind protecting sleeve which with the mounting 
base acts as an ashtray for collecting ashes, sparks, and the like, from 
the smoking of a cigarette, and in addition may also incorporate an 
integral whistle which is actuated by blowing through the mouthpiece. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
A smoking apparatus is provided having an elbow-shaped chamber and filter 
casing with a passageway therethrough and a chamber and filter holding 
compartment formed therein. A mouthpiece is removably attachable to the 
chamber and filter casing at one end of the passageway therethrough while 
a sleeve, base and cigarette holding means is removably mounted to the 
other end of the passageway. A cigarette may be mounted in a holder and 
inserted into the base member and a sleeve mounted thereover so that the 
sleeve and the base form an ashtray and wind protecting cylinder for the 
cigarette. A hinged lid may be mounted to the sleeve and a slot may be 
formed therein to form a whistle with the smoking device.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, a smoking apparatus 10 is provided 
with a chamber and filter casing 11 having an enlarged chamber 12 therein, 
and a filter holding compartment 13 having a filter 14 therein. A 
passageway 15 is connected from an opening 16 through the chamber 12, 
filter compartment 13, and an opening 17 at the other end thereof. The 
opening 17 allows for the mounting of a removably mouthpiece 18. A 
cylindrical base member 20 has a flanged portion 21 and internal threads 
22 for connecting to external threads 23 of the chamber and filter casing 
11. Base member 20 has a passageway 24 therethrough shaped to receive a 
cigarette holding member 25. An enlarged sleeve 26 is sized to fit over 
the base member 20 and against the flanged portion 21 so that sleeve 26 
and base 20 together form an ashtray for a cigarette mounted in the 
cigarette holder 25 while collecting ashes, sparks, and the like, from the 
smoking of the cigarette. In addition, the sleeve 26 acts as a wind 
protecting sleeve. It is anticipated that the casing 11 will be made of 
metal, while the base 20 will be made of a polymer meterial, and the 
cigarette holder 25 will be made of metal, and sleeve 26 and mouthpiece 18 
of a polymer material. However, other materials can be utilized without 
departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. 
FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a second embodiment of a smoking apparatus 30 
having a casing 31 with a chamber 32 and a filter 33 mounted therein with 
a mouthpiece 34 covering the filter 33. A passageway through the casing 31 
connects an opening 35 through the chamber 32, filter compartment 36, and 
mouthpiece 34 to passageway 37. A support base 38 is attached through the 
protruding portion 40 of the chamber 31 by a threaded connection or the 
like, and has a sleeve 41 mounted thereover against a flanged portion 42. 
A small cylindrical cigarette holder 43 is mounted in the base opening 44 
for receiving a cigarette therein, which then protrudes vertically inside 
the cylinder 41. The cylinder 41 has a lid 45 hinged at 46 and a whistle 
opening 47 therein. A cigarette mounted in a cigarette holder 43 may be 
smoked through the passageway 35, chamber 32, filter 33, and mouthpiece 
34, while the sleeve 41 in combination with the base 38 collects ashes, 
and the like, with the sleeve 41 also acting as a wind break to protect 
the cigarette from the wind, and lid 45 allows the system to protect the 
cigarette from the wind, and lid 45 allows the system to be covered when 
not in use, while the whistle slot 47 allows the user to generate a 
whistling noise when the lid 45 is closed, and the mouthpiece 34 is drawn 
upon. 
Advantageously, the chamber 12 in FIG. 1 or chamber 32 in FIG. 2 can be 
filled with tobacco and smoked as a pipe with or without a cigarette in 
the cigarette holder and with or without the base and sleeve. 
It should be clear at this point that a smoking apparatus has been 
provided, but it should also be clear that variations in the structure and 
materials are contemplated as being within the scope of the invention. 
Accordingly, the present invention is not to be construed as limited to 
the particular forms disclosed herein, which are to be regarded as 
illustrative rather than restrictive.