Patent Publication Number: US-10757968-B1

Title: Floating smoking device

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present disclosure relates to a smoking device. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to hookah-based smoking device that can float on water. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     It is very well known that hookah or a water pipe is a smoking device utilized for smoking various smoking materials such as tobacco. Use of a hookah typically requires a person to manually handle and load a ceramic or fruit hookah bowl with the smoking material. After loading the smoking material in the bowl, a separate piece of perforated tin foil or a metal screen is placed above the smoking material and lit or hot coals are placed thereon. Smoke from the smoking material is bubbled through a liquid and is subsequently inhaled through one or more tubes. 
     Several designs of the hookah are proposed in the past. For example, United States Patent Application 20170251717 and U.S. Pat. No. 8,001,978 disclose different designs of the hookah. 
     Although the above patent applications disclose different designs of the hookah, the above disclosures have several disadvantages. As specified above, hookah is used by a group of people at a time. It is non-hygienic when people in groups use hookah by transferring the pipe from mouth to mouth. There are many people that do not want to smoke from a water pipe that was used by other people. 
     Further, the above designs cannot be used at places such as swimming pool, bathtub and so on, as the hookah based on above designs must be kept on a hard surface such as ground or on a table. 
     Other documents describing the closest subject matter provide for a number of more or less complicated features that fail to solve the problem in an efficient and economical way. None of the patents suggest the novel features of the present invention. 
     Therefore, there is a need for a smoking device that can float on water and has multiple tubes or pipes that can be used by different users to inhale smoke from the smoking material or the hookah. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is one of the main objects of the present invention to provide a smoking device that can float on water that avoids the drawbacks of the prior art. 
     It is one object of the present invention to provide a smoking device comprising multiple tubes that can be used by different users simultaneously to inhale smoke from the smoking material. 
     It is another object to provide a smoking device comprising a base and an elongated pipe coupled to the base. The base comprises a floating ring to allow the smoking device to float on the water. The elongated pipe comprises one or more tubes. Each of the tubes may be used by users in order to inhale smoke from the smoking material. 
     It is another object to provide a smoking device comprising a base and an elongated pipe coupled to the base. The smoking device comprises a plurality of floats placed on water such that the smoking device is made to float on the water. The elongated pipe comprises one or more tubes. Each of the tubes may be used by users to inhale smoke from the smoking material. 
     It is another object to provide a plurality of chambers for holding different flavors of hookah such that each tube is coupled to an individual chamber to provide different flavors of the smoke. 
     Further objects of the invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       With the above and other related objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a smoking device that can float on water comprising a floating ring, in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a smoking device floating on water with the help of floats, in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The following detailed description is intended to provide example implementations to one of ordinary skill in the art, and is not intended to limit the invention to the explicit disclosure, as one or ordinary skill in the art will understand that variations can be substituted that are within the scope of the invention as described. 
     The present disclosure discloses a smoking device that can float on water. The smoking device comprises a base and an elongated pipe coupled to the base. The base comprises a floating ring facilitating the smoking device to float on the water. The elongated pipe comprises one or more tubes. Each of the tubes is used by a user to inhale smoke from a smoking material. 
     In another embodiment, the base comprises a plurality of floats provided on water, which is used to place the base of the smoking device, in order to allow the smoking device to float on water. 
     Various features and embodiments of the smoking device are explained in conjunction with the description of  FIGS. 1-2 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , a smoking device  10  that can float on water is shown, in accordance with one embodiment of present disclosure. The smoking device  10  comprises a container  12 . The container  12  may include a tub, a swimming pool, and so on. The container  12  may be filled with liquid such as water W. The smoking device  10  comprises a base  14  and an elongated pipe or stem or hookah pipe  16  coupled to the base  14 . The base  14  may be provided in a bottle-like structure. The elongated pipe  16  may be provided in generally cylindrical shaped structure. In one example, the elongated pipe  16  may be provided in curved or non-cylindrical shaped structure. In one example, the base  14  and the elongated pipe  16  may be made up of any suitable material such as glass, plastic, acrylic, ceramic and so on. It should be understood that the base  14  and the elongated pipe  16  may be provided as a single component or as two separate components which may be operatively coupled so that lower end of the elongated pipe  16  is seated on a collar/upper portion (not shown) of the base  14 . 
     The elongated pipe  16  may comprise a burner cup  18  for holding a smoking material, such as tobacco. In one example, the elongated pipe  16  may further comprise a plate (not shown) placed beneath the burner cup  18  for catching ashes and other materials from the burner cup  18 . The smoking device  10  further comprises a plurality of holes  20  provided at the elongated pipe  16 . In one implementation, each of the plurality of holes  20  may be provided with a tube  22 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . The tube  22  may comprises a flexible tube in which length of tube  22  extends when the tube  22  is pulled. 
     As can be seen, one end of the tube  22  is coupled to the hole  20  and another end is provided with a pen  24  which can be used to inhale the smoke of the smoking material. As known, users may use different smoking material to obtain different flavor or aroma of the smoke. As such, the users may place the smoking material on the burner cup  18  and use the tube  22  to inhale the smoke (flavor) of the smoking material. 
     It should be understood two or more holes  20  might be provided at the elongated pipe  16  such that two or more users may inhale the smoke through the tubes  22  simultaneously. Further, the shape and size of the tubes  22  shown in the present disclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and should not be construed in limited sense. 
     In one embodiment, the smoking device  10  comprises a floating ring  26  coupled to the base  14 . The floating ring  26  may be made up of rubber or synthetic material. The floating ring  26  of appropriate size may be chosen such that the floating ring  26  can take weight of the base  14  and the elongated pipe  16 . Further, due to the structure of the floating ring  26 , the elongated pipe  16  may be bent up to 45 degrees with respect to the surface of the water W such that users may use the smoking device  10  by pulling each of the tubes  22  at varied length and without tripping off the smoking device  10 . It must be understood that the floating ring  26  facilitates in keeping the base  14  and the elongated pipe  16  afloat on surface of the water W at all times. In one implementation, the floating ring  26  is coupled to the base  14  using clips  28  or other known mechanisms (e.g., fastened or glued) to attach two components that are known in the art. 
     It should be noted the clips  28  might be used to place the pens  24  when the pens  24  are not in use. In other words, the pens  24  are placed on the clips  28 . When the user wishes to smoke, the user may take the pen  24  out of the clip  28 , and use the pen  24  to inhale the smoke from the smoking material. After inhaling, the user may put back the pen  24  in the clip  28 . As such, the pens  24  are kept out of water W even when the smoking device  10  is kept in the swimming pool or in bathtub. 
     In one exemplary embodiment, the floating ring  26  may be provided with a plurality of illuminating devices  30 , such as Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The illuminating devices  30  may be provided in variety of sizes or colors as may be needed to provide light across the smoking device  10 . In order to light the illuminating devices  30 , a battery  32  may be provided on the floating ring  26 . 
     It should be understood that the position of the illuminating devices  30  as shown is provided for illustration purposes only and it should be obvious to a person skilled to the art to place the illuminating devices  30  on the base  14  to provide light around the smoking device  10 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , a smoking device  50  that can float on water is shown, in accordance with an alternate embodiment of the present disclosure. In the current embodiment, the smoking device  50  comprises a container  52  (similar to container  12 ). The container  52  may be filled with liquid such as water W. The smoking device  50  comprises a base  54  and an elongated pipe or stem or hookah pipe  56  coupled to the base  54 . 
     The elongated pipe  56  may comprise a tank  58  for storing an electronic juice or vaporization. The tank  58  may be refilled as required. In one example, the elongated pipe  56  may further comprise an atomizer (not shown) used to heat and vaporize the electronic juice. In order to heat the electronic juice, battery coils (not shown) may be provided at the base  54 . The smoking device  50  further comprises a plurality of holes  60  provided at the elongated pipe  56 . In one implementation, each of the plurality of holes  60  may be provided with a tube  62 , as shown in  FIG. 2 . As can be seen, one end of the tube  62  is coupled to the hole  60  and another end is provided with a pen  64  which can be used to inhale the smoke or vapor of the electronic juice. 
     In the current embodiment, the smoking device  50  comprises a plurality of floats  66  coupled to the base  54 . The floats  66  may be made up of rubber or synthetic material and has properties to float on water. The floats  66  are placed at appropriate distance from each other such that the base  54  of the smoking device  50  can be placed on the floats  66 . In other words, the floats  66  facilitates in keeping the base  54  and the elongated pipe  56  afloat on surface of the water W at all times. In one implementation, the floating ring  66  is coupled to the base  54  using clips  68 . 
     As explained earlier, the smoking device  50  may be provided with a plurality of illuminating devices (not shown, similar to illuminating devices  30  shown in  FIG. 1 ), such as Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) on the base  54  to provide light around the smoking device  50 . The illuminating devices may be provided in variety of colors as may be needed to provide light across the smoking device  50 . In order to light the illuminating devices, a battery (not shown) may be provided on the base  54 . 
     It should be understood that users may use the smoking device explained above while in the swimming pool or in the bathtub. Further, one or more users may inhale the smoke from the smoking material simultaneously with the help of the tubes provided on the elongated tubes. 
     The smoking device may be rotated using the floating ring in order to inhale different flavors of the smoke from different tubes/pens. Two or more users may use the smoking device simultaneously at swimming pool or bathtub while maintaining hygiene. Further, the illuminating devices may be used to provide light and the smoking device may be used even at the nights. 
     The foregoing description conveys the best understanding of the objectives and advantages of the present invention. Different embodiments may be made of the inventive concept of this invention. It is to be understood that all matter disclosed herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.