Patent Publication Number: US-2023132847-A1

Title: Prepackaged Hookah Bowl Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to hookah bowl devices and more particularly pertains to a new hookah bowl device for facilitating a pre-loaded hookah bowl to be smoked in a hookah. The device includes a hookah bowl that is preloaded with a smokable material. The hookah bowl has a heat resistant liner and a foil covering that is wrapped around the hookah bowl. The hookah bowl is comprised of a biodegradable material such that the hookah bowl can be disposed of when the smokable material is depleted. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to hookah bowl devices including a side heat bowl device that includes a first chamber for holding a smokable material and a second chamber for holding a heat source. The prior art discloses a prepackaged smoking capsule for smoking in a hookah. The prior art discloses a disposable hookah bowl that includes a combustion shelf, an inlet seal and an outlet seal. The prior art discloses a variety of hookah bowl devices that includes a crucible upper end and a pre-loaded combustion bowl that is insertable into the crucible upper end. The prior art discloses a hookah device that includes a heating unit, a head for holding a cooking element and a pipe. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a hookah bowl that is pre-loaded with a smokable material. The hookah bowl is insertable into a hookah to facilitate a user to smoke the smokable material without preparing the hookah bowl. A plug is removably inserted into the hookah bowl and the plug is removable from the hookah bowl prior to inserting the hookah bowl. A foil covering is wrapped around the hookah bowl to inhibit the hookah bowl from combusting. The foil covering covers the smokable material in the hookah bowl and the foil covering is perforated prior to smoking the smokable material. In this way the foil covering facilitates air to pass through the foil covering for combusting the smokable material. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG.  1    is a top perspective view of a prepackaged hookah bowl assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a front exploded view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a top phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  5    is a cross sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG.  1    of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  6    is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS.  1  through  6    thereof, a new hookah bowl device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS.  1  through  6   , the prepackaged hookah bowl assembly  10  generally comprises a hookah bowl  12  that is comprised of a biodegradable material and the hookah bowl  12  is pre-loaded with a smokable material  14 . The smokable material  14  may comprise shisha, tobacco or other material that is commonly smoked in a hookah  16 . Additionally, the smokable material  14  may be infused with a variety of different flavors, including but not being limited to, fruit flavor, mint flavor, citrus flavor, candy flavor or any other natural or artificial flavor commonly associated with smokable material  14 . The hookah bowl  12  is insertable into a hookah  16  to facilitate a user to smoke the smokable material  14  without having to prepare the hookah bowl  12  as is commonly required when smoking a hookah  16 . 
     The hookah bowl  12  has a top end  18 , a bottom end  20  and an outer wall  22  extending between the top end  18  and the bottom end  20 . The outer wall  22  is continuously arcuate about an axis extending between the top end  18  and the bottom end  20  such that the hookah bowl  12  has a cylindrical shape. Moreover, each of the top end  18  and the bottom end  20  is open and the outer wall  22  curves inwardly between the top end  18  and the bottom end  20  such that the top end  18  has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the bottom end  20 . The hookah bowl  12  may have a length ranging between approximately 4.0 inches and 5.0 inches. The top end  18  may have a diameter ranging between approximately 10.0 inches and 12.0 inches and the bottom end  20  may have a diameter ranging between approximately 4.0 inches and 5.0 inches. 
     The hookah bowl  12  includes a disk  24  that is integrated into the hookah bowl  12  and the disk  24  is positioned closer to the top end  18  than the bottom end  20  such that the disk  24  defines a combustion chamber  26  between the disk  24  and the top end  18 . Moreover, the smokable material  14  is positioned in the combustion chamber  26 . The disk  24  is foraminous to facilitate air to pass through the disk  24  when the smokable material  14  is being smoked. The outer wall  22  has an inside surface  28  and an outside surface  30 , and the hookah bowl  12  is comprised of a pressed biodegradable material such as compressed cardboard or other similarly rigid material. The inside surface  28  is lined with a heat resistant lining  32  to inhibit the outer wall  22  of the hookah bowl  12  from combusting. Furthermore, the heat resistant lining  32  covers a top side  34  and a bottom side  36  of the disk  24 . The heat resistant lining  32  may comprise an epoxy that is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 500.0 degrees Fahrenheit such that the smokable material  14  does not cause the hookah bowl  12  or the disk  24  to combust when the smokable material  14  is being burned. 
     A plug  38  is provided that is removably inserted into the hookah bowl  12  for closing the hookah bowl  12 . The plug  38  is removable from the hookah bowl  12  prior to inserting the hookah bowl  12 . Furthermore, the plug  38  is inserted into the bottom end  20  of the hookah bowl  12  and an outer surface  40  of the plug  38  conforms to the heat resistant lining  32  lining the inside surface  28  of the outer wall  22 . The outer surface  40  forms a fluid impermeable seal with the heat resistant lining  32  to inhibit air from passing through the bottom end  20 . The plug  38  may be comprised of cork or other type of organic material that is biodegradable. 
     A foil covering  42  is wrapped around the hookah bowl  12  and the foil covering  42  is comprised of a heat resistant material to inhibit the hookah bowl  12  from combusting. Additionally, the foil covering  42  covers the smokable material  14  in the hookah bowl  12  to define a covered section  44  of the combustion chamber  26 . The foil covering  42  is perforated by the user prior to smoking the smokable material  14 . In this way the foil covering  42  facilitates air to pass through the foil covering  42  for combusting the smokable material  14 . The foil covering  42  completely covers the outside surface  30  of outer wall  22  of the hookah bowl  12 . 
     The foil covering  42  extends between the top end  18  and the bottom end  20 . Additionally, the foil covering  42  extends downwardly along the inside surface  28  of the outer wall  22  at a point located adjacent to the top end  18  of the hookah bowl  12 . In this way the foil covering  42  defines a lip  46  between the covered section  44  of the combustion chamber  26  and the top end  18  to block wind when the hookah bowl  12  is employed for smoking the smokable material  14 . The foil covering  42  extends over the smokable material  14  such that the foil covering  42  closes the top end  18  of the hookah bowl  12 . The foil covering  42  may come in a variety of colors that corresponds to the flavor of the smokable material  14  that is positioned in the combustion chamber  26  to facilitate visual identification of the flavor. 
     In use, the foil covering  42  that defines the covered section  44  of the combustion chamber  26  is perforated and the plug  38  is removed from the bottom end  20  of the hookah bowl  12 . The bottom end  20  of the hookah bowl  12  is extended into a stem  48  of the hookah  16  and a flame is applied to the foil that covers the smokable material  14 . In this way the smokable material  14  is combusted when the air is drawn through the hookah  16  to facilitate the smokable material  14  to be smoked with the hookah  16 . The hookah bowl  12  is disposed of when the smokable material  14  in the combustion chamber  26  has been depleted. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.