Patent Publication Number: US-2023148659-A1

Title: Hookah Adapter Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to adapter devices and more particularly pertains to a new adapter device for smoking a cigarette in a hookah. The device includes a bowl with a foraminous base and a tube extending through the foraminous base to engage an intake of the hookah. The device includes a holder that is insertable into the tube and the holder has a pair of intake ports. Each of the intake ports can insertably receive a cigarette to facilitate the cigarette in each intake port to be smoked with the hookah. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to adapter devices including a frusto-conical holder for insertably holding a cigarette for smoking. The prior art discloses a variety of water filtered smoking pipes, each having an integral water reservoir, for smoking tobacco. The prior art discloses a portable hookah for smoking tobacco or cannabis. The prior art discloses a water pipe which has a sleeve shaped adapter for insertably receiving an electronic vaporizer pen. The prior art discloses a universal bowl and stem device for attaching to a variety of different styles of hookahs. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bowl that has a foraminous base and a tube extending through the foraminous base of the bowl which can be inserted into an intake of a hookah. A holder is attached to the tube and the holder is in fluid communication with the hookah when the tube is inserted into the intake of the hookah. The holder has a pair of intake ports each extending into an interior of the holder to insertably receive a cigarette thereby facilitating the cigarette to be smoked with the hookah. A pair of lids is each hingedly disposed on the holder for opening or closing the intake ports. 
     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 an exploded perspective view of a hookah adapter assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a cross sectional view taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG.  1    of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  5    is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  6    is a front phantom view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  7    is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  8    is a phantom perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  9    is a phantom view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  10    is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  11    is a back phantom view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  12    is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS.  1  through  12    thereof, a new adapter 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  12   , the hookah adapter assembly  10  generally comprises a bowl  12  that has a foraminous base  14  to facilitate combustion of a burning charcoal placed on the foraminous base  14 . The bowl  12  has an outer wall  16  extending upwardly from a perimeter  18  of the foraminous base  14  and the outer wall  16  angles outwardly from the foraminous base  14 . The outer wall  16  has a lip  20  that is distally positioned with respect to the foraminous base  14  and the lip  20  has a handle  22  extending away from an outer edge  24  of the lip  20 . Furthermore, the handle  22  is rounded at a distal end  26  of the handle  22  to facilitate the handle  22  to be gripped by a user. 
     A tube  28  is provided and the tube  28  extends through the foraminous base  14  of the bowl  12  such that the tube  28  can be inserted into an intake  30  of a hookah  32 . The tube  28  has a bottom end  34 , a top end  36  and an outer wall  38  extending between the bottom end  34  and the top end  36 . The bottom end  34  is spaced from a bottom surface  40  of the foraminous base  14  having the tube  28  being perpendicularly oriented with the foraminous base  14 . The tube  28  is centrally positioned on the foraminous base  14  and the outer wall  16  has a recessed portion  42  extending downwardly from the top end  36 . 
     A holder  44  is attached to the tube  28  such that the holder  44  is in fluid communication with the hookah  32  when the tube  28  is inserted into the intake  30  of the hookah  32 . The holder  44  has a pair of intake ports  46  each extending into an interior of the holder  44  to facilitate air to be drawn through the intake ports  46  and into the hookah  32 . Each of the intake ports  46  is rounded to insertably receive a cigarette  47  thereby facilitating the cigarette  47  to be smoked with the hookah  32 . The cigarette  47  may be a tobacco cigarette, a cannabis cigarette or any other type of cigarette that would commonly be smoked for pleasure. The holder  44  has a lower end  48 , an upper end  50  and an outer surface  52  extending between the lower end  48  and the upper end  50 , and the holder  44  is elongated between the upper end  50  and the lower end  48 . 
     The outer surface  52  flares outwardly between the lower end  48  and the upper end  50  to define a flared portion  54  of the holder  44  adjacent to the upper end  50  such that the holder  44  has a Y-shape. Each of the intake ports  46  is positioned on the upper end  50  and the intake ports  46  are spaced apart from each other on the upper end  50 . The holder  44  has a hole  56  extending through the lower end  48  and intersecting each of the intake ports  46 . Additionally, the hole  56  has a first portion  58  that has a diameter which is greater than a second portion  60 . The first portion  58  extends between the lower end  48  of the holder  44  and the second portion  60 , and the second portion  60  extends between the first portion  58  and each of the intake ports  46 . The first portion  58  insertably receives the top end  36  of the tube  28  having the lower end  48  of the holder  44  resting on a threshold  62  of the recessed portion  42  of the outer wall  16  of the tube  28 . 
     A pair of lids  64  is provided and each of the lids  64  is hingedly disposed on the holder  44 . Each of the lids  64  is aligned with a respective one of the intake ports  46  for opening  84  or closing the intake ports  46 . Each of the lids  64  has an exterior edge  66  that is continuously arcuate such that each of the lids  64  has a disk shape. Furthermore, the exterior edge  66  of each of the lids  64  is hingedly coupled to the upper end  50  of the holder  44 . 
     In an alternative embodiment  68  as is most clearly shown in  FIGS.  6  and  7   , the holder  44  has an elongate portion  70  which extends between the lower end  48  and the flared portion  54 . The elongate portion  70  comprises a first section  72  that is removably matable to a second section  74 . The first section  72  is associated with the lower end  48  and the second section  74  is associated with the flared portion  54 . The holder  44  has a plurality of the intake ports  76  each extending through the upper end  50 . 
     Continuing in the alternative embodiment  68 , a retainer  78  is provided which has a lowermost end  80  and an uppermost end  82 . The retainer  78  has an opening  84  extending through the lowermost end  80  and the uppermost end  82 , and the opening  84  has a topmost portion  86  and a lowermost portion  88 . The topmost portion  86  has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the lowermost portion  88 . Moreover, the lowermost end  80  engages a respective one of the intake ports  46  in the upper end  50  of the holder  44  such that the uppermost end  82  can insertably receive an electronic vaporizer pen thereby facilitating the vaporizer pen to be smoked with the hookah  32 . A cap  92  is hingedly disposed on the uppermost end  82  of the retainer  78 . The cap  92  is positionable in a closed position having the cap  92  covering the opening  84  and the cap  92  is positionable in an open position having the cap  92  being displaced from the opening  84 . 
     In an alternative embodiment  94  as is most clearly shown in  FIG.  8   , a mouthpiece  96  is provided that has a primary end  98  and a secondary end  100 . Each of the primary end  98  and the secondary end  100  is open and the mouthpiece  96  is substantially hollow. The mouthpiece  96  tapers to a blunt point at the secondary end  100  and a coupler  102  is integrated into the primary end  98 . The coupler  102  engages a smoking hose  104  of the hookah  32  thereby facilitating a user to inhale through the mouthpiece  96  for smoking the hookah  32 . Additionally, a pair of filters  106  is each disposed within the mouthpiece  96  and each of the filters  106  is comprised of an air permeable material to filter particles from air which passes through the mouthpiece  96 . 
     In an alternative embodiment  108  as is most clearly shown in  FIGS.  9  and  10   , the flared portion  54  of the holder  44  has a lower surface  110  that is oriented perpendicular to a pair of outward surfaces  112  extending between the lower surface  110  and the uppermost end  82  of the holder  44  such that the flared portion  54  has a rectangular shape. In an alternative embodiment  114  as is most clearly shown in  FIGS.  11  and  12   , the flared portion  54  is generally convexly arcuate. The flared portion  54  has a plurality of depressions  116  and prominences  118  each being strategically positioned such that the flared portion  54  has the ornamental appearance of a human skull. 
     In use, the bowl  12  is positioned on the intake  30  of the hookah  32  such that the bottom end  34  of the tube  28  is inserted into the intake  30 . The lower end  48  of the holder  44  is engaged on the top end  36  of the tube  28  such that the holder  44  extends upwardly out of the bowl  12 . In this way one or two cigarettes  48 , depending on the user&#39;s preference, can be inserted into the intake ports  46  in the holder  44 . Thus, the one or two cigarettes  48  can be smoked with the hookah  32  to facilitate a milder flavor for the user to enjoy. 
     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.