Patent Publication Number: US-9848637-B2

Title: Smoking assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to smoking devices and more particularly pertains to a new smoking device for holding a smoking article in an upright position. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pipe that has an elongated section and an elbow section. The elbow section forms an angle with respect to the elongated section. Each of the elongated section and the elbow section is substantially hollow to have air drawn therethrough. The pipe is comprised of a rigid material. The rigid material is copper. A plurality of inserts is each removably positionable within the elbow section to retain a smoking article within the elbow section. The smoking article extends upwardly from the elbow section. Each of the plurality of inserts has a unique size with respect to each other to retain smoking articles of various sizes. A cap is removably coupled to the elbow section to retain the insert within the elbow section. A lid is positionable over the smoking article to extinguish the smoking article. 
     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 THE DRAWINGS 
       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 perspective view of a smoking assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective 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 right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new smoking 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 5 , the smoking assembly  10  generally comprises a pipe  12  that has an elongated section  14  and an elbow section  16 . The elbow section  16  forms an angle with respect to the elongated section  14 . The angle may be a right angle. Each of the elongated section  14  and the elbow section  16  is substantially hollow to have air drawn therethrough. The pipe  12  is comprised of a rigid material. The rigid material is copper. 
     The elongated section  14  has a first end  18  and a second end  20 . The elbow section  16  is removably coupled to the second end  20 . A mouthpiece  22  is removably coupled to the first end  18 . The mouthpiece  22  is substantially hollow. The elongated section  14  may be one of a pair of elongated sections  24  each coupled together thereby increasing a length of the pipe  12 . 
     A plurality of inserts  26  is each removably positionable within the elbow section  16  to retain a smoking article  28  within the elbow section  16 . The smoking article  28  extends upwardly from the elbow section  16 , allowing smoke  29  from the smoking article  28  to be directed away from a user. The smoking article  28  may be a cigarette or a cigar of any conventional design. Each of the plurality of inserts  26  has a unique size with respect to each other to retain smoking articles  28  of various sizes. 
     Each of the inserts  26  has a top end  30 , a bottom end  32  and a perimeter wall  34  extending between the top  30  and bottom  32  ends. Each of the inserts  26  is substantially hollow. Each of the top  30  and bottom  32  ends is open. The perimeter wall  34  has a flared section  36  and a cylindrical section  38 . 
     The flared section  36  flares outward adjacent to the top end  30 . Thus, the top end  30  has a diameter that is greater than the bottom end  32 . The elbow section  16  has an open end  35 . The cylindrical section  38  of a selected one of the inserts  26  is insertable into the open end  35  such that the insert  26  is oriented perpendicular to the elongated section  14 . The flared section  36  abuts an edge  40  of the open end  35 . The inserts  26  are nestable to accommodate a selected size of the smoking article  28 . 
     A cap  42  is removably coupled to the elbow section  16  to retain the insert  26  within the elbow section  16 . The cap  42  has a skirt  44  coupled to and extending downwardly from an upper wall  46  of the cap  42 , defining an insert well  48  within the cap  42 . The upper wall  46  has an aperture  50  extending therethrough such that the aperture  50  intersects the insert well  48 . 
     The skirt  44  has an inside surface  52 . The inside surface  52  is threaded. The inside surface  52  threadably engages the elbow section  16 . A bottom surface  54  of the upper wall  46  abuts the top end  30  of the insert  26  such that the cap  42  retains the insert  26  within the elbow section  16 . The aperture  50  in the upper wall  46  insertably receives the smoking article  28  such that the smoking article  28  extends downwardly into the insert  26 . 
     A lid  56  is positionable over the smoking article  28  to extinguish the smoking article  28 . The lid  56  has a topmost end  58 , a bottommost end  60  and an exterior wall  62  extending between the topmost  58  and the bottommost  60  ends. The lid  56  is substantially hollow. The topmost end  58  is closed and the bottommost end  60  is open. The bottommost end  60  abuts a top surface  64  of the upper wall  46  of the cap  42  to cover the smoking article  28 . 
     A poker  66  is provided. The poker  66  includes a rod  68  coupled to and extending away from a knob  70 . The rod  68  may be inserted into the pipe  12  in order to clean the pipe  12 . The poker  66  may be stored within the lid  56 . The knob  70  engages the bottommost end  60  when the poker  66  is positioned within the lid  56  thereby closing the bottommost end  60 . 
     In use, the smoking article  28  is smoked while the smoking article  28  is positioned within the pipe  12 . The entire smoking article  28  may be smoked at time, or the lid  56  may be placed over the smoking article  28 , allowing the smoking article  28  to be finished at a later time. The assembly  10  is broken down into its constituent parts when the assembly  10  needs to be cleaned. 
     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.