Patent ID: 7404405

Claim:
A portable hookah system comprising: a hookah comprising: a hookah base for accepting dry smoke; a hookah stem, connected in self-supporting, releasable attachment to said hookah base, defining a wet smoke outlet and a bowl connection with a bowl connected thereto; and a hookah hose, configured to releasably attach to said smoke outlet, for conducting wet smoke to a user; and a hookah containment device comprising: a receiving chamber with a chamber base and a chamber sidewall, said receiving chamber adapted to accept and vertically stabilize said hookah, said sidewall having a height adapted to house at least said hookah base and a circumference dimensioned to form an interference fit with said hookah base; said receiving chamber further comprising a cover, opposite said chamber base dimensioned to enclose said receiving chamber, defining an interior hookah stem outlet that positions said bowl above said receiving chamber; and a handle, attached to said hookah receiving chamber, configured to facilitate a substantially planar travel path.