Patent ID: 8739786

Claim:
A portable hand-held vaporizer assembly comprising: a body shaped to fit substantially within a standard-sized clothing pocket, the body including: an airflow chamber defining an airflow passage, the air flow chamber: having a proximal end and a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, the distal end defining a distal opening that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with an outside environment; and being at least partially encapsulated within the body; a heating assembly with a convection-based heating element, the convection-based heating element having a portion thermally coupled to the airflow passage; an herb placement zone downstream from the convection-based heating element and in fluid communication with the airflow passage; and a conductive conduit that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with the outside environment, the conduit having a first position where a distal end of the conduit is substantially placed within the body and a second position where the distal end extends a length away from the body.