Modular storage receptacle for smoking material, system for storing smoking material, and method for using same

• US 20130025608A1
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazin Fakhouri
• Original Assignee: Allin1e, LLC
• Inventors: Fakhouri, Yazin, Guyser, Robert J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,192,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 131/311
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 9/00 Accessories for smokers' pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 9/16 Protective coverings or cases for pipes or parts thereof

Abstract

A storage receptacle for smoking material may open on two opposite sides. A first end of the storage receptacle may have teeth which extend from the first end of the storage receptacle. A second end of the storage receptacle may have one or more cavities which store a pipe, a lighter and/or a cleaning pick. A first cover and a second cover may be removed from the first end and the second end of the receptacle, respectively. The first cover may have teeth, and the first cover may be rotated relative to the first end of the receptacle to grind, to divide and/or to separate the smoking material into smaller sizes using the teeth. Threads may connect the first cover to the first end and the second cover to the second end. A sieve cylinder may have a screen which collects the smoking material having smaller sizes.

Claims

1. A system for storing smoking material, a pipe and a lighter wherein the pipe has a size and a shape and further wherein the lighter emits a flame and has a size and a shape, the system comprising:

a receptacle having a first end and a second end wherein the second end is located in a position opposite to the first end and further wherein the storage receptacle has a cylindrical shape;

a pipe cavity in the second end of the receptacle wherein the pipe cavity extends from the second end into the receptacle and further wherein the second cavity has a size and a shape which are substantially the same as the size and the shape of the pipe;

a lighter cavity in the second end of the receptacle wherein the lighter cavity extends from the second end into the receptacle and further wherein the second cavity has a size and a shape which are substantially the same as the size and the shape of the lighter;

a first cover which connects to the first end of the receptacle wherein the first cover reversibly connects to and disconnects from the first end and further wherein the first cover has a circular shape;

teeth which extend from the first cover and the first end of the receptacle;

holes in the first cover which are located between the teeth of the first cover;

a sieve cylinder which connects to the first cover wherein the sieve cylinder has a sieve cavity which extends into the sieve cylinder and further wherein the sieve cylinder has a screen located in the sieve cavity; and

a second cover which connects to the second end of the receptacle wherein the first cover reversibly connects to and disconnects from the first end and further wherein the first cover has a circular shape.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a cleaning pick cavity which extends from the second end of the receptacle into the receptacle.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

an extension cylinder which connects the sieve cylinder to the first cover.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a sieve cap which reversibly connects to and disconnects from the sieve cylinder.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

threads integral with the first cover and the sieve cylinder wherein the threads enable the sieve cylinder to reversibly connect to and disconnect from the first cover.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a ring which maintains a position of the screen in the sieve cylinder wherein the ring disconnects from the sieve cylinder to enable the screen to be removed from the sieve cylinder.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

threads integral with the first cover and the first end of the receptacle wherein the threads enable the first cover to reversibly connect to and separate from the first end.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the teeth are integral with the first cover and the first end.

9. A method for using smoking material stored by a receptacle having a first end, a second end, a first cover and a second cover wherein the first end is located in a position opposite to the second end and further wherein the first cover has first threads, the first end has second threads, the second cover has third threads, and the second end has fourth threads wherein teeth extend from the first cover and the first end of the receptacle, the method comprising the steps of:

removing the first cover from the first end by rotating the first cover to disengage the first threads from the second threads;

placing the smoking material on one of the first end and the second cover;

connecting the first cover to the first end by engaging the first threads to the second threads wherein connection of the first cover to the first end positions the smoking material between the first cover and the first end of the receptacle; and

rotating the first cover relative to the first end to rotate the teeth wherein rotating the teeth breaks the smoking material into smaller sizes.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

disconnecting a cylinder from the first cover wherein the first cover has holes located between the teeth of the first cover and further wherein the smoking material having the smaller sizes travels through the holes and is collected by a screen in the cylinder which is accessed by disconnecting the cylinder from the first cover.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

connecting a sieve cylinder to the first cover using an extension cylinder wherein connecting the sieve cylinder to the first cover using the extension cylinder positions the extension cylinder between the first cover and the sieve cylinder.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of:

disconnecting the extension cylinder from the first cover and the sieve cylinder wherein the extension cylinder connects to the opposite side of the sieve cylinder after disconnecting from the sieve cylinder and further wherein connecting the sieve cylinder to the first cover after connecting the extension cylinder to the opposite side of the sieve cylinder positions the sieve cylinder between the first cover and the extension cylinder.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of:

connecting a sieve cap to the sieve cylinder wherein connecting the sieve cap to the sieve cylinder positions the sieve cylinder between the extension cylinder and the sieve cap.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

storing a lighter, a cleaning pick and a pipe in the receptacle wherein the lighter, the cleaning pick and the pipe are covered by the second cover.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

forming a seal between the first end and the first cover wherein the seal is formed by an o-ring connected to one of the first end and the first cover.

16. A storage receptacle for smoking material, the storage receptacle comprising:

a receptacle body having a first end and a second end wherein the second end is located in a position opposite to the first end and further wherein the receptacle body has a cylindrical shape;

a first cavity in the first end which holds the smoking material wherein the first cavity extends from the first end into the receptacle body;

a second cavity in the second end wherein the second cavity has a cylindrical shape and further wherein the second cavity extends from the first end into the receptacle body;

a third cavity in the second end wherein the third cavity extends from the second end into the receptacle body;

a first cover that covers the first cavity wherein the first cover reversibly connects to and disconnects from the first end and further wherein the first cover has a circular shape;

a modular component which reversibly connects to and disconnects from the first cover;

teeth which extend from the first cover and the modular component;

holes in the first cover which are located between the teeth extending from the first cover; and

a second cover that covers the second cavity and the third cavity wherein the second cover reversibly connects and disconnects from the second end and further wherein the second cover has a circular shape.

17. The storage receptacle of claim 16 further comprising:

threads integral with the first cover and the first end of the receptacle body wherein the threads enable the first cover to reversibly connect to and disconnect from the first end of the receptacle body.

18. The storage receptacle of claim 16 further comprising:

threads integral with the first cover and the modular component wherein the threads enable the modular component to reversibly connect to and disconnect from the first cover.

19. The storage receptacle of claim 16 further comprising:

threads integral with the second cover and the second end of the receptacle body wherein the threads enable the second cover to reversibly connect to and disconnect from the second end of the receptacle body.

20. The storage receptacle of claim 16 further comprising:

a fourth cavity in the second end wherein the fourth cavity has a cylindrical shape and further wherein the fourth cavity extends from the second end into the receptacle body.