Smoking apparatus

• US 4,252,135 A
• Filed: 12/31/1979
• Issued: 02/24/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Herman
• Original Assignee: John Herman
• Inventors: Herman, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellegrino, Stephen C.
• Application Number:
  US06/108,946
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 131/176, 131/178, 131/180, 131/181, 131/221, 131/222, 131/194, 131/226
• US Class Current: 131/180
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 3/00 Tobacco pipes combined with other objects smoking appliances on walking sticks or canes A45B3/16
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 5/00 Bowls for pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 5/10 Bowl-covers, attached and removable

Abstract

A smoking pipe having a rectangular, metal bowl with a cylindrical bore within which is received an insert having at opposite ends concavities of differing volumes such that either a small or a large bowl cavity is provided for receipt of smoking material. The opposite end or bottom of the bore includes a threaded member forming a removable bottom to the bore for cleaning purposes. The outer end of the stem includes a soft material annulus with beveled outer end portions. Immediately above the stem, a shallow opening is formed in the side wall of the bowl for releasably holding the end of a hollow container for smoking materials. A cover is pivotally located over the open bowl top.

Claims

1. Smoking pipe apparatus, comprising in combination:

bowl means including an insert slidably received therein, said insert having a first relatively small concavity and a second relatively large concavity with said insert being selectively positionable to expose one of the concavities for receiving smoking materials;

hollow stem means affixed to the bowl means and in communication with the insert concavities; and

a hollow tubular container having a closed end and an open end, the open end being releasably engaged within a first opening in the bowl means.

2. Smoking pipe apparatus as in claim 1, in which the bowl means includes a second opening through one surface within which the insert is received and a platelike cover is pivotally secured to said bowl means for movement over said second opening and remote therefrom.

3. Smoking pipe apparatus as in claim 2, in which said cover is pivotally affixed to the bowl means by a threaded member having an inner end received within said bowl means second opening, said threaded means inner end being received in an opening in the container open end portion for releasably securing the container therein.

4. Smoking pipe apparatus as in claim 1, in which first and second heat insulating pads are affixed to opposed sides of the bowl means.

5. Smoking pipe apparatus as in claim 2, in which a plug is removably secured to the bowl means in a further opening therein which is in communication with the second opening.