Modular smoking apparatus

• US 7,806,123 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2004
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mya Saray LLC
• Original Assignee: Mya Saray LLC
• Inventors: Mehio, Nizar Youssef
• Primary Examiner(s): Tucker; Philip C
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHU HOANG
• Application Number:
  US10/751,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20040163658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,465 Days
• Field of Search: 131/173
• US Class Current: 131/173
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 1/30 Hookahs

Abstract

A modular smoking apparatus includes a plenum having a substantially vertical dry smoke aperture and a wet smoke aperture disposed substantially parallel to the dry smoke aperture. An upper end of a down tube may be inserted into a lower end of the dry smoke aperture and a lower end of an intermediate tube may be inserted into an upper end of the dry smoke aperture. An upper end of the intermediate tube may be inserted into a the lower end of a burner. A lower end of the plenum may be inserted into an upper end of the base. The base may contain a fluid submerging a lower end of the down tube. The intermediate tube, the dry smoke aperture, and the down tube may form a conduit for dry smoke from the burner to the base, and the wet smoke aperture may form a conduit for wet smoke from the base to a hose.

Claims

1. A modular hookah comprising:

a base, dimensioned to contain a substantial amount of fluid, with an internally threaded upper end for receiving dry smoke; and

a stem, with an intermediate tube, having an upper end and a lower end, defining a dry smoke aperture; and

a plenum further defining said dry smoke aperture and defining a wet smoke aperture oriented to accept wet smoke from said base, said plenum having an upper end adapted to removably fasten to said lower end of said intermediate tube and an externally threaded lower end configured to mate with said threaded upper end of said base, and

wherein said stem terminates in a selectively releasable peripheral down tube, defining said dry smoke aperture and dimensioned to substantially penetrate said base, and with an upper end adapted to removably fasten to said plenum.

2. The modular hookah of claim 1 further comprising an intermediate tube upper cap in releasable attachment to both said intermediate tube and a burner.

3. The modular hookah of claim 2 further comprising an intermediate tube lower cap in releasable attachment to both said intermediate tube and said plenum.

4. The modular hookah of claim 3 further comprising an intermediate tube cover dimensioned to house said intermediate tube.

5. The modular hookah of claim 1 wherein said intermediate tube is adapted to threadably fasten to said plenum and said plenum is adapted to threadably fasten with both said down tube and said base.

6. The modular hookah of claim 5 further comprising a burner adapted to removably fasten to said intermediate tube.

7. The modular hookah of claim 6 wherein said burner is adapted to threadably fasten to said intermediate tube.

8. A modular hookah comprising:

a base, dimensioned to contain a substantial amount of fluid, with a threaded upper end for receiving dry smoke; and

a stem, having a threaded lower end configured to mate with said threaded upper end of said base, terminating in a selectively releasable peripheral down tube dimensioned to substantially penetrate said base, said stem defining a dry smoke aperture oriented to conduct dry smoke into said base and a wet smoke aperture oriented to accept wet smoke from said base, and

wherein said stem further defines a pressure release aperture selectively obstructed by a pressure release valve, and

wherein said pressure release valve includes a threaded connection for releasably affixing to said stem.