System and method for providing a laser-based lighting system for smokable material

Abstract

This invention generally relates to a smoking device that users a laser diode to light a smokable material that is stored within the smoking device. The smoking device is preferably a portable device that allows for insertion of a smokable material, and which ignites the smokable material using a battery-powered laser diode. The smoking device includes a coupling interface that requires all housing components to be secured prior to activation of the laser diode, thereby preventing the surrounding environment from exposure to laser beams and laser radiation.

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FIELD OF INVENTIONThis invention generally relates to systems and methods for providing a laser-based lighting system for smokable material, and more specifically, to a portable device for lighting and smoking tobacco products.DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ARTTraditional cigarettes are consumed by lighting an end of a tobacco-filled paper rod and drawing air predominately through the lit end of the rod by suction at a mouthpiece end of the cigarette. Furthermore, traditional smoking pipes are consumed by filling an open-air bowl with tobacco, and directly lighting the tobacco with a flame. Traditional cigarettes and smoking pipes produce sidestream smoke during smoldering between puffs, which can irritate and annoy non-smokers that may be in the vicinity of a smoker. Furthermore, once lit, traditional cigarettes and smoking pipes must be fully consumed or be discarded. Re-lighting is possible, however, this is usually an undesirable option to many smokers as the flavor, taste, and odor qua...

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Problems solved by technology

Traditional cigarettes and smoking pipes produce sidestream smoke during smoldering between puffs, which can irritate and annoy non-smokers that may be in the vicinity of a smoker.

Re-lighting is possible, however, this is usually an undesirable option to many smokers as the flavor, taste, and odor quality may be reduced after re-lighting a used cigarette or a bowl of tobacco in a smoking pipe.

Inasmuch as a supply of replenishing fuel is usually not available, the lighter becomes useless upon exhaustion of the fuel.

The fuel itself is usually a liquefied gas or a flammable liquid which often has an unpleasant odor, and it is not uncommon that the fuel will leak out of the reservoir over a period of time, which, especially in the case of flammable liquid fuel, can present a safety hazard, as does the use of an open flame.

Lighters relying upon a flame are difficult to use in windy conditions, and the art is replete with devices for rendering the lighter at least partially windproof.

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