Portable inhalant filter device

Abstract

A device and method of use thereof enable a portable device to be moveably disposed between a smoker and an output access point of a smoking pipe. The device temporarily forms a channel for inhalants to pass from a smoking pipe to a user's mouth. The smoking pipe may be selected from at least two different pipe structures. A cross section of the channel may be circular, orthogonal or elliptical. The device may include a particulate filter positioned between an inhalant input location and inhalant output location of the device. The filter may be insertable and removable from the tube. A source ledge may extend outward from the inhalant input location and / or a mouth end ledge may extend beyond a cross-section of the channel. A plurality of removable mouthpieces may be alternatively coupled and removed from the inhalant output location. The mouthpiece or a source piece may be elastic.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to inhalant devices that enable a user to intentionally breathe in vapor and gasses generated by burning or combusting one or more materials. More particularly, the present invention relates generally to methods and devices that provide a channel between an output of an inhalant source and a user's mouth.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The subject matter discussed in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely as a result of its mention in the background section. Similarly, a problem mentioned in the background section or associated with the subject matter of the background section should not be assumed to have been previously recognized in the prior art. The subject matter in the background section merely represents different approaches, which in and of themselves may also be inventions.[0003]Human beings have been inhaling vapors and gasses through dedicated pipe designs for centuries. A s...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a device that allows inhalants to pass through a channel from a source to a user's mouth. The device includes a channel element with a sidewall, a mouth feature for exposing the channel, and a source feature for allowing inhalants to enter and exit the channel. The device can be used with different types of smoking pipes and may include a particulate filter for filtering out harmful materials. Additionally, the device may have a source ledge or an inhalant exit ledge for directing the inhalant towards the user's mouth. The device also allows for the use of removable mouthpieces or elastic mouthpieces made of silicone or other materials. The technical effects of the invention include improved inhalant delivery and reduced harmful materials intake.

Problems solved by technology

Yet the prior art smoking pipe components tend to be specific to individual pipe designs and allow only limited use across varieties of distinguishable smoking pipe designs.

Smokers are often idiosyncratic in their preferences of smoking substances and inhalant treatment, such as tobacco, tobacco product ingredients and inhalant filter materials, yet the prior art fails to optimally enable a user to individualize the pathway formed between a given smoking pipe and a user's mouth.

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