Conical Smoking Shell with V-Shaped Reinforcing Tip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smokers prefer to use custom smokable fillers with preformed conical smoking shells but existing products lack an aesthetically pleasing and easy-to-fill design that ensures consistent quality smoke.
Innovation Solution
A conical smoking shell with a reinforcing tip featuring a visible 'V' shape formed by folded panels, providing a unique aesthetic and facilitating easy filling and consistent smoke quality, along with packaging options like containers or pouches for user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a preformed conical smoking shell is designed with a simple tip structure, then it is easy to manufacture, but it lacks aesthetic appeal and product differentiation
Solution Approach 1:
The tip is segmented into multiple folded panels (at least three) that create the V-shaped blocking element. This segmentation allows the tip to maintain structural simplicity for manufacturing while achieving aesthetic appeal through the geometric arrangement of panels that form visible edges when viewed from below
Solution Approach 2:
The V-shaped blocking element creates an asymmetric visual pattern from the folded panel edges. This asymmetric design provides product differentiation and aesthetic appeal while maintaining symmetry in the overall conical shell structure for ease of manufacture
2Shape
If a preformed conical smoking shell has a reinforcing tip with multiple folded panels, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tip is divided into multiple folded panels that create the V-shaped blocking element. This segmentation achieves aesthetic appeal through geometric panel arrangement while maintaining relatively simple construction by using flat panels that are folded rather than complex three-dimensional structures
Solution Approach 2:
The folded panels serve multiple functions: they create the aesthetic V-shaped blocking element, provide structural reinforcement to the tip, and maintain ease of manufacture through simple folding construction. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity despite the enhanced appearance
3Adaptability or versatility
If the conical smoking shell is packaged for sale in an unfilled state, then consumer preference for custom fillers is satisfied, but the product lacks differentiation in the packaging presentation
Solution Approach 1:
The V-shaped blocking element created by the folded panels provides asymmetric visual differentiation to the packaging presentation. This asymmetric pattern is visible when the shell is viewed from below and distinguishes the product in the unfilled state while maintaining adaptability for custom filler insertion
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AI summary
A smoking product and method of making thereof for the consumption of a smokable substance. The product has a hollow conical shape that allows for the easy insertion of smokable substances. Additionally, the conical or frustoconical shape of the product provides for larger amounts of smokable substances in the end of the product the consumer lights, resulting in an initial slower prolonged burn. Additionally, the product includes a supporting filter tip with v-shaped visual indicator contained therein and is packaged for sale in packaging in an unfilled state allowing a user to remove the product from the packaging, fill it with the user's selected custom smokable filler and form a custom smoking product.