Modular Support System for Interchangeable Cigarette and Joint Substrates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional cigarettes and joints are not compatible with candle-like functionality and are rendered inoperable when used in food items, lacking a modular system to transform them into novelty candles or gift items.
Innovation Solution
A modular support system that secures interchangeable body elements, such as cigarettes or joints, with a thermal barrier and base, allowing them to be used as novelty candles or gifts, adaptable to various small items like crayons or candies, and capable of being detached for later consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a cigarette or joint is placed directly into a cake or food item, then it can be used as a novelty item, but the oil-based substances from the food are absorbed into the outer wrapping, destroying the functionality and novelty of the cigarette or joint
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a barrier layer as an intermediary between the cigarette/joint and the food item. This barrier layer prevents direct contact and absorption of oil-based substances from the food into the cigarette wrapping, while still allowing the cigarette to be positioned within the food item for novelty purposes. The barrier layer acts as a mediator that enables both functions simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into distinct segments: the cigarette/joint, the barrier layer, and the food item. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently - the cigarette remains usable, the food item maintains its properties, and the barrier layer protects against unwanted interaction between them.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If a flame or heating unit is used to light the tip of a cigarette or joint, then combustion can be initiated, but without sufficient oxygen supply the cigarette cannot stay lit
Solution Approach 1:
The cigarette or joint itself provides the oxygen supply through the user's breath pulling air through the item. This self-service mechanism ensures that the combustion process has the necessary oxygen to sustain itself without requiring external intervention. The design leverages the natural breathing action of the user to maintain combustion.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional cigarettes are designed with simple construction, then they are easy to manufacture, but they cannot be transformed into novelty candle substitutes or gift items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the cigarette or joint system universal by enabling it to serve multiple functions. The same basic cigarette structure can be used both as a traditional smoking item and as a novelty candle substitute or gift item. The barrier layer and positioning mechanism allow the cigarette to function in different contexts without requiring complete redesign.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the transformation of traditional cigarettes or joints into novelty candle substitutes that can be used as gifts or consumed later, maintaining functionality and aesthetic appeal while preventing wax contact with the interchangeable body.
Implementation Method 1
a thermal barrier or holder between the burnable substrate
Data Source
AI summary
The inventive technology includes an improved system to secure a burnable substrate, such as a candle, and having an interchangeable body, such as a nicotine or cannabis-based cigarette or joint, wherein the interchangeable body is supported by a base element, and protected at its distal end by a thermal protection barrier.