Loading Funnel with Arms for Smoking Material
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging solutions for organic smoking materials do not facilitate easy preparation, storage, or airtight preservation, leading to issues like drying out, odor leakage, and difficulty in loading and unloading the material for smoking.
Innovation Solution
A container system with a loading device and pushing device that includes a funnel and arm attachments for easy loading and unloading of organic smoking material, providing an airtight seal and preventing mess during use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a sealable bag is used to contain organic smoking material, then the packaging is disposable and cost effective, but it does not provide any other utility for preparing or smoking the material
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the containment function (sealable bag) with preparation functions (chamber for grinding, chamber for loading) into a single integrated device. The container houses multiple functional chambers that allow the user to prepare and smoke the material without needing separate tools, thus merging storage and preparation utilities while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is designed to perform multiple functions: storing the organic smoking material, grinding it into smaller pieces, loading it into a smoking device, and containing the smoking process. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate tools while keeping the packaging disposable and affordable.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a non-disposable container with wood or glass materials is used, then the container can store smoking material and device, but it is constructed from expensive materials
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a disposable container made from inexpensive materials that can be manufactured at low cost. Although the container is not reusable like expensive wood or glass alternatives, its single-use nature combined with integrated preparation chambers provides full functionality at a fraction of the cost of permanent containers.
3Device complexity
If the lid is merely used to contain the organic smoking material without an airtight seal, then the container structure is simple, but humidity cannot be maintained and odors escape
Solution Approach 1:
The lid incorporates a disposable filter that provides an airtight seal at low cost. This filter prevents odor escape and humidity loss without requiring complex sealing mechanisms, maintaining both simplicity and reliability in the disposable container system.
4Ease of operation
If existing loading funnels are used, then the funnels can deposit smoking material into containers, but users must contemporaneously hold the funnel over the container and the funnels are not easily transportable
Solution Approach 1:
The loading funnel is merged with the container as an integrated component. The funnel is positioned within the container body and can be easily removed and reattached, eliminating the need for separate holding actions and reducing the number of discrete pieces that must be transported.
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AI summary
The present invention advantageously provides a device and system for packaging, storing, and smoking an organic smoking material, and a method of using same. In one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a loading device configured to receive organic smoking material and facilitate the depositing of the smoking material into a container. The container includes a first end defining an opening sized to receive the organic smoking material, an opposite second end, and a lateral surface extending therebetween. The loading device comprises a loading funnel sized and configured to engage at least a portion of the opening of the container and a first arm extending from the loading funnel and configured to be adjacent to the lateral surface when the loading funnel engages the opening. The first arm includes a proximal end connected to the loading funnel and an opposite distal end. Additionally, the first arm includes a first surface and an outer second surface. Further, the loading device includes a second arm which extends from the first arm and is configured to releasably engage the second end of the container when the first arm is adjacent to the lateral surface. The second arm further includes a proximal end connected to the distal end of the first arm and an opposite distal end. The second arm may also include a first surface and an outer second surface.