Smoking Storage Device With Segmented Chambers And Pivot Overcap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions do not provide an all-in-one storage device for smoking and vaporization products and accessories, failing to compactly hold and easily access smoking-related items.
Innovation Solution
A smoking storage device with an elongate housing featuring separate chambers for a lighter, smoking pipe, and smoking product, along with a pivotally mounted overcap for one-handed access, ensuring secure storage and protection while allowing easy access to the contents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If multiple smoking accessories are stored separately, then each item can be individually accessed, but the device becomes complex and requires multiple separate storage units
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate storage functions into a single integrated housing unit that accommodates a lighter, smoking pipe, and smoking product simultaneously. This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate storage units while maintaining easy access to all components through a unified structure with a single access opening.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing unit serves multiple storage functions universally, accommodating different types of smoking accessories (lighter, pipe, product) within a single device. This multi-functional design allows one storage unit to replace several specialized containers, reducing overall device complexity while preserving accessibility.
2Volume of moving object
If the storage device is compact, then portability is improved, but access to stored items becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into distinct internal chambers or compartments, each designated for specific smoking accessories (lighter, pipe, product). This segmentation allows compact organization of multiple items in space-efficient arrangements while maintaining easy access through a single opening, as each item has its own designated space that can be independently accessed.
3Device complexity
If smoking accessories are stored together, then organization is improved, but protection of individual items may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into distinct internal chambers or compartments, each designated for specific smoking accessories (lighter, pipe, product). This segmentation allows compact organization of multiple items in space-efficient arrangements while maintaining easy access through a single opening, as each item has its own designated space that can be independently accessed.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or chambers within the housing may have different structural characteristics optimized for specific items (e.g., cushioning for fragile items, secure fit for lighters). This local quality approach ensures that each accessory receives appropriate protection tailored to its specific needs while maintaining overall compact organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A smoking storage device has an elongate housing with a top end and a bottom end, the top end having openings into a lighter receiving chamber, a pipe receiving chamber, and a smoking product receiving chamber, and wherein the bottom end is closed. The lighter receiving chamber is sized and shaped to receive a lighter, the pipe receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store an elongate smoking pipe, and the smoking product receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store a smoking product. An overcap is pivotally mounted adjacent the top end of the elongate rigid housing pivots between a closed position and an open position.