# US 10,477,892 B2 · Apparatus for securing to the top of a bottle or canister for providing a smoking assembly

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- Number: US 10,477,892 B2
- Document ID: US10477892B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/294,595
- Filed: 2019-03-06
- Published: 2019-08-22
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-17
- Applicants: William Leland Nagel
- Inventors: William Leland Nagel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10477892B2

## CPC

- A24F 7/02: with detachable connecting members
- A24F 1/02: with arrangements for cleaning or cooling the smoke (hookahs A24F1/30)
- A24F 1/30: Hookahs
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for using a smoking apparatus and related assembly that may be practiced with a variety of standard sized bottles, and which comprises a non-toxic, easily cleaned or disposable straw and bowl. The present disclosure allows a person to utilize common, recyclable and/or natural materials to inhale cooled/filtered smoke from burnt plant leaves in a conservative and efficient manner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for smoking leaves comprising:
filling a vessel with an open top with a volume with water or other liquid so that there is a remaining air volume within the vessel;
engaging a smoking apparatus comprising a straw element and a bowl with the open top of the vessel;
inserting a flame-resistant straw into the straw element and into the interior of the vessel;
positioning the straw relative to the straw element to ensure that the top end of the straw may be placed on the lips of a user without the face of the user coming into close contact with the bowl, such that any flame or heated material within the bowl is at a safe distance from the user's face;
placing crushed plant leaves into the bowl for lighting with a fire instigating device; and
smoking the crushed plant leaves by lighting the plant leaves with a fire instigation device, wherein the user places his or her lips on the top end of the straw, wherein the smoke from the burnt leaves travels down in to the open air chamber of the vessel and up through the straw while being cooled by the water or other liquid and the ambient temperature of the vessel, wherein excess debris from the burnt leaves is filtered down into the water portion of the vessel by falling directly through apertures located on the bottom of the smoking apparatus, and wherein cooled and filtered smoke from the burnt leaves is substantially contained within the air volume within the vessel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the smoking apparatus is further temporarily secured to the vessel by conforming an upper lip of the bowl to the opening of the vessel such that the bottom of the smoking apparatus extends partially into the opening of the vessel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the smoking apparatus is configured to be engaged with the opening of the vessel and create a substantially air-tight connection between the upper lip of the bowl and the vessel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the bottom of the bowl comprises a plurality of perforations and permits air to circulate between the bowl and the vessel and further permits residue to pass through the perforations and into the volume of water or other liquid in the vessel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the bowl is formed from stainless steel, titanium alloy, aluminum alloy, chromium alloy, carbon fiber, ABS plastic, polyurethane, polyethylene, photo-polymers, resins, particularly fiber-encased resinous materials rubber, latex, synthetic rubber, synthetic materials, polymers, natural material or a metal alloy.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of placing the straw into the straw element and down into the interior of the vessel provides a substantially air-tight connection between the straw and the straw element of the smoking apparatus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the straw element is configured to accommodate a variety of different sized straws.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the straw element further comprises a slit that may expand or contract to adjust to different sized straws.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the straw element further comprises a substantially hollow portion offset from a vertical centerline of the smoking apparatus, and wherein the substantially hollow element extends away from the centerline at angle θ from the vertical axis of the bowl, and wherein angle θ is approximately 20-40 degrees.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9 wherein the angle θ is approximately 30 degrees.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the vessel is a glass bottle, canister or other fluid reservoir.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the vessel is comprised of material that can be easily cleaned, re-used or recycled.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of filling the vessel with water or other liquid in an amount no less than 10% of the entire volume of the vessel.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of filling the vessel with water or other liquid by approximately 33% of the entire volume of the vessel.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the water or other liquid added to the vessel ranges in temperature from about 45 degrees to about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.