Water pipe with integrated lighter receptacle
OwnerHoward Franklininventor
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Abstract
A water pipe is provided with an integrated lighter receptacle to reliably retain a handheld lighter in a convenient location. The water pipe includes a basin with a chamber pipe extending upwardly from the basin and a bowl configured to hold a smoking material. The lighter receptacle is integrated with the basin, such as by being integrally formed as a unitary piece with the basin, to retain the handheld lighter in position proximate the bowl so that smoking material in the bowl can be ignited when necessary during a smoking use. The interior of the lighter receptacle is sized to receive at least half of the handheld lighter. Thus, the additional equipment used when smoking with a water pipe are not misplaced or lost during smoking.
Claims14
A water pipe comprising:
- a basin having an internal cavity;
- a chamber pipe in fluid communication and extending upwardly from the basin to a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece being in communication with the internal cavity of the basin;
- a bowl configured to hold a combustible material and mounted on a bowl stem that is removably engaged with at least one of a downstem and a downstem receptacle on a side of the basin;
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- a lighter receptacle integrated with the basin so as to extend into the internal cavity of the basin and to be fixed in position relative to the basin, wherein the lighter receptacle includes a rigid and seamless interior defined by a sidewall and a closed bottom wall such that the interior of the lighter receptacle does not communicate with the internal cavity of the basin, and the lighter receptacle retains a handheld lighter for storage at the water pipe in a location proximate to the bowl, wherein the interior of the lighter receptacle is sized to receive at least half of the handheld lighter.
A method of fabricating a water pipe comprising:
- providing the water pipe with a chamber pipe in fluid communication and extending upwardly from a basin to a mouthpiece, wherein the basin defines an internal cavity;
- integrating a lighter receptacle with the basin so as to extend into the internal cavity of the basin and be fixed in position relative to the basin wherein the lighter receptacle includes a rigid and seamless interior defined by a sidewall and a closed bottom wall such that the interior of the lighter receptacle does not communicate with the internal cavity of the basin;
- forming the interior with a size configured to receive at least half of a handheld lighter;
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- wherein the lighter receptacle retains the handheld lighter for storage at the water pipe in a location proximate to a bowl.
A method of igniting a combustible material comprising:
- providing a water pipe with a mouthpiece and a lighter receptacle integrated with a basin with an internal cavity so as to extend into the internal cavity of the basin, wherein the lighter receptacle includes a rigid and seamless interior defined by a sidewall and a closed bottom wall such that the interior of the lighter receptacle does not communicate with the internal cavity of the basin, wherein the interior of the lighter receptacle is sized to receive at least half of a handheld lighter, and wherein the lighter receptacle retains the handheld lighter for storage at the water pipe in a location proximate to a bowl, wherein the lighter is separately associated with the water pipe;
- removing the handheld lighter from storage in the lighter receptacle;
- using the handheld lighter to ignite combustible material in the bowl and engaging the mouthpiece for use;
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- securing the handheld lighter in the lighter receptacle for storage by placing at least half of the handheld lighter into the interior of the lighter receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.