Flower cartridge for herb delivery
AssigneeSwisher International, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lee Simpson, Matthew James Bickerton
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Abstract
A flower cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the smokeless delivery of active ingredients and volatile compounds released from heating natural consumables such as plant matter is disclosed. The cartridge contains a quantity of natural consumables and a constriction or obstruction, which together form a porous plug to which air flows freely but the consumables remain in place. The contents of the cartridge are liberated via hot air and active ingredients are delivered to the user via heating and not burning. The cartridge is made of disposable and/or biodegradable materials to reduce ecological impact.
Claims23
A cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the delivery of vaporized natural consumables, the cartridge comprising:
- a first rigid tube having a first diameter, an opening at a mouthpiece end, an opening at an insertion end, the insertion end being sized for and configured to be insertable into the heating device;
- a second rigid tube having a second diameter, an opening at a junction end, an opening at a stopper end, the second tube being sized for and configured to be insertable into a cavity of the first tube;
- wherein the junction end of the second tube is proximate to the mouthpiece end of the first tube;
- wherein the cavity is fillable with natural consumables between the insertion end of the first tube and the stopper end of the second tube;
- wherein the stopper end of the second tube has a crimped shape with a reduced diameter relative to the second diameter of the second tube to facilitate insertion of the stopper end of the second tube into the first tube;
- wherein the first and second tubes are sufficiently rigid to allow for insertion of the second tube into the first tube by interference fit;
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- wherein the cartridge is sufficiently rigid to allow for, after the insertion of the second tube into the first tube, filling via the insertion end with natural consumables and for the natural consumables to form a porous plug within the cavity.
A cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the delivery of vaporized natural consumables, the cartridge comprising:
- a first rigid tube having a first diameter, an opening at a mouthpiece end, an opening at an insertion end, the insertion end being sized for and configured to be insertable into the heating device;
- a second rigid tube having a second diameter, an opening at a junction end, an opening at a stopper end, the second tube being sized for and configured to be insertable into the first tube;
- wherein the cartridge is formed by inserting the stopper end of the second tube into the mouthpiece end of the first tube until the junction end of the second tube is flush with the mouthpiece end of the first tube;
- wherein the stopper end of the second tube has a crimped shape with a reduced diameter relative to the second diameter of the second tube to facilitate insertion of the stopper end of the second tube into the first tube;
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- wherein a cavity fillable with natural consumables is delineated by the insertion end of the first tube and the stopper end of the second tube.
A cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the delivery of vaporized natural consumables, the cartridge comprising:
- a single rigid tube of one diameter, having walls, a mouthpiece end, and an insertion end;
- an obstruction structurally positioned within the single tube between the mouthpiece end and the insertion end;
- a first cavity defined by the mouthpiece end and the obstruction;
- a second cavity defined by the insertion end and the obstruction;
- wherein the second cavity is fillable with natural consumables;
- wherein the obstruction is configured to form a porous plug with the natural consumables within the second cavity;
- wherein the cartridge is sufficiently rigid to allow for filling via the insertion end with natural consumables;
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- wherein the obstruction is formed by:
- a crimp around a circumference of the single tube;
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- a portion of one continuous piece of rolling paper that forms the single rigid tube, the portion being convoluted to form the obstruction within the single rigid tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.