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US 12,239,159 B2Granted
Interface for smokable element to connect to a smoke and/or tar filter and related methods
AssigneeFilter420, LLC
InventorLane Kleppen
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Abstract
Various structures for interfaces for a smokable element to connect to a smoke and/or tar filter, and related methods, are provided. For example, the structures and methods enable repeatably and securely connecting or interfacing a smokable element, e.g., an herbal joint, to an air filter, e.g., a smoke and/or tar filter. For instance, an interface can have a horn-shaped end with a deformable opening that receives a smokable element, creating at least a partial seal between the deformable opening of the horn-shaped end and the smokable element. Also, the other end of the interface can have a round end that attaches to an air filter.
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A system, comprising:
- an air filter comprising an opening;
- and
- an interface component configured to interface with a smokable element to the air filter, wherein the interface component comprises a continuous horn-shaped channel defining a hollow inner chamber extending from a first end of the interface component to at least near a second end of the interface component,
- wherein part of the interface component near the second end is inserted into the opening of the air filter,
- wherein the interface component is coupled with the air filter to permit a flow of air through the hollow inner chamber of the interface component and the opening in the air filter,
- wherein the interface component comprises an elastomeric material that configures the interface component to be deformable from a first shape to a second shape that permits insertion of the smokable element into an opening at the first end of the interface component in response to receipt of a squeezing force, and to be deformable to a third shape that yields a press fit with the smokable element in response to release of the squeezing force while the smokable element is inserted into the opening at the first end of the interface component,
- wherein application of a rotating force to a knob of the interface component causes the squeezing force to be applied to the opening at the first end of the interface component, and
- wherein the squeezing force results in a change to a cross-sectional shape of the opening at the first end of the interface component.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a first end of an interface component with an air filter, wherein the interface component comprises a continuous horn-shaped internal channel defining a hollow inner chamber extending from a second end of the interface component to at least near the first end of the interface component, and wherein part of the interface component at the first end is inserted into the opening of the air filter;
- removably receiving, into an opening of the second end of the interface component, an end of a smokable element, wherein at least a portion of the continuous horn-shaped internal channel at the second end defines a baffle into which the smokable end of the smokable element is insertable, and
- wherein the removably receiving comprises:
- deforming the interface component, via an application of a squeezing force, to yield a first geometry of the baffle that permits insertion of the end of the smokable element into the opening of the second end of the interface component, and
- deforming the interface component, via a release of the application of the squeezing force while the end of the smokable element is received into the opening of the second end of the interface component, to yield a second geometry of the baffle that yields a press fit with the smokable element,
- wherein application of a rotating force to a knob of the interface component causes the squeezing force to be applied to the opening at the second end of the interface component, and
- wherein the squeezing force being applied changes a cross-sectional geometry of the opening at the second end of the interface component from the second geometry to the first geometry.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an interface component configured to convey smoke from a smokable element to an opening of an air filter via a hollow inner chamber that traverses from a first end of the interface component to at least near a second end of the interface component,
- wherein
- a part of the interface component comprising the second end is inserted into the opening of the air filter,
- the part of the interface component excludes the first end of the interface component,
- the interface component is made of an elastomeric material,
- at least a portion of the hollow inner chamber comprising a continuous horn-shaped channel, and
- the interface component is configured to be deformable, in response to receipt of a squeezing force, from a first shape to a second shape that permits insertion of the smokable element into an opening at the first end of the interface component, and to be deformable, in response to release of the squeezing force while the smokable element is inserted into the opening at the first end of the interface component, to a third shape that yields a press fit with the smokable element,
- wherein application of a rotating force to a knob of the interface component causes the squeezing force to be applied to the interface component, and
- wherein the squeezing force changes a cross-sectional shape of the interface component from the first shape to the second shape.
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