Container assembly
OwnerCharlie Wanginventor
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Abstract
A container assembly and method is provided for concealing and storing a water pipe. The container assembly, for example, is generally a cylindrical container comprising an upper container, a middle container, a middle container lid, a lower container, a percolator, an inlet port, a neck, and a bowl. The neck and the bowl are configured to be stored in the lower container. The upper container is configured to contain a grinder. The upper container and lower container are detachably attached to the middle container. The container assembly and method also involves sliding the percolator to and from an extracted position that permits a user to inhale combustible substances, to a concealed position within the middle container.
Claims18
A container assembly comprising:
- an upper container;
- a middle container, wherein the middle container includes an inner cylinder wall, an outer cylinder wall, an upper edge, a lower edge, a middle container rim arranged at the upper edge of the middle container, and an inlet port, and wherein the inlet port extends through the outer cylinder wall and inner cylinder wall and into the middle container;
- a lower container, wherein the lower container is detachably coupled to the lower edge of the middle container;
- a percolator, wherein the percolator includes a gasket and a mouthpiece;
- a neck, wherein the neck is detachably coupled to the inlet port and is in fluid communication with the percolator through the inlet port, and wherein the neck is configured to be stored in the lower container;
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- a bowl, wherein the bowl is detachably coupled to the neck and is in fluid communication with the neck and the percolator, and wherein the bowl is configured to be stored in the lower container.
A method for disassembling and storing a water pipe in a container assembly, comprising:
- attaching a middle container lid of the container assembly to a mouthpiece of the water pipe arranged at an upper portion of a percolator of the water pipe;
- applying pressure to the middle container lid to slide the percolator from an extracted position to a concealed position, wherein the percolator is concealed within a middle container of the container assembly;
- disconnecting a bowl of the water pipe from a neck of the water pipe;
- placing the bowl in a lower container of the container assembly;
- disconnecting the neck from an inlet port of the middle container;
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- placing the neck in the lower container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.