Convertible pipe earring
AssigneeBombshell Accessories
InventorDale Parris
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Abstract
A dual-use product is configured for use as a piece of body jewelry and as a smoking pipe. In a first configuration, the product may be inserted through a pierced hole in a user's body, such as in the user's earlobe, and worn as an earring. In a second configuration, the product may be packed with a smokeable material and converted to a smoking pipe.
Claims20
A dual-use product having a first configuration for use as body jewelry and a second configuration for use as a smoking pipe, a user of the product having a body with a pierced hole of a known hole diameter, the product comprising:
- a stem having a first end and a second end, the second end of the stem having a known outer diameter, the stem defining an internal passageway that extends from the first end to the second end, the internal passageway widening to define a bowl within the stem;
- wherein the outer diameter of the second end of the stem corresponds to the hole diameter of the pierced hole in the body of the user such that, with the product in the first configuration, the second end of the stem is receivable in the pierced hole in the body of the user;
- and
- wherein the bowl is configured to hold a smokeable material such that, with the product in the second configuration, the user is able to draw smoke from the smokeable material in the bowl through the internal passageway of the stem.
A set comprising:
- a first pipe having a first outer diameter that corresponds to a first body jewelry size, the first pipe defining a first internal passageway and a first bowl in communication with the first internal passageway, the first bowl being configured to hold a smokeable material;
- and
- a second pipe having a second outer diameter that corresponds to a second body jewelry size, the second outer diameter of the second pipe differing from the first outer diameter of the first pipe, the second pipe defining a second internal passageway and a second bowl in communication with the second internal passageway, the second bowl being configured to hold a smokeable material.
A method of providing a product to a user for use as body jewelry and as a smoking pipe, the user having a body with a pierced hole of a known hole diameter, the method comprising the step of:
- providing a stem to the user, the stem having an outer diameter that corresponds to the hole diameter of the pierced hole in the body of the user, the stem defining an internal passageway and a bowl in communication with the internal passageway, the bowl being configured to hold a smokeable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.