# US 2021/0329968 A1 · Smoking apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0329968 A1 - Document ID: US20210329968A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/371,521 - Filed: 2021-07-09 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-23 - Assignees: Warehouse Goods LLC - Applicants: Warehouse Goods LLC - Inventors: Charles V. Hoch; Bruce A. Hoch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210329968A1 ## CPC - A24F 1/32: Selection of materials for pipes - A24F 1/30: Hookahs - B29C 45/0001: {characterised by the choice of material} - B29C 45/14: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C45/1671 takes precedence)} - B29C 45/14819: {the inserts being completely encapsulated} - B29C 45/16: Making multilayered or multicoloured articles {(B29C45/0062 takes precedence; feeding colouring materials into the injection unit B29C45/1816)} - B29C 45/1676: {using a soft material and a rigid material, e.g. making articles with a sealing part} - B29K 2083/00: Use of polymers having silicon, with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, or carbon only, in the main chain, as moulding material - B29K 2995/0026: Transparent - B29L 2031/7414: {Smokers'' requisites, e.g. pipe cleaners (cigar holders B29L2023/14)} - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract A smoking apparatus comprising a main body comprising a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to an aperture in a mouthpiece; an outer layer at least partially surrounding the main body; and wherein the outer layer is formed of an at least partially transparent material and the main body is at least partially visible within the outer layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A smoking apparatus comprising: a main body of a first material including a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to an aperture of a mouthpiece, the main body having an outer shape; an outer layer of a second material at least partially surrounding the main body, the second material having a deformable property; wherein the outer layer is non-separable from the main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a receptacle positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber, and wherein the receptacle shields the outer layer from contact with combustibles positioned within the receptacle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the main body has a sidewall thickness around the aperture such that the main body forms a rim around a periphery of the aperture and the outer layer is spaced away from the aperture around the periphery of the aperture at the rim by the sidewall thickness. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one decorative feature is positioned on an outer surface of the main body, wherein the outer layer encapsulates the at least one decorative feature, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer contacts the main body adjacent to the decorative feature. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The smoking apparatus of claim 4, wherein the decorative feature is contained in the outer layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the outer layer has a shape that includes relief features that replicate surface features of the main body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outer layer is secured to the main body by overmolding and forms a single part with the main body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The smoking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first material has an elastically deformable property. ### Claim 9 A smoking apparatus comprising: a main body with an outer surface and fluid pathway extending through the main body, the main body having an outer shape; an outer layer at least partially covering at least a part of the outer surface of the main body; and wherein the main body and the outer layer are joined together to form a single part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, wherein the main body is formed of a material having an elastically deformable property. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, further comprising: a receptacle assembled to the main body and outer layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, wherein an outer shape of the outer layer is substantially dissimilar to the outer shape of the main body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, wherein the main body further comprises at least one decorative feature defined on the outer surface of the main body, wherein the outer layer encapsulates the decorative feature, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer contacts the main body adjacent to the decorative feature. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, wherein a power source is configured to supply power to an electrical component positioned within the main body or outer layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The smoking apparatus of claim 9, further comprising: a power source configured to supply power to an electrical component, wherein the electrical component is configured to ignite a combustible material, and wherein the outer layer is at least partially molded about at least a part of the outer surface of the main body. ### Claim 16 A smoking apparatus comprising: a main body of a first moldable material having a deformable property, and including a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to an aperture of a mouthpiece, the main body having an outer shape; an outer layer of a second material at least partially surrounding the main body, the second material having a deformable property; wherein the outer layer is non-separable from the main body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The smoking apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one decorative feature is positioned on an outer surface of the main body, wherein the outer layer encapsulates the at least one decorative feature, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer contacts the main body adjacent to the decorative feature. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The smoking apparatus of claim 16, wherein an outer surface of the outer layer has a shape that includes relief features that replicate surface features of the main body. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The smoking apparatus of claim 16, wherein an outer surface of the outer layer has a shape which is substantially dissimilar to the outer shape of the main body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The smoking apparatus of claim 16, wherein a power source is configured to supply power to an electrical component positioned within the main body or outer layer.