# US 8,739,786 B2 · Portable hand-held vaporizer heating assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,786 B2 - Document ID: US8739786B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/430,312 - Filed: 2012-03-26 - Published: 2013-09-26 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-26 - Assignees: Vaporfection International, Inc. - Applicants: Herbert F. Postma - Inventors: Herbert F. Postma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739786B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures - A61M 11/041: {using heaters} - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 15/0001: {Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof} - A61M 15/0023: {retractable} - A61M 15/0026: {Hinged caps} - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - A61M 16/021: {operated by electrical means (A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence)} - A61M 16/108: {before being humidified or mixed with a beneficial agent} - A24F 40/20: Devices using solid inhalable precursors - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A portable hand-held vaporizer assembly that has a body shaped to fit substantially within a standard-sized clothing pocket with the body including an airflow chamber defining an airflow passage and having a proximal end and a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, defining a distal opening that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with an outside environment, the airflow chamber being at least partially encapsulated within the body. The body further having a convection-based heating element assembly with a heating element having a portion thermally coupled to the airflow passage, a herb placement zone in fluid communication with the airflow passage, and a conductive conduit that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with the outside environment, with a first position where a distal end of the conduit is substantially recessed within the body and second position where the distal end extends a length away from the body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable hand-held vaporizer assembly comprising: a body shaped to fit substantially within a standard-sized clothing pocket, the body including: an airflow chamber defining an airflow passage, the air flow chamber: having a proximal end and a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, the distal end defining a distal opening that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with an outside environment; and being at least partially encapsulated within the body; a heating assembly with a convection-based heating element, the convection-based heating element having a portion thermally coupled to the airflow passage; an herb placement zone downstream from the convection-based heating element and in fluid communication with the airflow passage; and a conductive conduit that places the airflow passage in fluid communication with the outside environment, the conduit having a first position where a distal end of the conduit is substantially placed within the body and a second position where the distal end extends a length away from the body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein the body further comprises: an upper end; a lower end, opposite to the upper end; and a body height separating the upper and lower end that is at most approximately 6 inches. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the body is in the general shape of a standard-sized cellular phone. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein the herb placement zone further comprises: a screen that separates the herb placement zone from the airflow channel; and an upper edge that is at most approximately 2 inches away from a lower portion of the conduit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the airflow passage directs air heated by the convection-based heating element into the herb placement zone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein the conduit further comprises: a substantially non-conductive mouthpiece coupled to the conduit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 6, wherein: the substantially non-conductive mouthpiece is adjustable a variable length away from the distal end of the conduit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein the body further comprises: a cover that is coupled to the body and removably-couplable to a portion of the conduit when the conduit is in at least one of the first and second positions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 8, wherein: the cover is rotatable and made from a conductive material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the conduit is rotatable along a rotation path defined by the conduit to at least one of the first position and the second position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the conduit is slidably-rotatable to at least one of the first position and the second position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the conduit is slidable along a translation path defined by the conduit to at least one of the first position and the second position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the conduit is operable to be placed in a third position that at least partially exposes the herb placement zone. ### Claim 14 A portable hand-held vaporizer assembly comprising: a body shaped to fit substantially within a standard-sized clothing pocket including: a multidirectional airflow chamber defining a multidirectional airflow passage, the multidirectional airflow chamber: having a proximal end, a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, and a chamber length separating the proximal and distal ends, the distal end defining a distal opening that places the multidirectional airflow passage in fluid communication with an outside environment; having at least two separate portions along a chamber length that at least partially overlap one another; and being at least partially encapsulated within the body; a heating element assembly with a convection-based heating element, the convection-based heating element having a portion thermally coupled to the multidirectional airflow passage; an herb placement zone downstream from the convection-based heating element and in fluid communication with the multidirectional airflow passage; and a conductive conduit that places the multidirectional airflow passage in fluid communication with the outside environment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 14, wherein the body further comprises: a lower end; an upper end, opposite to the lower end; and a body height separating the lower end and the upper end, wherein the chamber length is greater than the body height. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 14, wherein the body further comprises: a lower end; an upper end, opposite to the lower end; and a body height of at most approximately 6 inches separating the lower end and the upper end. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 16, wherein: the conduit has a first position where a distal end of the conduit is placed substantially within the body and a second position where the distal end extends a length away from the body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 14, wherein the herb placement zone further comprises: a screen that separates the herb placement zone from the heating element; and an upper edge portion that is at most approximately 2 inches away from a lower edge portion of the conduit. ### Claim 19 A portable hand-held vaporizer assembly comprising: a body defining an inner area, the body: having a lower end, an upper end, and a body length of at most approximately 6 inches separating the lower end and upper end; including a multidirectional airflow chamber defining a multidirectional airflow passage, the multidirectional airflow chamber: having a proximal end and a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, the distal end defining a distal opening that places the multidirectional airflow passage in fluid communication with an outside environment; and being at least partially encapsulated within body; including a heating element assembly with a convection-based heating element, the convection-based heating element having a portion thermally coupled to the multidirectional airflow passage; including an herb placement zone downstream from the convection-based heating element and in fluid communication with the multidirectional airflow passage; and including a conductive conduit coupled to the body that places the multidirectional airflow passage in fluid communication with the outside environment, the conduit being operable to be at least one of slidable and rotatable to a first position where the body substantially conceals the conduit and a second position where the conduit extends outwardly away from the inner area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The portable hand-held vaporizer assembly according to claim 19, wherein the body further comprises: a cover that is coupled to the body and removably couplable to a portion of the conduit when the conduit is in at least one of the first and second positions.