U.S. patent application number 15/851091 was filed with the patent office on 2019-06-27 for hookah appendage, kit, and system.
This patent application is currently assigned to Mya Saray, LLC. The applicant listed for this patent is Mya Saray, LLC. Invention is credited to Nizar Youssef Mehio.
Application Number | 20190191761 15/851091 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 66949721 |
Filed Date | 2019-06-27 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20190191761 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Mehio; Nizar Youssef |
June 27, 2019 |
HOOKAH APPENDAGE, KIT, AND SYSTEM
Abstract
The present invention includes an appendage for controlling the
pressure of a hookah while supporting a hookah hose. The appendage
includes a connector, housing, and impediment. The housing bears
the impediment and holds a hookah hose. Various kits and systems
may utilize the appendage.
Inventors: |
Mehio; Nizar Youssef;
(Tallet El Khayet, LB) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Mya Saray, LLC |
Sterling |
VA |
US |
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Assignee: |
Mya Saray, LLC
Sterling
VA
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Family ID: |
66949721 |
Appl. No.: |
15/851091 |
Filed: |
December 21, 2017 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24F 1/30 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A24F 1/30 20060101
A24F001/30 |
Claims
1. A hookah port appendage comprising: a connector, for the
releasable affixation to a hookah stem, defining an ingress
aperture; a central housing, defining an interior cavity in fluid
communication with said ingress aperture, and defining a pressure
aperture in fluid communication with said interior cavity; an
impediment, adapted to selectively obstruct said interior cavity
from fluid flow from said ingress aperture in a closed position and
selectively allow fluid flow from said ingress aperture in an open
position; a rigid peripheral housing, defining a peripheral cavity
co-linear with said interior cavity and sealed from direct fluid
communication with both said ingress aperture and said interior
cavity; and an elastic sleeve, positioned within said peripheral
cavity, adapted to compress in response to lateral force to a
greater degree than said rigid peripheral housing.
2. The appendage of claim 1 wherein said peripheral cavity tapers
toward said interior cavity.
3. The appendage of claim 2 wherein said sleeve tapers to conform
to said interior cavity.
4. The appendage of claim 3 wherein said peripheral cavity includes
a position recess submerged below an inner surface of said
peripheral cavity, and said sleeve includes a position protrusion
dimensioned to occupy said recess.
5. The appendage of claim 4 wherein said connector is releasably
affixed to said central housing.
6. The appendage of claim 5 wherein said impediment includes a
floating spherical stopper.
7. A hookah symmetry kit comprising the appendage of claim 1
further comprising a hose adapter having an adapter housing,
defining a central channel running longitudinally therethrough,
having a housing adapter girth within +/-10% of a central housing
girth of said central housing.
8. The kit of claim 7 wherein said hose adapter includes said
connector.
9. The kit of claim 7 wherein said hose adapter includes an adapter
length within +/-10% of an appendage length of said appendage.
10. A hookah port appendage comprising: a connector, for the
releasable affixation to a hookah stem, defining an ingress
aperture; a central housing, defining an interior cavity in fluid
communication with said ingress aperture, and defining a pressure
aperture in fluid communication with said interior cavity; an
impediment, adapted to selectively obstruct said interior cavity
from fluid flow from said ingress aperture in a sealed position and
selectively; and a rigid peripheral housing, defining a peripheral
cavity positioned askew to said interior cavity and sealed from
direct fluid communication with both said ingress aperture and said
interior cavity.
11. The appendage of claim 10 wherein said peripheral cavity
permits passage beyond said peripheral housing.
12. The appendage of claim 10 wherein said peripheral cavity is
positioned at least 30 degrees divergent from said interior
cavity.
13. The appendage of claim 10 further comprising an elastic sleeve,
positioned within said peripheral cavity, adapted to compress in
response to lateral force to a greater degree than said rigid
peripheral housing.
14. The appendage of claim 13 wherein said peripheral cavity
tapers.
15. The appendage of claim 14 wherein said sleeve tapers to conform
to said interior cavity.
16. A hookah system kit comprising: a hookah hose comprising: a
hose connector, for the releasable affixation to a hookah stem,
defining a hose ingress aperture a flexible hookah hose body,
affixed to said connector, defining a wet smoke conduit in fluid
communication with said hose ingress aperture; a
longitudinally-rigid hose mouthpiece, in fluid communication with
said wet smoke conduit, defining a wet smoke outlet; and a hookah
appendage comprising: an appendage connector, for the releasable
affixation to a hookah stem, defining an appendage ingress
aperture; a central housing, defining an interior cavity in fluid
communication with said appendage ingress aperture, and defining a
pressure aperture in fluid communication with said interior cavity;
an impediment, adapted to selectively obstruct said interior cavity
from fluid flow from said appendage ingress aperture in a sealed
position and selectively; and a peripheral housing, defining a
peripheral cavity sealed from direct fluid communication with both
said ingress aperture and said interior cavity, having a peripheral
housing interior dimensioned to accept said hookah hose mouthpiece,
wherein at least one of said mouthpiece and said peripheral housing
interior is laterally elastically deformable to maintain a stable
affixation relationship between said peripheral housing and said
mouthpiece.
17. The kit of claim 16 wherein said peripheral cavity includes a
cavity inner diameter: (i) greater than a first mouthpiece outer
diameter of said mouthpiece, and (ii) smaller than a maximum
mouthpiece outer diameter distally positioned relative to said
first mouthpiece diameter.
18. The kit of claim 16 wherein said peripheral housing includes a
unitary sidewall.
19. The kit of claim 16 wherein said peripheral cavity includes a
depth less than a mouthpiece length of said mouthpiece.
20. The kit of claim 16 further comprising an elastic sleeve,
positioned within said peripheral housing, adapted to maintain a
stable affixation relationship between said peripheral housing and
said mouthpiece.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field tobacco smoking
devices and more specifically to the field of hookahs.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Of the many proud traditions of Ottoman culture, few have
achieved the world-wide fame of hookah smoking. Once confined to
the Middle East and Near East regions, the hookah's notoriety was
invigorated by Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the stream of
curious Westerners which followed thereafter. Painters, such as
Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Leon Gerome, when depicting Oriental
styles typically included a hookah as a symbol of the depicted
culture. The hookah was elevated from a regional curiosity to a
universal symbol of sophistication.
[0003] The hookah, which has maintained a constant popularity in
the Middle East, presently enjoys in American culture a unique,
niched function. Hookah smoking combines community and relaxation
into a single event. Rarely does one witness a group smokers
crowded about a single cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Though hookahs
are often designed with a single smoke outlet; the presence of
multiple hoses, each capable of simultaneous use, emanating from a
single smoking instrument is unique to the hookah. Multiple hose
hookahs form the centerpieces of hookah clubs in which hookah
smokers gather to unwind and converse with other community members.
A hookah combines fashion, art, and function into a single
device.
[0004] A basic hookah includes a base, a pipe, at least one hose
with a mouthpiece, and a bowl. The hookah bowl holds the hookah
tobacco, frequently "massell." Massell is a mixture of tobacco,
molasses, and often a flavor or fruit extract. The molasses and
fruit extract add a substantial amount of moisture to the massell
that is missing in conventional tobacco. This added moisture makes
massell more sensitive to the elements relative to conventional
tobacco; prolonged exposure to air evaporates much of the moisture
of massell and reduces its flavor. When properly protected, massell
allows a smoker a more recreational, flavored smoke than the
tobacco of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and the like. An experienced
hookah smoker will know to loosely distribute massell into a pile
within the hookah bowl to allow heat to evenly circulate through
the pile.
[0005] The heat that ignites the massell derives from coals
positioned above the hookah bowl. The coals and massell preferably
never contact one to the other. A common method of placing coals
proximate to the massell involves spreading a foil upon the top of
a hookah bowl, punching holes in the foil, and then placing the
coals onto the foil. The heat from the lighted coals travels
through the holes in the foil to ignite portions of the massell.
Particulates from the massell travel in the smoke created by the
ignition down through the hookah bowl into the hookah pipe.
[0006] The hookah pipe is the body of a hookah and is usually
fabricated from brass, tin, or stainless steel. The pipe transports
the massell smoke from the bowl to the hookah base, which is a
cavern containing water. The base of the hookah is typically
fabricated of glass or plastic and tends to be the most expressive
portion of the hookah, ranging from translucent to wildly-colored.
Within the cavern of the hookah base, the massell smoke is cooled
by the water within. The cooled massell smoke then returns to the
back to the pipe, though not through the same entrance by which the
massell smoke enters the base. From the pipe, the massell smoke
travels through the hose and out of the mouthpiece.
[0007] There are presently two prominent versions of hookah
structures: the Lebanese style and the Egyptian style. Although the
aficionado will explain that there are many differences between the
two styles, the practical layman would quickly note the obvious
difference: the connection point between the pipe and the hookah
bowl. The Egyptian style hookah pipe tapers upward into what is
generally referred to as a male connection. The Egyptian style
hookah bowl includes a female connection which receives the pipe's
male connection. In the Lebanese style hookah the bowl has the
tapered male connection and the pipe has the female connection to
accept the Lebanese style hookah bowl. In both styles, to allow a
more airtight connection a collar is generally added to fit around
the male connection.
[0008] Unfortunately, a hookah continues to be a niche instrument
outside of its longtime centers of popularity. One of its
impediments to popularity is portability; a hookah in use, and even
setup but unused, is a gangly, awkward instrument. Mya Saray has
spent a significant amount of resources in solving problems related
to transport of a hookah generally, transport with coals, but there
has not been a solution to the transport of an assembled hookah
with one of more hoses. The present invention solves this
deficiency.
SUMMARY
[0009] The present invention is directed to an appendage for use
with a hookah and other hookah components, as well as systems and
kits containing the same. The appendage both relieves pressure
within the hookah and is capable of retaining a hookah hose in
non-use. The appendage includes a connector for releasable
affixation to a hookah stem and includes an ingress aperture. The
appendage includes a housing that includes two portions, a central
housing and a peripheral housing. The central housing includes an
interior cavity in fluid communication with the ingress aperture,
and the central housing further defines a pressure aperture in
fluid communication with the interior cavity. There is an
impediment for controlling pressure within the central housing. A
peripheral housing defines a peripheral cavity co-linear or askew
with the interior cavity and sealed from direct fluid communication
with both the ingress aperture and the interior cavity. The
appendage may also include an elastic sleeve, positioned within the
peripheral cavity, adapted to compress in response to lateral force
to a greater degree than the rigid peripheral housing.
[0010] Kits and systems of the present invention may include an
appendage as well as another hookah component, such as a hose
adapter, hookah hose, hookah, etc. Premier hookahs may include
appendages that are substantially similar to other hookah
components, particularly hose adapters.
[0011] These aspects of the invention are not meant to be
exclusive. Furthermore, some features may apply to certain versions
of the invention, but not others. Other features, aspects, and
advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to
those of ordinary skill in the art when read in conjunction with
the following description, and accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the appendage of
the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 2 is a revealed plan view of an embodiment of the
appendage of the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 3 is a perspective, revealed view of an embodiment of
the appendage of the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 4 is a perspective, exploded view of an embodiment of
the appendage of the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 5 is a perspective, revealed, exploded view of an
embodiment of the appendage of the present invention.
[0017] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the
appendage of the present invention.
[0018] FIG. 7 is a revealed plan view of an embodiment of the
appendage of the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 8 is a perspective, exploded view of an embodiment of
the appendage of the present invention.
[0020] FIG. 9 is a plan, exploded view of an embodiment of the
appendage of the present invention.
[0021] FIG. 10 is a plan, revealed view of an embodiment of the
appendage of the present invention.
[0022] FIG. 11 is a view of the kit of the present invention.
[0023] FIG. 12 is a plan view of the hose adapter of the present
invention.
[0024] FIG. 13 is a revealed, plan view of the hose adapter of the
present invention.
[0025] FIG. 14 is a revealed, perspective view of the hose adapter
of the present invention.
[0026] FIG. 15 is a perspective, exploded view of an embodiment of
the hose adapter of the present invention.
[0027] FIG. 16 is a perspective, exploded, revealed view of an
embodiment of the hose adapter of the present invention.
[0028] FIG. 17 is a block diagram view of the kit of the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] Referring first to FIG. 1-5, a basic embodiment of the
hookah port appendage 100 is shown. A hookah port is a term
commonly used to describe the aperture in a hookah stem to which a
hookah wet smoke component may attach. By wet smoke component, it
is meant a component that affixes to a hookah that interacts with
wetted smoke, including hookah hoses, hookah valves, hookah
impediments, filters, etc. The present invention includes a
connector 110 to affix the appendage to a hookah. The connector
includes some form of affixation means 112 that attaches the
appendage 100 to the hookah, whether such attachment is to a
dedicated port (in other words, a port that is dimensioned to
accept a single type of component, e.g., a hookah hose only) or a
universal port (in other words, a port that is dimensioned to
accept one or more component types interchangeably). The specific
mode 112 of affixation is not pertinent to the present invention,
except to the extent that the affixation reliably holds the
appendage 100 to the hookah to permit the appendage to perform one
or more of its functions as identified herein. Examples of
affixation means may include threading, pressure fit retainers,
male/female notching, etc.
[0030] The connector 110 may be integrated into the appendage 100
or removable to permit interchangeable attachment with other
components. The connector 110 includes an ingress aperture 196
surrounded by a connector wall 118. When the connector is
removable, the connector can be removable both as to the hookah as
well as the remainder of the appendage. In such cases, the
connector may include affixation means 112b for both a hookah as
well as affixation means 112a for the housing 102 of the appendage
(or other interchangeable component). In such circumstances, the
connector can form a universal fit with a hookah hose adapter or
other component of the kit or system of the present invention. When
the connector is wholly removable from both the hookah and
appendage, it is preferred that the connector includes a retainer
wall 192 for the accurate positioning of the housing 102.
[0031] The housing 102 of the present invention serves two
purposes, a repository for fluid flow control components and a
portion for hookah hose storage. The fluid flow control occurs in
the central housing 102b, while the hose storage occurs in the
peripheral housing 102a. The central housing defines an interior
cavity 198 in direct fluid communication with the ingress aperture
196. The ingress aperture 196 allows wetted smoke from a hookah
while the interior cavity 198 accepts the wetted smoke from the
ingress aperture 196. The interior cavity 198 may include an
impediment 170 adapted to selectively obstruct the interior cavity
from fluid flow from the ingress aperture. The impediment 170 acts
as a seal during a "closed position" achieved when pressure from
the hookah pulls the impediment toward the ingress aperture.
Additionally, the closed position may be achieved due to a
gravity-based impediment system, although such is not necessary for
purposes of the present invention. Seals of a hookah may include
any of the mechanisms as disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 15/063,503 titled Hookah filed on Mar. 8, 2016, the disclosure
of which is hereby incorporated by reference. The impediment also
occupies an "open position" when there is a pressure event in the
hookah that urges the impediment away from the ingress aperture and
into the cavity aperture.
[0032] The interior cavity 198 preferably includes dimensions that
increase in the distal direction to permit any impediment to float
freely therein when in the open position. The connector sidewall
118 may include a taper 114 of significant length that supports the
impediment 170 during the closed position and guides the impediment
to the closed position as it transitions from the open position.
The impediment taper 114 may be formed upon any feature, e.g., the
barrier wall 116, capable of contacting the impediment. During the
"open position" the impediment may be forced into the interior
cavity 198 to allow a direct fluid path between the pressure
aperture(s) 104 and the ingress aperture 196 through the interior
cavity 198. The pressure aperture(s) 104 can be any point of exit
for fluid to escape to an environment exterior to a hookah. The
size, quantity, and location of the pressure aperture(s) 104 can
include any characteristics suitable to achieve the purpose of the
aperture 104. The preferred aperture network includes multiple
holes in the base 102 that lead from the interior cavity 198 to the
external environment. The holes are significantly smaller than the
impediment, arranged symmetrically and are spaced distal to the
impediment in the closed position.
[0033] A barrier wall 116 shields the interior cavity 198 from a
peripheral cavity 194. The peripheral cavity 194 is an aperture in
the base 102 that accepts a portion of a hookah hose for
intermediate storage. The peripheral cavity is sealed from the
interior cavity by the barrier wall 116 or some other contrivance.
The peripheral cavity 194 preferably accommodates an interior
sleeve 130 that may make direct contact with a hookah hose portion
the preferred embodiment of the appendage 100. The peripheral
cavity 194 is preferably tapered 134 to allow a hookah hose portion
to be inserted until an interference fit is achieved with the
sleeve. To ensure a suitable interference fit that compresses the
hookah hose portion to achieve a fit that locks the hookah hose in
place during periods of substantial turbulence and user locomotion,
the sleeve 130 is preferably constructed of an elastic material.
The preferred sleeve material is a deformable rubber. To hold the
rubber in place, the present invention may rely on the inherently
significant coefficient of static friction inherent in such
rubbers, or the sleeve 130 may include a protrusion 134 that fits
within a cavity recess 108. It is preferred that the sleeve 130 be
entirely removable from the cavity 194 because hookah hoses can
house remnants of smoke debris, including contaminated fluids.
[0034] In the housing embodiment 100 of FIGS. 1-5, the peripheral
housing 102a includes a floor such that a hookah hose cannot pass
entirely through the peripheral cavity 194. Turning now to FIGS.
6-10, the present invention may feature a peripheral housing 102a
with a peripheral cavity 194 that is not co-linear with the
interior cavity 198. By co-linear, it is meant that if the volumes
of the spaces contained center-lines, the center-lines of two or
more spaces would point in roughly the same direction. The
embodiment of FIGS. 6-10 features an askew peripheral cavity 198,
in that it is not pointing in roughly the same direction as the
interior cavity 194. The preferred askew embodiment includes a
peripheral housing 102a that points ninety degrees from the central
housing 102b. The orientation may include any that satisfies the
purposes of the present invention; however, the more compelling
idea is whether the arc is significant enough to form a floor or
permit the hose to pass through the peripheral cavity.
[0035] The connector 110 of the askew embodiment 100 is similar to
the connector 110 of the co-linear embodiment. Indeed, it is a
central theme of the present invention 100 that a general connect
may permit union between the appendage 100 and a hookah, as well as
other more general component of a hookah. The connector 110
includes the hookah affixation means 112b as well as the appendage
100 (or general component) affixation means 112a. The central
housing 102b shares the attributes of the housing of the earlier
embodiment; however, at the barrier wall 116, the peripheral
housing 102a includes a different orientation and structure.
[0036] The peripheral housing 102a is ninety-degrees to the central
housing 102b, and accordingly, the interior cavity 194 and
peripheral cavity 198 are similarly differently oriented. Such an
orientation permits a hookah hose to pass not only into, but
through the peripheral cavity 194. In such embodiments the sleeve
130 may occupy a different structure commensurate with the
peripheral cavity 198. The sleeve 130 may include a structure that
mimics the peripheral cavity 198, here a cylinder with two sleeve
lips 132 that wrap about the exterior of the peripheral cavity. The
lip 132 of the sleeve 130 may be utilized to indicate a stopping
point in certain embodiments of the present invention, or otherwise
retain the sleeve in a preferred orientation. Here, because the lip
132 may be constructed of the same compressible rubber as the
sleeve, the lip 132 may contort (i.e., bend over) to permit the
insertion of the sleeve 130 into the peripheral cavity 198.
[0037] Turning now to FIGS. 11-17, kits and systems 200 of the
present invention may be utilized. By kit 200, it is meant a series
of multiple components that operate together to create an
interoperable synergy. A system 500 is the kit 200 as assembled.
The kit 200 may include two or more appendages 100, one or more
appendages 100 and one or more hose adapters 300, one or more
appendages 100 and one or more hookah hoses 400, or one or more
hookahs 600 and one or more appendages 100. A system 500 may
include any of these kits 200 assembled.
[0038] A first kit 200 may include a hookah hose 400 and the
appendage 100. The hookah hose 400 includes three general
components: a mouthpiece 410, a hose connector 430, and flexible
hose body 430. The hose connector 430 permits the releasable
affixation to a hookah stem, and defines a hose ingress aperture
432. There is a flexible hookah hose body 420, affixed to the
connector 430, that defines a wet smoke conduit 422 in fluid
communication with said hose ingress aperture 432. There is a
longitudinally-rigid hose mouthpiece 410, in fluid communication
with the wet smoke conduit 422, defining a wet smoke outlet 412.
Although the sleeve 130 of the present invention may include an
elastic body, in other embodiments, the hookah hose mouthpiece 410
may include a body that is elastic and deforms in response to the
more rigid peripheral cavity of the appendage.
[0039] The mouthpiece 410 include a outlet diameter Dt that is
significantly smaller than the mouthpiece diameter Dm. A hookah
hose of the kit of the present invention preferably may include a
mouthpiece diameter Dm that fits within the diameter D1 of the more
distal portions of the peripheral cavity, wherein the diameter D2
of the more proximal portions of the peripheral cavity, preferably
when tapered. For the hookah hoses interoperating with the askew
embodiments of the appendage 100, there may even be a single
diameter D1 utilized with the peripheral outlet. In such instances,
Dt and Dm may be smaller than D1 such that they hookah hose 400 is
allowed to pass through the peripheral outlet entirely and the hose
may hang in the peripheral outlet. In such embodiments, no sleeves
are necessary. Alternatively, Dt may pass through D1, yet Dm may be
larger than D1 at some point such that an interference fit is
formed between the peripheral housing and the mouthpiece 410.
[0040] In a second kit 200 of the present invention, the appendage
100 of the present invention is paired with a hose adapter 300. The
hose adapter 300 includes physical characteristics that mimic the
physical characteristics of the appendage 100, particularly the
co-linear embodiments of the appendage. A user should upon casual
viewing should not be able to differentiate between the appendage
100 and hose adapter 300. Accordingly the outer diameters of the
hose adapter 300 and appendage should be closely matched, as well
as the lengths thereof. Preferred lengths include a match of
+/-twenty percent, and more preferably +/-ten percent. Preferred
widths include a match of +/-twenty percent, and more preferably
+/-ten percent. It is preferred that the components be manufactured
of identical materials, preferably stainless steel.
[0041] Interchangeability is an important feature of certain kits
200 of the present invention. The appendage 100 and hose adapter
300 can all utilize the same connector 110. The hose adapter 300
can include a housing 302 defining a central channel 320 running
longitudinally therethrough. The housing 302 can include a sleeve
310 that forms an interference fit between the diameter D3 of the
channel 320 and the diameter Da of the hose connector 430.
[0042] A hookah 600 can include one or more of the components 100,
300, 400 of the present invention to form a new system 500.
Examples of hookahs 600 and other components 100, 300, 400 of the
present invention can include the following Mya Saray patents, all
of which are hereby incorporated by reference: U.S. Pat. Nos.
9,247,772; 9,107,456; 8,826,915; 8,590,541; 8,573,229; 8,001,978;
7,806,123; 7,404,405.
[0043] Although the present invention has been described in
considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions
thereof, other versions would be readily apparent to those of
ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the
appended claims should not be limited to the description of the
preferred versions contained herein.
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