Smoking accessory container

Abstract

A container for storage of smoking material, such as, for example, tobacco or the like, and related smoking accessories and a system and a method for using the same. Including a main body portion which has a first cavity for storing smoking material that extends downwardly from the upper face toward the bottom and has a cover at the top. The housing may have additional cavities in the body of the container for convenient storage of a pipe(s) and a cleaning tool. A second cover for these cavities operates independently of the material storage cavity cover. The assembly also includes an access hole in the body of the container with an additional cover that can be shifted to reveal access for a pipe to be inserted and guided directly into the the storage cavity in order to fill and pack the pipe with a portion of the smoking material.

Claims

1. A storage container comprising: a. a container having a to end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is located in a position opposite to the top end; b. a first cavity extending from the top end of the container and extending into a body of the container, the first cavity connected to a material storage cavity for storage of a smoking material; c. a second cavity in the body of the container for storage of a pipe, wherein the second cavity has a cylindrical shape and further wherein the second cavity extends from the top end of the container into the body adjacent to the first cavity; d. a third cavity in the body of the container for storage of a cleaning tool, wherein the third cavity has a cylindrical shape; e. the third cavity extends from the top end of the container into the body of the container to a position adjacent to the second cavity; f. a first top cover that covers the first cavity and is configured to be secured to the body of the container; g. a second top cover that covers the second cavity and the third cavity, wherein the second top cover is configured to operate independently of the first cover for the first cavity; h. a fourth cavity in the container, wherein the fourth cavity has a cylindrical shape configured to have a shaft slightly larger than a circumference of a pipe and further wherein the forth cavity extends from a face of the body of the container and extends into the material storage cavity; i. a fifth cavity merges with the fourth cavity near the face of the body of the container, wherein the fifth cavity has a cylindrical shape configured to create a shaft slightly larger than the circumference of the pipe, the fifth cavity forming a tamping shaft; j. the material storage cavity contains a formed reservoir within the material storage cavity configured to have an area slightly larger than the circumference of the pipe for ideal loading of the pipe directly in line with the forth cavity shaft; k, a tamping accessory tool configured for convenient packing the smoking material to the desired density within a bowl of pipe; l. a small cylinder protruding from a wall of the body of the container with a circumference configured to be slightly smaller than an inner bowl portion of the pipe, the small cylinder extending parallel to the fifth cavity and forming a tamping tool; m. a sixth cavity located within the is of the container connecting a back of the fifth cavity with the material storage cavity, the sixth cavity configured to return any excess smoking material cleared into the material storage cavity; n. an area surrounding the tamping tool on an inner edge of the tamping shaft contains an angled beveled edge configured to be larger than the circumference of the pipe clearing any excess residual smoking material from an outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe, the angled beveled edge within the tamping shaft configured to scrape the outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe.

2. A method of using a storage container to tamp or pack smoking material to a desired density within a bowl of a pipe, the method comprising: a. a container having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is located in a position opposite to the top end; b. a first cavity extending from the top end of the container and extending into a body of the container, the first cavity connected to a material storage cavity storing the smoking material; c. a second cavity in the body of the container for storage of a pipe, wherein the second cavity has a cylindrical shape and further wherein the second cavity extends from the top end of the container into the body adjacent to the first cavity; d. a third cavity in the body of the container for storage of a cleaning tool, wherein the third cavity has a cylindrical shape; e. the third cavity extends from the top end of the container into the body of the container to a position adjacent to the second cavity; f. a first top cover that covers the first cavity and is configured to be secured to the body of the container; g. a second top cover that covers the second cavity and the third cavity, wherein the second top cover is configured to operate independently of the first cover for the first cavity; h. a fourth cavity in the container, wherein the fourth cavity has a cylindrical shape having a shaft slightly larger than a circumference of the pipe and further wherein the fourth cavity extends from a face of the body of the container and extends into the material storage cavity; i. a fifth cavity merges with the fourth cavity near the face of the body of the container, wherein the fifth cavity has a cylindrical shape having a shaft slightly larger than the circumference of the pipe, the fifth cavity forming a tamping shaft; j. the material storage cavity contains a formed reservoir within the material storage cavity having, an area slightly larger than the circumference of the pipe for loading of the pipe directly in line with the forth cavity shaft; k. a tamping accessory tool configured for convenient packing the smoking material to the desired density within a bowl of pipe; l. a small cylinder protruding from a wall of the body of the container with a circumference slightly smaller than an inner portion of the bowl of the pipe, the small cylinder extending parallel to the fifth cavity and forming a tamping tool; m. a sixth cavity located within the body of the container connecting a back of the fifth cavity with the material storage cavity, the sixth cavity returning any excess smoking material cleared into the material storage cavity; n. an area surrounding the tamping tool on an inner edge of the tamping shaft contains an angled beveled edge larger than the circumference of the pipe clearing, any excess residual smoking material from an outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe, the angled beveled edge within the tamping shaft scraping the outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe; o. using the container to tamp or pack the smoking material to a desired density within the bowl of the pipe.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a front transparent view of container and cover to show the internal components of the invention;

(2) FIG. 2 is a front perspective transparent view of container and cover to show the internal components of the invention;

(3) FIG. 3 is a left side transparent view of container and cover is shown as solid to show the internal components of the invention;

(4) FIG. 4 is a rear transparent view of container and cover is shown as solid to show the internal components of the invention;

(5) FIG. 5 is a top transparent view of container and cover to show the internal components of the invention;

(6) FIG. 6 is front view of cigarette shaped pipe and cleaning tool with a handle

(7) FIG. 7 is a cross section side view of the lower portion of the container to show more detail on loading and tamping shafts;

(8) FIG. 7a shows the portion of the invention as depicted in FIG. 7;

(9) FIG. 7b shows the portion of the invention as depicted in FIG. 7;

(10) FIG. 8 is a transparent front view of the loading and tamping shafts;

(11) FIG. 9 is a transparent top view of the loading and tamping shafts.

ITEM # BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENTS

(12) 1 Container (Smoking Material Container) 2 Pipe storage cavity 3 Cleaning rod cavity 4 Material Storage access 5 Cap ridge 6 Material Storage cavity 7 Material Storage cover 8 Cap indentation 9 Cover hinge 10 Accessory cover 11 Additional hollowed area for tool storage 12 Cleaning tool handle 13 Cleaning rod 14 Cigarette shaped pipe 15 Bowl portion of the pipe 20 Pipe Access hole 21 Pipe access cover 22 Loading cavity/shaft 23 Tamping cavity/shaft 24 Pipe Guide 25 Tamping tool 26 Pipe scraping tool 27 Excess material return cavity 28 Sculpted pipe loading area

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(13) In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of the description and should not be regarded as limiting.

(14) The present invention generally relates to a container for storage of smoking material (1), such as, for example, tobacco or the like, and related smoking accessories and a system and a method for using the same. The convenience of having all needed accessories in one pocket sized container to make a kit, provides a useful benefit to those who choose to smoke using a pipe.

(15) FIGS. 1-6 show transparent views of the container to best show the internal components. The body of the container (1) is a rounded rectangular shape to fit comfortably in the palm of a hand. Several cavities are contained within the container. The first cavity (6) has a larger opening (4) at the top of the cavity in order to funnel a smoking material to a material storage cavity (6) in this embodiment shows several chambers that together make up the material storage cavity (6). A second cavity (2) in the body of the container stores a cigarette sized pipe (14) (commonly known as bat, one hitter, hitter, and many other slang terms depending on the region). This version includes an additional cavity (3) in the body of the container (1) for convenient storage of accessories such a convenient removable metal rod cleaning tool (13). This tool has a handle (12) and provides a quick convenient way to clear residue from the inside of a pipe. The face of the body of the container (1) has two cylindrical cavities (23) and (22). FIGS. 7-9 show details of tampeng shaft (23) and loading shaft (22)/that merge at the face of the body of the container to create the pipe access hole (20) in the face of the container (1). This hole has a cover that can be opened and closed to reveal the pipe access hole (20). Cavities (23) and (22) are attached at the interior of the merge point with a pipe guide (24) this guide will allow a pipe to be directed intentionally into either cavity. The internal end of cavity (22) extends directly into the material storage container (6). The interior wall of the storage container (6) is to contain a dimple (28) where the pipe is directed when inserted through the pipe access hole (20). This dimple (28) is to be located in the ideal spot and have the ideal shape for the bowl portion of the pipe (15) to be filled with the smoking material that is stored in the material storage chamber (6). The internal end of cavity (23) contains a tamping tool (25). This tamping tool (25) is a small cylinder protruding from the interior wall of the body of the container (1) into the cavity (23). The tamping tool (25) is slightly smaller than the interior circumference of the bowl portion of the pipe (15). Surrounding the tamping tool (25) at the interior end of the cavity (23) is an angled beveled edge that is very slightly larger than the outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe. The bevelled edge pipe scraping tool (26) cleans the exterior portion of the bowl end (15) of the pipe (14). The bottom portion of the cavity (23), only below the tamping tool (25) contains a hollow cavity (27) that will allow excess smoking materials to drop back into the storage cavity (6) when the pipe scraping tool (26) is used. Cavity (23) can also be called the tamping shaft, and cavity (23) can be called the pipe loading shaft.

(16) The container (1) has a cover (7) this embodiment shows the cover as completely removable, other embodiments have alternative covers attached to the body of the container. This cover (7) has a hollowed out area on the bottom side that allows it to cap the container (1) and snaps on to the container at the cap indentation (8) kept in place by the cap ridge (5) that is protruding slightly from the body of the container (1) to match with the cap indentation and securely cover the top of the body of the container (1). The cap also contains a hinge (9) that allows the opening just a of part of the cover that is above the tool and accessory cavities. The accessory cover (10) portion can open and closed independent of the cover (7) for the material storage cavity. Thus allowing the accessories (13) and (14) to be accessed and removed or inserted without uncovering the material storage chamber opening (4).

(17) Using the invention one would begin by removing or opening the cover (7) and insert a smoking material through material storage access funnel (4) and it will continue to funnel into the material storage cavity (6). Once the desired amount of smoking material is inserted the cover can be replaced or closed. The user would next open the smaller portion of the cover (10) and remove the pipe (14) from the cavity (2) where the pipe (14) is stored. The accessory cover (10) can then be closed. With the container (1) held in the palm of a hand with the access hole (20) and cover (21) facing away from the palm. Next the cover (21) is opened revealing the pipe access hole (20) and cavities 22 and 23 also referred to as the loading shaft and the tamping shaft respectively. Holding the pipe (14) with the opposite hand that is holding the container (1) the pipe is inserted through the pipe access hole (20) and pushed into the material storage cavity (6) and the bowl portion of the pipe is filled with the smoking material. The pipe (14) can then be partially withdrawn from the loading shaft (22) and adjust the angle of insertion to guide the pipe (14) into the tamping shaft (23). Once some material is tamped into the bowl portion of the pipe (15) the process can be repeated to pack the material to the desired density.

(18) While tamping the material into the bowl portion of the pipe (15) the pipe (14) can be rotated to engage the outer edge of the bowl portion of the pipe (14) with the pipe scraping tool (26) located around the tamping tool (25). When the pipe is packed to the desired density with the smoking material and the outer edge has been cleaned, the pipe can be removed from the pipe access hole (20) and shafts (22) and (23) and the cover (21) can be returned to the closed position. The pipe (14) is now packed and ready for smoking. Once the material has been consumed the cover (10) can be opened and the cleaning rod (13) can be removed, the pipe (14) is cleared with the cleaning rod (13) then the tools can be returned to the container (1) where it is stored in the cavity (2) and cavity (3).