INTEGRATED LIGHTER WITH SMOKING VESSEL FOR SMOKEABLE SUBSTANCES

Abstract

Disclosed are devices and systems with an integrated lighter and smoking vessel, and methods of manufacture and/or use thereof. In some aspects, an integrated smoking device includes a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.

Claims

1. An integrated smoking device, comprising: a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the second compartment is configured within an interior of the body of the lighter.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the body of the lighter includes an opening leading into an interior of the second compartment.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the device includes a first form factor when the smoking vessel is not stored in the second compartment that is not greater than a second form factor when the smoking vessel is stored in the second compartment.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the first form factor and the second form factor are the same.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a snap mechanism.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the snap mechanism includes one or more snap sets, where a snap set includes a first snap arm coupled to the body and positioned apart by a distance from a second snap arm coupled to the body.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the snap mechanism includes a click lock configuration.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a rotatable joint mechanism.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a first portion coupled to the body within an interior of the second compartment and a second portion that is rotatably coupled to the first portion to allow the second portion to move with respect to the first portion.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a two-dimensional (2D) range of motion.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the 2D range of motion includes 30 or less, 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, or 270 or less.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a three-dimensional (3D) range of motion.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the 3D range of motion, in at least one plane of multiple planes, includes 30 or less. 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, or 270 or less.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a protrusion that spans from the second portion and that is shaped and sized to receive at least one aperture of the smoking vessel.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the protrusion is structured to fit within the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein the protrusion is structured to encompass a portion of the smoking vessel to surround the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel.

20. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a screw mechanism.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the screw mechanism includes one or more grooves or threads disposed on an interior receding wall of second compartment in the body, such that corresponding grooves or threads of the smoking vessel are operable to engage the grooves or threads on the interior receding wall in the body to secure the smoking vessel to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

22. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a rail component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a slide component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

23. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a slide component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a rail component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

24. The device of any of claim 22 or 23, wherein the slide component includes a U-shape, a T-shape, or a W-shape.

25. The device of claim 7, wherein the securement mechanism includes a lower securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the body of the lighter to partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the securement mechanism includes a top securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a top wall of the body of the lighter to, in combination with the lower securement wall, partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position.

27. The device of claim 7, wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter and under at least a portion of the igniter.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism, a pin mechanism, a screw mechanism, or a spring.

31. The device of claim 7, wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter.

32. The device of claim 31, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is positioned along or at least partially within at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

33. The device of claim 32, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

34. The device of claim 33, wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism, a pin mechanism, a screw mechanism, or a spring.

35. The device of claim 1, wherein the smoking vessel includes a single inhalation pipe or multiple inhalation pipe.

36. The device of claim 1, wherein the smoking vessel is operable to contain the smoking substance in the interior chamber while the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment of the device.

37. The device of claim 1, wherein the lighter includes a flame lighter, wherein the igniter of the flame lighter is configured to create a flame, and the first compartment is configured to store a fuel to be provided to the igniter to ignite the fuel and create the flame for the ignition event of the smokeable substance.

38. The device of claim 37, wherein the flame lighter includes a pipe lighter, a disposable pocket lighter, a refillable pocket lighter, a blue flame pocket lighter, a catalytic pocket lighter, or a permanent match pocket lighter.

39. The device of claim 37, wherein the fuel of the flame lighter includes at least one of butane, naphtha, methanol, or liquefied petroleum gas.

40. The device of claim 1, wherein the lighter includes an electric lighter, wherein the igniter of the electric lighter is configured to create an electric arc, and the first compartment is configured to store a battery to provide electrical charge to the igniter for the ignition event of the smokeable substance.

41. The device of claim 40, wherein the electrical lighter includes at least one of an electric arc lighter or an electric coil lighter.

42. The device of claim 41, wherein the igniter of the electric arc lighter includes at least two separated nodes electrically connected to the battery to create an electric arc in a space between the at least two separated nodes.

43. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a third compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide an auxiliary vessel device associated with use of the smoking vessel.

44. The device of claim 43, wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes a tab feature configured to facilitate removal of the auxiliary vessel device from the third compartment.

45. The device of claim 44, wherein the tab feature is obstructed by the smoking vessel when the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment.

46. The device of claim 44, wherein the tab feature is accessible on a bottom side of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment; and/or wherein the tab feature is accessible on a side wall of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment.

47. The device of claim 43, wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes at least one of a vessel packer, a vessel tamper, or a vessel cleaner.

48. The device of claim 43, further comprising the auxiliary vessel device, wherein the auxiliary vessel device has an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the interior chamber of the smoking vessel.

49. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a door coupled to a portion of the body and operable to move between an open position and a closed position to at least partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

50. The device of claim 49, wherein the door is configured to move between the open position and the closed position by pivoting, by sliding, by reversibly releasing from the body, or a combination thereof.

51. The device of claim 49, wherein the door includes a divet and/or a tab to allow for engagement of the door to move between the open position and the closed position.

52. The device of claim 49, wherein the door includes a tether that connects the door to the body in a manner that allows the door to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel.

53. The device of claim 49, wherein the door includes a tab hinge to enable the door to move about an axis to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel.

54. The device of claim 1, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to move between an open position and a closed position to enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment, and wherein the securement mechanism includes a door.

55. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a magnetic securement mechanism comprising a magnet component, the magnetic securement mechanism disposed in the body of the lighter toward or at a top portion of the second compartment.

56. The device of claim 55, wherein the magnet component is disposed in a channel of the body leading to a top region of the second compartment, and wherein the channel comprises a ridge at the end of the channel next to the top region of the second compartment, where the ridge protrudes into the channel to prevent the magnet from entering the second compartment.

57. The device of claim 55, wherein the magnetic securement mechanism further comprises an insert component comprising a non-magnetic material to which the magnet component is attached to or at least partially contained in.

58. The device of claim 55, wherein the magnetic securement mechanism includes a cap configured to at least partially surround the magnetic component on multiple sides but expose at least one side positioned to face an interior of the second compartment, wherein the cap is operable to shield a magnetic field emanating into or out of the magnetic securement mechanism in a manner that drives a magnetic force in a uniform direction.

59. The device of claim 58, wherein the cap is attached at or proximate to a top surface of the second compartment, such that a distal end of the smoking vessel sits flush against a magnet surface of the magnet component when contained within the second compartment.

60. The device of claim 55, wherein the smoking vessel includes a corresponding magnetic feature configured to interface with the magnet component of the magnetic securement mechanism.

61. The device of claim 60, wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material layer on or in a body of the smoking vessel, or wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material constituent of the body of the smoking vessel.

62. The device of claim 55, wherein the magnetic material component includes a magnetic strip disposed on a side wall of the second compartment proximate the top portion of the second compartment.

63. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a spring tum lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising: a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; a gap disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the second length is greater than the first length such that the protrusion on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel aligns and fits within the gap on the interior side wall of the second compartment to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

64. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a spring tum lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising: a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a first length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; and a protrusion disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a second length. wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the first length is greater than the second length such that the protrusion on the interior side wall of the second compartment aligns and fits within the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

65. The device of any of claim 63 or 64, wherein the spring turn lock assembly further includes a plate coupled to a lower portion of the spring to interface with the distal end of the smoking vessel.

66. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a disposed gap along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

67. The device of claim 66, wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the interior side wall of the second compartment prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous around a circumference of the smoking vessel or the protrusion is discontinuous around the circumference or discontinuous around a part of the circumference of the smoking vessel.

68. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a protrusion disposed along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

69. The device of claim 68, wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment or the protrusion is discontinuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls or discontinuous on a part of the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment.

70. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a spring having a curved portion that is disposed along or projected from an interior side wall of the second compartment, which is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; wherein a distal end of the smoking vessel is insertable and removable through the curved portion of the spring in the second compartment such that the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel can be aligned with the spring so that the spring will fit within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment when the smoking vessel is to be stored in the second compartment.

71. The device of claim 1, wherein the second compartment includes at least one wall, and the at least one wall of the second compartment is operable to secure the smoking vessel within the second compartment.

72. The device of claim 71, wherein the at least one wall includes a cylindrical shape and includes an access opening into the second compartment through which the smoking vessel is insertable and removable; and wherein the cylindrical shape of the at least one wall has a curvature that substantially matches a curvature of a shaft region of the smoking vessel, wherein a circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than one half of a circumference of the shaft region.

73. The device of claim 72, wherein the circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than the one half of the circumference of the shaft region by no greater than 10%.

74. The device of claim 72, wherein the at least one wall includes a flexible material that allows the smoking vessel to be pushed into and be pulled out of the second compartment past the at least one wall and is securable by the at least one wall when stored in the second compartment.

75. An integrated smoking device, comprising: a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide a smoking vessel.

76. The device of claim 75, wherein the device includes any of the features of claims 2-74.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] FIG. 1 shows a diagram of an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the present technology.

[0009] FIGS. 2A-2D show diagrams illustrating example embodiments of the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, in accordance with the present technology.

[0010] FIG. 2E shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a smoking vessel and of a lighter contingent of the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, in accordance with the present technology.

[0011] FIG. 3A and 3B show diagrams illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, in accordance with the present technology, which includes an open cavity with a snap securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0012] FIGS. 4A and 4B show diagrams illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes an open cavity with a rotation securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0013] FIG. 5A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes an open cavity with a screw securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0014] FIG. 5B shows another example embodiment of the integrated smoking device of FIG. 5A, which includes an open cavity with a balcony wall and/or door to secure the smoking vessel within an integrated compartment.

[0015] FIG. 6A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes an open cavity with a slide-rail securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0016] FIG. 6B shows a diagram of an example embodiment of a securement door on the body of the example integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 6A.

[0017] FIG. 6C shows a diagram depicting example configurations of a slide component of the slide-rail securement in the example integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 6A.

[0018] FIG. 7 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes an open cavity with a securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0019] FIG. 8 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes a clamp attachment mechanism disposed on an exterior or at least partially in the lighter body to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0020] FIG. 9A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, which includes an interior cavity with a securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel.

[0021] FIGS. 9B and 9C show diagrams illustrating example embodiments of a door to enclose a smoking vessel for example embodiments of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the present technology.

[0022] FIGS. 9D and 9E show diagrams illustrating example implementations of the door pivotably moving with respect to the body of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the present technology.

[0023] FIG. 9F shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of the door slidably moving with respect to the body of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the present technology.

[0024] FIG. 10A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including and/or configured to store a smoking vessel and an auxiliary vessel device in accordance with the present technology.

[0025] FIGS. 10B-10C show diagrams illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an auxiliary vessel device of FIG. 10A.

[0026] FIGS. 10D-10K show diagrams illustrating example embodiments and implementations of the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 10A.

[0027] FIG. 11 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including a securement mechanism that includes a magnet.

[0028] FIG. 12 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including a securement mechanism that includes a spring turn lock assembly.

[0029] FIG. 13 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including a securement mechanism that includes a snap click-in assembly.

[0030] FIG. 14A-14E show diagrams illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including and/or configured to store a smoking vessel and an auxiliary vessel device in accordance with the present technology.

[0031] FIG. 15 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device in accordance with the integrated smoking device shown in FIG. 1, including and/or configured to store a smoking vessel and an auxiliary vessel device in accordance with the present technology.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] A lighter is a device that generates a flame or an electrical arc to create a laser charge instead of a flame. Lighters can come in many shapes and sizes based on their desired use, such as to ignite a variety of things including smokeable substances, candles, outside fires, gas-powered appliances such as stoves or fireplaces, etc. In general, a flame lighter includes a metal or plastic container filled with a fuel (e.g., flammable liquid or compressed gas); an igniter assembly to produce the flame (e.g., a flint wheel and button) by releasing the fuel and concurrently generating a spark to ignite the released fuel; and a mechanism for maintaining and/or extinguishing the flame. For an electric lighter, generally, the arc lighter includes an electric battery (typically encased in the body of the lighter) and at least two separated ceramic nodes electrically connected to the battery to create an electric arc in the space between the nodes to ignite the target.

[0033] Portable lighters are the most common device used for igniting a smokeable substance in a smoking vessel, such as a pipe, rolled paper, rolled plant leaves, or other. Typically, a user of a smokeable substance (also referred to herein as a smoker) will carry a portable lighter and the smokeable substance on their person, e.g., in the smoker's pocket, handbag, or other compact storage unit, whether as part of their clothing or as a separate carrying case. In such cases, the smoker generally prefers their portable lighter, their smoking vessel, and as applicable, their smokable substance, to be of a compact size to minimize any inconvenience in possessing and transporting these items.

[0034] For instance, the most common portable lighter is known as the pocket lighter. In the early 1970's, Marcel Bich revolutionized the lighter industry by introducing the adjustable-flame lighter in a convenient pocket size; a little over a decade later, the BIC company introduced a non-adjustable flame lighter, and subsequently an electronic lighter. However, in the two to three decades since these BICR lighters, little change has been introduced to lighter technology. Some of the advancements include more compact containers, more ergonomic flint wheels and buttons, and more safety features. Examples of safety features for the portable pocket lighter are shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,420A, titled Child Resistant Disposable Lighter. and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,833,448, titled Child Resistant Disposable Lighter, which are incorporated by reference in their entirety as part of the disclosure of this patent document for all purposes. Yet, the evolution of the pocket lighter has consistently shown that size matters, such that it is important to keep the overall volume, footprint, and form factor of the portable lighter to be as small as practical, i.e., small sized to fit in a pocket, but large enough to comfortably and effectively grip and handle to ignite a flame safely.

[0035] Due to these and other constraints, long ignored has been an interest in creating new features for lighters with smoking vessels, such as pipes or rolls. As a result, smokers have traditionally had to manage and carry their lighter separate from their smoking vessels and substances. At a minimum, this has been a long-felt inconvenience to have to separately carry and transport each needed item on the smoker's person in order to readily smoke on demand; yet, such extra responsibility raises the risk of loss of any one of these items or disruption when any one item is not brought by or easily found on the smoker.

[0036] Yet, like lighters, there are many types of portable smoking vessels easily carried in the smoker's pocket or purse. For example, one type of pipe for smoking a single-serving or small amount of a smokeable substance (e.g., approximately 300 mg or less, or in some instances around 100 mg) is a slender pipe, sometimes referred to as a one-hitter based on the size and structural configuration to facilitate a single inhalation, or hit, of the smoke from burning a smokeable substance contained in the slender pipe's body. A one-hitter is typically structured to have a narrow cylindrical body having a hollow interior chamber between two end apertures, i.e., one hole at one end of the cylindrical body as a mouthpiece and the other hole at the other end of the body to load the smokeable substance and apply the igniting flame when smoking the substance. Sometimes, the one-hitter slender pipe can be sized to facilitate multiple (e.g., few) inhalations of the smokeable substance loaded within, referred to as a multi-hitter pipe. This slender pipe design allows smoking using a one-hitter or multi-hitter to be relatively easy and efficient with respect to other pipe designs (such as bowl pipes) by reducing the distance of the igniter flame to the opening from where the user inhales from, e.g., resulting in minimizing combustion waste and toxicity.

[0037] Yet, still to date, there has been no advancement in the integration of a lighter and a smoking vessel that meets the needs of smokers and/or improves the practice of smoking. While some existing lighters have horizontal flame outputs (e.g., for better accommodating lighting cigars, one-hitters or multi-hitters, or other types of vessels) or provide ancillary tools akin to a Swiss Army knife, such as a nail filer, pocket knife, reamer, etc., no known technology has effectively assimilated smokeable substance lighting and combustion vessel containment.

[0038] Disclosed are devices and systems with an integrated lighter and a smoking vessel, such as a pipe, and methods of manufacture and/or use thereof.

[0039] In some aspects, an integrated smoking device includes a lighter having a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter to ignite the fuel and create the flame; a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.

[0040] In some embodiments of the device, for example, the smoking vessel includes a one-hitter pipe or multi-hitter pipe. In some implementations of the device, for example, the smoking vessel is able to store the smoking substance in its interior chamber while it is stored within the second compartment of the device. In some embodiments of the device, for example, the device includes a third compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide an auxiliary vessel device associated with use of the smoking vessel, such as for packing, cleaning or other uses. In some embodiments of the device, for example, the lighter includes a flame lighter, in which the igniter of the flame lighter is configured to create a flame, and the first compartment is configured to store a fuel to be provided to the igniter to ignite the fuel and create the flame for the ignition event of the smokeable substance. Examples of the flame lighter embodiments of the lighter include, but are not limited to, a pipe lighter, a disposable pocket lighter, a refillable pocket lighter, a blue flame pocket lighter, a catalytic pocket lighter, and a permanent match pocket lighter. Examples of the fuel for the flame lighter include, but are not limited to, butane, naphtha, methanol, and liquefied petroleum gas. In some embodiments of the device, for example, the lighter includes an electric lighter, in which the igniter of the electric lighter is configured to create an electric arc, and the first compartment is configured to store a battery to provide electrical charge to the igniter for the ignition event of the smokeable substance. Examples of the electrical lighter include, but are not limited to, an electric arc lighter (also referred to as a plasma lighter) and an electric coil lighter (e.g., car lighter). In some example embodiments of the electric arc lighter, the igniter includes at least two separated nodes (e.g., ceramic nodes) electrically connected to the battery to create an electric arc in a space between the at least two separated nodes.

[0041] FIG. 1 shows a diagram of an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device, labeled 100, in accordance with the present technology. The device 100 includes a lighter contingent 110 comprising a body 111, an igniter assembly 130 coupled to the body 111, and a first compartment 120 coupled to and/or encompassed within the body 111 to store an energy source 125 to be provided to the igniter assembly 130. In some embodiments, the igniter assembly 130 includes a flame igniter, which may include a flint piece (e.g., a spark wheel and flint, also referred to herein as a flint wheel) and a trigger (e.g., a lever) to create a spark proximate an outer aperture of a tube from the first compartment 120 (storing an ignitable fuel, e.g., butane, naphtha, methanol, or liquefied petroleum gas or other) to create a flame directed outward from the igniter assembly 130; whereas in some embodiments, for example, the igniter assembly 130 includes an electric igniter, which may include at least two separated nodes electrically connected to a battery disposed in the first compartment 120 to create an electric arc in a space between the at least two separated nodes. The device 100 includes a second compartment 140 coupled to the body 111 of the igniter assembly 130, which is configured to store a smoking vessel 150 and provide the smoking vessel 150 to a user of the device 100. In some embodiments, for example, the device 100 includes the smoking vessel 150 that is structurally designed to the features of the second compartment 140. Examples of the smoking vessel 150 designed for the second compartment 140 include, but are not limited to, a one-hitter pipe or multi-hitter pipe. In some embodiments, for example, the smoking vessel 150 can include a pipe with an ashing feature and/or a pipe with a filter. Whereas, for example, in other embodiments of the device 100, the smoking vessel 150 is not included as part of the device 100 but can be of any type of smoking vessel that is at least partially storable by the second compartment 140, such as a compartment to hold an individual rolled paper-based smoking substance, a pipe, etc.

[0042] In various embodiments of the device 100, for example, the second compartment 140 that stores and provides the smoking vessel 150 from the device 100 can be coupled to the body 111 of the lighter contingent 110 in a variety of ways, including: being within the lighter body 111 such that second compartment 140 has a cavity adjacent to the first compartment 120 and is capable of encasing the smoking vessel 150 within the cavity; or being disposed outside of the lighter body 111 such that it is capable of attaching the smoking vessel 150 to the lighter body 111, e.g., on a side of the lighter contingent 110.

[0043] FIGS. 2A-2D show diagrams illustrating example embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100, labeled 200A-200D, respectively, depicting various configurations of the second compartment 140 with the lighter body 111, in accordance with the present technology.

[0044] As shown in FIG. 2A, an integrated smoking device 200A includes a lighter contingent comprising a body 211a, an igniter assembly 230a, and a first compartment 220a coupled to and encased within the body 211a; and the integrated smoking device 200A includes a second compartment 240a having an interior cavity disposed within the body 211a and adjacent to the first compartment 220a, in which a smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 240a and releasably enclosable in the lighter body 211a. As shown in FIG. 2B, an integrated smoking device 200B includes a lighter contingent comprising a body 211b, an igniter assembly 230b, and a first compartment 220b coupled to and encased within the body 211b; and the integrated smoking device 200B includes a second compartment 240b having a cavity disposed within the body 211b, which includes an opening 241b of the body 211b that extends into the interior of the second compartment 240b, and where the second compartment 240b is adjacent to the first compartment 220b; where the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 240b and releasably enclosable in the lighter body 211b. In the embodiments of the integrated smoking device 200A and 200B of FIG. 2A and 2B, respectively, the second compartment 240 is shown in the diagram to be positioned on a side of the igniter assembly 230 where the flame is produced (referred to as flame side); yet it is understood that the second compartment 240 can be positioned on a side of the igniter assembly 230 opposite where the flame is produced (referred to as non-flame side), or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side.

[0045] The structural configurations of the integrated smoking device 200A and the integrated smoking device 200B are configured to contain the smoking vessel 250 within the form factor of the lighter contingent 210a and 210b, respectively. In this manner, for example, the integrated smoking devices 200A and 200B still maintain an optimal size profile for a lighter while providing an ergonomic securement for a smoking vessel, as well as improving cleanliness and safety aspects for storing the smoking device in a user's pocket, purse, or other personal location. Moreover, the example structural configurations of the integrated smoking device 200B provide additional advantageous attributes to a user in that the opening 241b allows others to see, at least partially, the stored smoking vessel 250 while in the body 211b of the lighter, which may be aesthetically pleasing and create positive attention to the user of the device 200B, and the opening 241b allows for easy ejection of the smoking vessel 250 stored within the second compartment 240b, e.g., enabling a user to use his/her thumb to quick press/push the smoking vessel 250 to slide out.

[0046] As shown in FIG. 2C, an integrated smoking device 200C includes a lighter contingent comprising a body 211c, an igniter assembly 230c, and a first compartment 220c coupled to and encased within the body 211c; and the integrated smoking device 200C includes a second compartment 240c having an attachment mechanism disposed on an exterior or at least partially in the body 211c to attach the smoking vessel 250 to the second compartment 240c; where the smoking vessel 250 can be contained reversibly attached at an outer side of the lighter contingent by the second compartment 240c, such that the smoking vessel 250 is fully or at least partially outside of the lighter body 211c when it is in a stored position. In various embodiments of the device 200C, the smoking vessel 250 is closely connected to the body 211c in the stored position to maintain a minimal increase to the overall size of the device 200C (when the smoking vessel 250 is in the stored position) with respect to the size of the lighter contingent 210C itself (when the smoking vessel 250 is deployed). The diagram illustrates the example integrated smoking device 200C including the second compartment 240c on a side of the body 211c where a flame is produced by the igniter assembly 230c (i.e., flame side); yet it is understood that the second compartment 240c can be positioned on the non-flame side of the igniter assembly 230, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side.

[0047] FIG. 2D shows an example embodiment of an integrated smoking device 200D, which is similar to the device 200C of FIG. 2C, but that a second compartment 240d is disposed fully or at least partially under part of the igniter assembly 230d while positioned on an exterior of a body 211d (or at least partially inside the body 211d) to reversibly attach the smoking vessel 250 to the second compartment 240d, such that the smoking vessel 250 is fully (or at least partially) outside of the lighter body 211d when it is in a stored position. In this manner, the igniter assembly 230d provides an overhang for the smoking vessel 250, which is reversibly attachable to a securement mechanism of the second compartment 240d when stored in the device 200D. The diagram illustrates the example integrated smoking device 200D including the second compartment 240d on a side of a body 211d of the lighter contingent away from the side where a flame is produced by the igniter assembly 230d (i.e., non-flame side); yet, it is understood that in other embodiments, for example, the second compartment 240d can be disposed flame side (where the igniter assembly 230d overhangs the attached smoking vessel 250 on the side of the igniter assembly 230d where a flame is lit), or on a side of the body 211d perpendicular or adjacent to the side where a flame is produced by igniter assembly 230d.

[0048] Like the structural configurations of the integrated smoking device 200A and 200B, the integrated smoking device 200C and 200D are also configured to contain the smoking vessel 250 with an optimal form factor closely matched to the lighter contingent 210c and 210d, respectively. For example, the integrated smoking devices 200C and 200D still provide a minimal size profile for a lighter by providing an external securement for a smoking vessel with ergonomic functionality for ease of use (deployment) and safe storing of smoking vessel with the lighter contingent as a singular, integrated smoking device.

[0049] FIG. 2E shows a diagram illustrating an example lighter contingent 210, comprising a lighting assembly 230 and a body 211, which is detached from an example embodiment of the smoking vessel 250. The smoking vessel 250 is embodied by a pipe, such as a slender pipe (e.g., one-hitter pipe or multi-hitter pipe). The example one-hitter or multi-hitter pipe embodiment of the smoking vessel 250 includes a body 251, e.g., which can be of a cylindrical, rectangular, conical, triangular, or other geometric shapes, having an interior chamber 255 and a first aperture 253A and a second aperture 253B between and extending into the interior chamber 255. It is noted that the second compartment associated with the example lighter contingent 210 is not shown in the diagram of FIG. 2E.

[0050] FIG. 3A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 300B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 300B includes an open cavity with a snap piece securement to reversibly attach the smoking vessel 250. The device 300B includes a lighter contingent 310b comprising a body 311b, an igniter assembly 330b, and a first compartment 320b coupled to and encased within the body 311b; and the integrated smoking device 300B includes a second compartment 340b having a cavity disposed within the body 311b, which includes an opening 341b of the body 311b that extends into the interior of the second compartment 340b. The second compartment 340b is positioned adjacent to the first compartment 320b in the body 311b. As shown in FIG. 3A, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 340b and releasably enclosable in the lighter body 311b. For instance, as illustrated in the diagram, the smoking vessel 250 can be inserted into the cavity such that one or more snap components, positioned within the second compartment 340b, secures the smoking vessel 250 within cavity. In this example, when inserted into a stored position, the smoking vessel 250 can be flush with an outer edge of the body 311b, e.g., preserving a form factor of the lighter contingent 310b. In the diagram of FIG. 3A, the second compartment 340b is positioned on a side of the igniter assembly 330b where the flame is produced (referred to as flame side); vet it is understood that the second compartment 340b can be positioned on a side of the igniter assembly 330b opposite where the flame is produced (referred to as non-flame side), or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side.

[0051] FIG. 3B shows another diagram illustrating the example integrated smoking device 300B, depicting an example embodiment of a snap mechanism 345b to allow for the smoking vessel 250 to reversibly attach to the device 300B via the second compartment 340b within, or at least partially within the body 311b of the device 300B. The example snap mechanism 345b can include one or more pairs of corresponding snap arms that are connected to the second compartment 340b, e.g., which can be attached to a portion of the lighter body 311b, and span out therefrom with a spacing or gap therebetween to allow the body of the smoking vessel 250 to fit within. In some embodiments, not shown in FIG. 3B, the snap mechanism 345b can include a ring which allows the body of the smoking vessel 250 to slide through. The snap mechanism 345b can include a single snap with a single snap set (e.g., depicted in the bottom right drawing of FIG. 3B); or the snap mechanism 345b can include multiple snaps of multiple snap sets or a single snap set with multiple snap regions (e.g., depicted in the bottom left drawing of FIG. 3B).

[0052] In some embodiments, for example, the second compartment 340b may include a side opening 342b, e.g., located on a bottom side of the lighter body 311b with respect to the igniter assembly 330b, which can allow for the smoking vessel 250 to pass through to be secured by the snap mechanism 345b in the second compartment 340b. In some embodiments, for example, the opening 341b of the lighter body 311b may be sized to allow for the smoking device 250 to be inserted and withdrawn from the snap mechanism 345b of the second compartment 340b, and therefore the device 300B may not include the side opening 342b. Similar to the example shown in FIG. 3A, the device 300B shown in FIG. 3B can be implemented to store the smoking vessel 250 in the stored position, where the smoking vessel 250 can be substantially flush with an outer edge of the body 311b, e.g., preserving a form factor of the lighter contingent 310b.

[0053] FIG. 4A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 400B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 400B includes an open cavity with a rotation piece securement to reversibly attach the smoking vessel 250. The device 400B includes a lighter contingent 410b comprising a body 411b, an igniter assembly 430b, and a first compartment 420b coupled to and encased within the body 411b; and the integrated smoking device 400B includes a second compartment 440b having a cavity disposed within the body 411b, which includes an opening 441b of the body 411b that extends into the interior of the second compartment 440b. In the example shown in FIG. 4A, the second compartment 440b is positioned adjacent to the first compartment 420b in the body 411b. As shown in FIG. 4A, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 440b and releasably enclosable in the lighter body 411b, via a rotation component 447b. In some embodiments, for example, the rotation component 447b can be placed at or toward the bottom in the second compartment 440b as shown in FIG. 4A; whereas in some embodiments, for example, the rotation component 447b can be placed at or toward the top in the second compartment 440b (not shown).

[0054] The rotation component 447b can include a rotatable joint 447b1 that includes a first portion fixedly connected to a portion of the body 411b, e.g., within an interior of the second compartment 411b, and a second portion that is rotatably coupled to the first portion to allow the second portion to move with respect to the first portion. In some embodiments, the rotatable joint 447b1 includes a two-dimensional (2D) range of motion, e.g., such as a hinge, that can span a 2D rotation of 30 or less, 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, which can depend upon the size of the body 411b, the size of the opening 441b, position of the rotatable joint 447b1 in the second compartment 440b, an existence of an opening 442b on a bottom side of the body 411b, or a combination of these or other factors. In some embodiments, the rotatable joint 447b1 includes a three-dimensional (3D) range of motion, e.g., such as a ball and socket, that can span a 3D rotation of 30 or less, 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, or 270 or less, e.g., depending on the aforementioned factors or a combination thereof.

[0055] In some embodiments, for example, the rotation component 447b can include a protrusion 447b2 that spans from the second portion and that is shaped and sized to receive at least one of the first aperture 253A or second aperture 253B of the smoking vessel 250. In some implementations, for example, the smoking vessel 250 can be inserted into the cavity 441b, at least partially, where at least one of the apertures 253A, 253B couples to the protrusion 447b2 and the rotatable joint 447b1 pivots between a deployed position (e.g., allowing the smoking vessel 250 to be obtained from or secured to the rotation component 447b via the protrusion 447b2) and a stored position (e.g., positioned within the second compartment 440b that secures the smoking vessel 250 within cavity). The smoking vessel 250 may be reversibly attached to the protrusion 447b2 at a receptacle portion at a distal end of the protrusion 447b2. In various examples, the shape of the receptacle at the distal end of the protrusion 447b2 can be configured in a variety of shapes, including but not limited to circular, ovular or elliptical, square, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, etc. In some implementations, for example, the receptacle of the protrusion 447b2 can be detachable from the rotation component 447b to allow for accommodation of various shaped apertures of the smoking vessel 250, e.g., thereby being a universal holder to secure a multitude of smoking vessels 250 in the device 440B.

[0056] As depicted in the diagram, when the smoking vessel 250 is inserted into second compartment 440b and the rotatable component 447b is in the stored position, the smoking vessel 250 can be flush or substantially aligned with an outer edge of the body 411b, e.g., preserving a form factor of the lighter contingent 410b. It is understood that the second compartment 440b can be positioned on the flame side or non-flame side of the igniter assembly 430b, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side. In various embodiments of the device 400B, for example, the second compartment 440b may or may not include an internal securement mechanism (e.g., the snap mechanism 345b or other securement component or device, including but not limited to a click-lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other) within the second compartment 440b, such as on a back-interior wall of the second compartment 440b, to augment the securement of the smoking vessel 250 when in the stored position beyond the securement provided by the rotation component 447b. An example of the internal securement mechanism is shown in insert diagram 499 depicted in FIG. 4B.

[0057] FIG. 4B shows another example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 400B, labeled 400B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where the device 400B includes a door 448b. Embodiments of the device 400B that include the door 448b may or may not include the rotatable component 447b, which, when included, may be included as a separate component with respect to the door 448b or as an integrated component with the door 448b. For example, in some embodiments, the rotatable component 447b can be a separate component attached to the door 448b (not shown in FIG. 4B). Whereas, in some embodiments of the device 400B, for example, the door 448b can be an embodiment of the rotatable component 447b, where the door 448b can serve to deploy and store the smoking vessel 250 in the second compartment 440b and, at least partially, enclose the smoking vessel 250 when in the stored position by covering a portion of the opening 441b. In such embodiments of the door 448b as the rotatable component 447b, for example, the door 448b can be pivotably connected to the body 411b of the device 440B by an embodiment of the rotatable joint 447b1, which may or may not include a protrusion (or receptacle) like the aforementioned component 447b2. For example, in some embodiments of the device 400B that includes the door 448b, the smoking vessel 250 can attach directly to an interior side of the door 448b, e.g., via an embodiment of snap mechanism 345b or other securement mechanism that is mounted on the interior side of the door 448b, including but not limited to a click-lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other. In some embodiments of the device 400B, for example, the smoking vessel 250 can attach directly to an interior side of the second compartment 440b, e.g., via an embodiment of snap mechanism 345b or other securement mechanism, including but not limited to a click-lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other, like that depicted in the insert diagram 499.

[0058] In some embodiments of the device 400B that includes the door 448b, for example, the door 448b is itself reversibly detachable from the body 411b, e.g., by connecting hooks, which can be located in a variety of locations. In some embodiments, for example, the door 448b includes a gripping mechanism and/or actuation mechanism (e.g., pinch button(s)) that allow a user to move and/or detachably release the door 448b with respect to the body 411b to deploy the smoking vessel 250. For example, such embodiments of the door 448b may not include a rotational joint, but instead use hooks or other components to reversibly remove door with respect to the body 411b. In such embodiments, the smoking vessel 250 may attach directly to an interior side of the door 448b. e.g., via an embodiment of snap mechanism 345b or other securement mechanism, including but not limited to a click-lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other; or additionally or alternatively, for example, the smoking vessel 250 may attach directly to an interior side of the second compartment 440b, e.g., via an embodiment of snap mechanism 345b or other securement mechanism.

[0059] FIG. 5A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 500B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 500B includes an open cavity with a screw-in securement to reversibly attach the smoking vessel 250. The device 500B includes a lighter contingent 510b comprising a body 511b, an igniter assembly 530b, and a first compartment 520b coupled to and encased within the body 511b; and the integrated smoking device 500B includes a second compartment 540b having a cavity disposed within the body 511b, which includes an opening 541b of the body 511b that extends into the interior of the second compartment 540b. In the example shown in FIG. 5A, the second compartment 540b is positioned adjacent to the first compartment 520b in the body 511b. As shown in FIG. 5A, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 540b and releasably attachable in the lighter body 511b, via a screw attachment component 549x.

[0060] The screw attachment component 549x can include a series of grooves or threads that can be disposed on an interior receding wall coupled to the body 511b, such that corresponding grooves or threads 259 of the smoking vessel 250 can engage the grooves or threads of the screw attachment component 549x to secure the smoking vessel 250 within an interior of the second compartment 540b. In some embodiments, the screw attachment component 549x can alternatively or additionally include a click-snap protrusion to ensure sufficient secured engagement of the smoking vessel 250 with the second compartment 540b. In various embodiments, the grooves or threads of the screw attachment component 549x and corresponding grooves or threads 259 of the smoking vessel 250 can include one or more materials, which can include but is not limited to plastic, metal, rubber, or other. While the diagram in FIG. 5A of the example device 500B illustrates the screw attachment component 549x in an upper region of the body 511b, the device 500B can be configured to provide the screw attachment component 549x on a bottom wall (not shown) in a lower region of the body 511b, where the smoking vessel 250 can attach/detach via corresponding structure 259 to be removed from the second compartment 540b via the opening 541b. Also, while it is shown in the diagram of FIG. 5A that the second compartment 540b is positioned on the flame side of the lighter contingent 510b, it is understood that the second compartment 540b can be positioned on the non-flame side, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side, of the lighter contingent 510b.

[0061] The diagram of FIG. 5A depicts an example metal pipe, e.g., metal single or multi-inhalation pipe (one-hitter or multi-hitter pipe), having grooves 259 that engage with grooves 549x of the second compartment 540b to allow the metal pipe to reversibly attach to and be contained within the body 511b of the lighter contingent 510b, such that its form factor is within that of the lighter contingent 510b for the device 500B. Also shown in the diagram are example configurations of the opening 541b, including an ovular or rectangular shaped opening of various sizes along one of the sides of the body 511b. In some examples, the opening 541b can span from a region at or proximate to where the screw attachment component 549x is housed to the bottom end of the body 511b.

[0062] FIG. 5B shows another example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 500B, labeled 500B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where the device 500B includes an open cavity of the second compartment 540b with balcony wall 557 positioned at a bottom region (or at top and bottom regions) of the opening 541b. The diagram illustrates various shapes of the balcony wall 557, including rectangular and ovular or elliptical, but it is understood that the balcony wall 557 can include a multitude of shapes and sizes to secure the smoking vessel 250 within the second compartment 540b so that it may be contained within, which in some embodiments can be without a securement component within the second compartment 540b, e.g., such as the screw attachment component 549x, or snap mechanism 345b, or other, such as a click lock component, a clamp, a magnet, etc. For example, in some embodiments of the device 500B, the device 500B does not include an internal securement component (e.g., the snap mechanism 345b, the screw attachment component 549x, or other) within the second compartment 540b and instead uses a configuration of the balcony wall 557 that sufficiently contain the smoking vessel 250 in the stored position without incidentally falling out in any orientation of the device 500B, e.g., such as the example configurations 591 and 592 in FIG. 5B. Whereas, in other embodiments of the device 500B, for example, the device 500B includes an internal securement component (e.g., the snap mechanism 345b, the screw attachment component 549x, or other) within the second compartment 540b, such that the configuration of the balcony wall 557 partially assists in containing the smoking vessel 250 in the stored position for certain orientations of the device 500B, e.g., such as the example configuration 593 in FIG. 5B. For some example configurations of the balcony wall 557 like the configurations 591 and 592, the device 500B includes an access door to insert and remove the smoking vessel 250; whereas for some other example configurations of the balcony wall 557 like the configuration 593, the device 500B may or may not include an access door to insert and remove the smoking vessel 250.

[0063] As shown in the bottom panel of the diagram in FIG. 5B, the device 500B can include a door 559 that can be positioned on the bottom wall of the body 511b. In various embodiments of the door 559, for example, the door 559 may be a swivel door, a sliding door, a hinged door, or other. Yet, in some embodiments of the device 500B, e.g., such as in any of configurations 591, 592, and 593, the door 559 may not be included, and instead, the balcony wall 557 may be rotatable to pivot between a closed position (e.g., like those shown in FIG. 5B) or an open position (not shown), so that the smoking vessel 250 can be secured (e.g., stored) in the closed position of the balcony wall 557 and deployed in the open position of the balcony wall 557. For instance, the balcony wall 557 can act as a holder for a portion (e.g., bottom portion) of the smoking vessel 250, where the smoking vessel 250 attaches to the interior wall 541b via an embodiment of snap mechanism 345b or other securement mechanism, including but not limited to a click-lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other.

[0064] FIG. 6A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 600B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 600B includes an open cavity with a slide-rail securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel 650, which includes a slide component or rail component to engage the slide-rail securement of the device 600B. The device 600B includes a lighter contingent 610b comprising a body 611b, an igniter assembly 630b, and a first compartment 620b coupled to and encased within the body 611b; and the integrated smoking device 600B includes a second compartment 640b having a cavity disposed within the body 611b, which includes an opening 641b of the body 611b that extends into the interior of the second compartment 640b. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the second compartment 640b is positioned adjacent to the first compartment 620b in the body 611b. As shown in FIG. 6A, the smoking vessel 650 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 640b and releasably attachable in the lighter body 611b, via a slide-rail attachment component 641.

[0065] The slide-rail attachment component 641 can include a rail component 641r coupled to an interior wall within the second compartment 640b and configured to interact with a slide component 641s configured on a side of the smoking vessel 650. For example, the slide component 641s can be structured as a cut-out region along the side of the smoking vessel 650 to match a shape of the rail component 641r of the second compartment 640b. In implementations, for example, the rail component 641r inserts within the slide component 641s of the smoking vessel 650 when the smoking vessel 650 is slid into the cavity of the second compartment 640b. It is understood that the slide-rail attachment component 641 can be configured where the slide component 641s is configured on the interior wall within the second compartment 640b and the rail component 641r is configured on the side of the smoking vessel 650. In implementations, for example, the example slide-rail attachment component 641 allows the form factor of the lighter contingent 610b to be maintained whether the smoking vessel is in the deployed position or stored position therein. In various embodiments, the slide-rail attachment component 641 can include one or more materials, which can include but is not limited to plastic, metal, rubber, or other.

[0066] The drawing in the upper-right portion of the diagram of FIG. 6A depicts an example smoking vessel 650 that can be secured in the second compartment 640b of an embodiment of the integrated smoking device, labeled 600B, where the device 600B includes one or both of an upper securement wall 643U and/or a lower securement wall 643L to partially enclose the smoking vessel 650, e.g., enhancing securement of the smoking device 650 in the second compartment 640b that augments the slide-rail attachment component 641. For example, in such embodiments, the slide-rail attachment component 641 can be structured to have a relatively low friction between the slide component 641s and the rail component 641r to allow the smoking vessel 650 to more easily reversibly attach to and be contained within the body 611b of the lighter contingent 610b, while also preventing the smoking vessel 650 for unwittingly detaching from the second compartment 640b when it is put in the stored position by the user. While it is shown in the diagram of FIG. 6A that the second compartment 640b is positioned on the flame side of the lighter contingent 610b, it is understood that the second compartment 640b can be positioned on the non-flame side, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side, of the lighter contingent 610b.

[0067] FIG. 6B shows a diagram of an example embodiment of a door 643Ld on a bottom side of the body 611b of the device 600B. In this example, the door 643Ld is configured as a swivel door that is coupled to an actuator (not shown), such as a reel button, that is rotatable to cause the swivel door to open, thereby enabling the smoking vessel 650 to be deployed from or stored in the second compartment 640b. Other examples, such as a sliding door, hinged door, a pin latch component, or others may be used for the door 643Ld.

[0068] FIG. 6C shows a diagram depicting example configurations of the shape of the slide component 641s, e.g., which can be on the smoking vessel 650 or the second compartment 640b. The example shapes include, but are not limited to, a U-shape, T-shape, W-shape, or other shape that matches a corresponding shape of the rail component 641r to allow for engagement.

[0069] In some implementations of the device 600B, the smoking vessel 650 can be secured in the second compartment 640b via at least one of the upper securement wall 643U and/or the lower securement wall 643L to partially enclose the smoking vessel 650 in the compartment 640b. In this manner, the upper securement wall 643U and/or the lower securement wall 643L provide the securement of the smoking device 650, which can substitute or augment the slide-rail attachment component 641 shown in FIG. 6A. For example, in such embodiments of the device 600B in FIG. 6B, the lower securement wall 643L can be configured similar to the balcony wall 557 shown in FIG. 5B, which can be non-moveable or moveable (e.g., pivotable) to secure the smoking vessel 650 in the second compartment 640b and preventing the smoking vessel 650 from falling out of the second compartment 640b when it is put in the stored position by the user. In examples of a non-moveable upper and/or lower securement wall configured with or without the slide-rail attachment component 641 within the second compartment 640b, the device 600B may use the door 643Ld to access the second compartment 640b for deployment and storage of the smoking vessel 650. In examples of a moveable upper and/or lower securement wall without the slide-rail attachment component 641, the device 600B may not include the door 643Ld to access the second compartment 640b for deployment and storage of the smoking vessel 650, e.g., allowing the user to deploy and store the smoking vessel by moving the upper and/or lower securement wall to create sufficient space of the opening 641b for the user to remove or place the smoking vessel from or within the second compartment 640b. In other examples of a moveable upper and/or lower securement wall without the slide-rail attachment component 641, the device 600B may include the door 643Ld to access the second compartment 640b for deployment and storage of the smoking vessel 650 that allows the user multiple ways to insert and deploy the smoking vessel into the second compartment 640b, such as by moving the upper and/or lower securement wall to create sufficient space of the opening 641b to remove or place the smoking vessel from or within the second compartment 640b, as well as by opening or closing the door 643Ld to access the second compartment 640b for deployment and storage of the smoking vessel 650.

[0070] FIG. 7 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 700B, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 700B includes an open cavity with a securement to reversibly attach a smoking vessel 750. The example smoking vessel 750 includes an elongated pyramidal shape and has two apertures at the longitudinal ends of the body of the vessel, with an interior chamber inside connecting the two apertures. The apertures of the smoking vessel 750 can come in a variety of shapes, including but not limited to circular, rectangular, triangular, etc. The device 700B includes a lighter contingent 710b comprising a body 711b, an igniter assembly 730b, and a first compartment 720b coupled to and encased within the body 711b; and the integrated smoking device 700B includes a second compartment 740b having an open-cavity disposed within under a portion of the igniter assembly 730b and adjacent to the body 711b, where at least four sides of the second compartment 740b are open to the outer environment, e.g., open sides S1, S2, S3, and S4 of the second compartment 740b shown in the inset diagram 749. As shown in FIG. 7, the smoking vessel 750 can be contained within the open-cavity of the second compartment 740b and releasably attachable in the lighter body 711b, e.g., via various attachment mechanisms including but not limited to a hook attachment mechanism or a slide-rail attachment mechanism, such as the slide-rail attachment component 641, a click lock component, a clamp, a magnet, or other.

[0071] In implementations of the device 700B, for example, when inserted into a stored position, the smoking vessel 750 can fill the outer void of the open-cavity under the portion of the igniter assembly 730b (e.g., being flush or aligned with at least one of the three outer edges of the body 711b, thereby, for example, preserving a form factor of the lighter contingent 710b). While it is shown in the diagram of FIG. 7 that the second compartment 740b is positioned on the non-flame side of the lighter contingent 710b, it is understood that the second compartment 740b can be positioned on the flame side, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side, of the lighter contingent 710b.

[0072] FIG. 8 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 800C, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 800C includes a clamp attachment mechanism disposed on an exterior or at least partially in the lighter body to reversibly attach the smoking vessel 250 to an outer side of the device 800C when the smoking vessel 250 is in a stored position. The device 800C includes a lighter contingent 810c comprising a body 811c, an igniter assembly 830c, and a first compartment 820c coupled to and encased within the body 811c; and the integrated smoking device 800B includes a second compartment 840c that is disposed on or at least partially within an outer side of the body 811c. The second compartment 840c can be positioned at least partially within the lighter body 811c or on the outer wall of the lighter body 811c; and the second compartment 840c may be adjacent to the first compartment 820c in the body 811c.

[0073] As shown in FIG. 8, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within a space of the second compartment 840c through attachment by one or more clamp components 845c. For instance, as illustrated in the diagram, the smoking vessel 250 can be inserted into the space of the second compartment 840c such that one or more sets of the clamp components 845c, positioned within the second compartment 840c to be in a stored position, where the smoking vessel 250 can protrude or span off of an outer wall of the body 811c. While it is shown in the diagram of FIG. 8 that the second compartment 840c is positioned on the flame side of the lighter contingent 810c, it is understood that the second compartment 840c can be positioned on the non-flame side, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side, of the lighter contingent 810c. In various embodiments, the clamp attachment component 845c can include one or more materials, which can include but is not limited to plastic, metal, rubber, or other.

[0074] In some embodiments, for example, the clamp mechanism 845c can be attached to the body 811c of the device 800C by snaps, screws, or other securement to the outer wall of the body 811c. Yet, in some embodiments, for example, the clamp mechanism 845c can be attached to the body 811c of the device 800C by a wrap or band 846c that wraps around the body 811c meeting opposing sides of the one or more sets of the clamp components 845c. In this manner, for example, the second compartment 840c can be portable from the lighter contingent 810c for such embodiments of the integrated smoking device 800C.

[0075] FIG. 9A shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 900A, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 900A includes an interior cavity accessible via a removeable igniter assembly that reversibly attaches to the body of the lighter so that the smoking vessel 250 can be stored within a special storage compartment. The device 900A includes a lighter contingent 910a comprising a body 911a, an igniter assembly 930a, and a first compartment 920a coupled to and encased within the body 911a; and the integrated smoking device 900A includes a second compartment 940a having a cavity disposed within the body 911a. The second compartment 940a is positioned adjacent to the first compartment 920a in the body 911a. As shown in FIG. 9A, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the cavity of the second compartment 940a (which can optionally be secured via a securement mechanism, such as click-lock, a clamp, a snap, a slide-rail, or a magnet, or other) and be releasably enclosable in the lighter body 911a.

[0076] For instance, as illustrated in the diagram of FIG. 9A, the smoking vessel 250 can be inserted into the interior cavity of the second compartment 940a through the top of the lighter contingent 910a, e.g., thereby securing the smoking vessel 250 within the second compartment 940a. For example, the igniter assembly 930a can include a flint piece 931 and a trigger 932 that releasably attach to a base structure of the igniter assembly 930a and/or the body 911a of the lighter contingent 910a. In this manner, these or other components of an upper region of the lighter contingent 910a can be moved or temporarily removed to allow for the smoking vessel 250 to be placed within the second compartment 940a (in the stored position).

[0077] In some embodiments of the device 900A, the second compartment 940a can optionally include an additional securement mechanism (not shown), which can include but is not limited to a click-lock, a clamp, a snap, a slide-rail, or a magnet, or other securement mechanism, e.g., such as one of the example securement mechanism described herein. In implementations of the device 900A, for example, when inserted into a storage position, the smoking vessel 250 can be contained within the body 911a of the device 900A, e.g., preserving a form factor of the lighter contingent 910a. In the diagram of FIG. 9A, the second compartment 940a is positioned on a non-flame side of the lighter contingent 910a; yet it is understood that the second compartment 940a can be positioned on the flame side, or on a side adjacent, perpendicular, or otherwise proximate to the flame side or non-flame side, of the lighter contingent 910a.

[0078] In some embodiments, as illustrated in the diagram of FIG. 9B, the smoking vessel 250 can be inserted into the interior cavity of the second compartment 940a through the bottom of the lighter contingent 910a. In such embodiments, for example, the device 900A can include a door to move between an open position and a closed position to enclose the smoking vessel 250 in the second compartment 940a. The door can be sized to be slightly larger than the largest planar area (size) of the smoking vessel 250.

[0079] FIG. 9B shows a diagram illustrating example embodiments of a door 915 to enclose the smoking vessel 250 in the device 900A or other embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100 that include a door. Examples of the door 915 can include a plug. The door 915 can be configured in a variety of shapes, which can take on an aesthetically designed shape, including but not limited to, a clover-shape, a tear-drop shape, a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a triangular shape, a square shape, a rectangular shape, a trapezoidal shape, etc. In various embodiments, for example, the door 915 can include one or more materials, which can include but is not limited to plastic, metal, rubber, or other.

[0080] The door 915 (e.g., plug) can be coupled to the body 911a in a variety of ways, including a tether or a tab hinge or other means to allow it to swing open and closed. In some examples, the plug can itself be removed and reattached to be moved between the closed and open positions.

[0081] FIG. 9C shows a diagram illustrating example embodiments of the door attached to the body 911a of the device 900A or other embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100 that include a door. As shown in the top drawing, the body 911a can include a divet and/or a tab to allow a user to access a gripping surface of the door 915. As shown in the lower drawings, the door 915 can include a tether that connects to the body 911a in a manner that allows the door 915 to seal the opening into the second compartment 940a to deploy or store the smoking vessel 250; and/or the door 915 can include a tab hinge to allow the door 915 to move about an axis to access the opening into the second compartment 940a to deploy or store the smoking vessel 250.

[0082] FIG. 9D shows a diagram illustrating an example implementation of the door 915 pivotably moving with respect to the body 911a of the device 900A, or other embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100 that include a door, to allow the smoking device 250 to be inserted in the second compartment 940a. It is understood that the door 915 can vary in size and location with respect to the body 911a, as depicted in examples on the right-side of the diagram of FIG. 9D.

[0083] FIG. 9E shows a diagram illustrating another example implementation of the door 915 pivotably moving with respect to the body 911a of the device 900A, or other embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100 that include a door, to allow the smoking device 250 to be inserted in the second compartment 940a. The insert box of the diagram of FIG. 9E shows the example embodiment of the door 915 with an opening (e.g., hole) to allow a screw to attach the door to the body 911a and to allow a pivot axis by which the door 915 may pivotably move.

[0084] FIG. 9F shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment and implementation of the door 915 slidably moving with respect to the body 911a of the device 900A, or other embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100 that include a door, to allow the smoking device 250 to be inserted in the second compartment 940a. The center drawing in the diagram of FIG. 9F shows a side view of the example device 900A with the door 915 (e.g., sliding tab) in open and closed positions. It is understood that the door 915 can vary in size and location with respect to the body 911a, as depicted in examples on the right-side of the diagram of FIG. 9F.

[0085] FIGS. 10A-10K show diagrams illustrating example embodiments and implementations of an integrated smoking device, labeled 1000, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 1000 includes an auxiliary vessel device 1070, which can be embodied as a vessel packer, vessel tamper, vessel cleaner, and/or the like. The integrated smoking device 1000 is configured to store the auxiliary vessel device 1070 along with the lighter components and the smoking vessel within a singular body, thereby augmenting the convenience and other benefits of smoking practice being integrated into one device.

[0086] FIG. 10A shows a diagram illustrating a cross-sectional view of the integrated smoking device 1000. The integrated smoking device 1000 includes a lighter contingent 1010 comprising a body 1011 and an igniter assembly 1030 coupled to the body 1011. As discussed in relation to embodiments disclosed herein, the lighter contingent 1010 includes a first compartment 1020 for storing an energy source for the igniter assembly 1030, and a second compartment 1040 configured to store a smoking vessel 1050 and provide the smoking vessel 1050 to a user of the integrated smoking device 1000. In some embodiments, like that illustrated in FIG. 10A, for example, the second compartment 1040 has a cavity disposed within the body 1011, which includes an opening 1041 of the body 1011 that extends into the interior of the second compartment 1040. In some embodiments, as in FIG. 10A, for example, the second compartment 1040 includes a vessel-access opening 1042 positioned at the bottom of the body 1011 to allow the insertion and removal of the smoking vessel 1050 into and from the second compartment 1040 of the integrated smoking device 1000.

[0087] In some embodiments, the integrated smoking device 1000 includes a securement mechanism 1045 to secure the smoking vessel 1050 within the second compartment 1040. The securement mechanism 1045 can include but is not limited to a click-lock, a clamp, a snap, a slide-rail, screw threads, or a magnet, or other. The securement mechanism 1045 may be disposed within the second compartment 1040, for example, at an end opposite to an opening of the second compartment 1040 via which the smoking vessel 1050 is inserted and provided. In the example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 1000 illustrated in FIG. 10A, the securement mechanism 1045 is a magnetic securement mechanism that is configured toward or at the top of the second compartment 1040. In some embodiments, for example, the example magnetic securement mechanism 1045 includes a magnet component at least partially contained in a holder component (e.g., such as a cap, shown later in FIG. 14B), where the holder is attached to a wall and/or secured in a channel of or leading to the second compartment 1040, e.g., such as the top wall or an upper region of an interior side wall. In some embodiments of the magnetic securement mechanism, the magnet can be attached to and/or secured by a ledge or ridge that runs along a circumference of a channel (that is part of the second compartment 1040 or part of the interior of the body 1011 that leads up to an opening of the second compartment 1040), where a distal end of the smoking vessel 1050 can interface (e.g., meet or abut) the bottom of the magnet. In such embodiments, the ledge or ridge can ensure the magnet is completely prevented from ever falling into the second compartment 1040 and/or out of the device 1000, thereby ensuring safety of the magnetic securement feature. In some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000, the securement mechanism 1045 includes a non-magnetic securement means, which can be included in addition or alternative to a magnetic securement means (shown and discussed later in FIGS. 12 and 13).

[0088] In some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000 like that shown in FIGS. 10A-11, for example, the smoking vessel 1050 includes a corresponding magnetic feature (e.g., having an opposite magnetic pole) that is configured to interface with the magnet of the securement mechanism 1045 such that the smoking vessel 1050 is secured within the second compartment 1040. For example, the distal end of the smoking vessel 1050, which can be configured as a crown (e.g., distal end 1057 shown in inset 1059 of FIG. 10A), can include a magnetic material that magnetically attracts to the magnet component of the example magnetic securement mechanism 1045 when the smoking vessel 1050 is inserted in the second compartment 1040 of the integrated smoking device 1000.

[0089] The integrated smoking device 1000 further includes a third compartment 1060 that is configured in the body 1011 of the lighter contingent 1010 to store an auxiliary vessel device 1070 and provide the auxiliary vessel device 1070 to the user of the integrated smoking device 1000, for example, to use with the smoking vessel 1050. For example, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 can include a packer, cleaner, tamper, and/or the like configured for use with the smoking vessel 1050 by a user in connection with smoking smokeable substances via the smoking vessel 1050. In the example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 1000 shown in FIG. 10A, the third compartment is configured between the second compartment 1040 and first compartment 1020, and includes an access opening 1062 to allow the auxiliary vessel device 1070 to be inserted and removed from the third compartment 1060.

[0090] FIGS. 10B and 10C show diagrams illustrating an example embodiment of the auxiliary vessel device 1070. In some embodiments, for example, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 includes various structural features associated with one or more functions to be provided by the auxiliary vessel device 1070 for the smoking vessel 1050, including but not limited to packing a smoking substance within the interior of the smoking vessel 1050, cleaning smoking substance, residue or other material from the interior of the smoking vessel 1050, or other functions. For example, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 may include bristles (not shown) configured to clean out smokeable substances and remnants thereof left within the smoking vessel 1050. Also for example, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 may include a long slender shaft 1072 with an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050, such that the long slender shaft 1072 of the auxiliary vessel device 1070 can be inserted into the smoking vessel 1050, for example, to displace, push out, and clean residue, debris, and smokeable substances residing within the smoking vessel 1070. Also for example, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 may include a flat end and/or a diameter corresponding to an internal diameter of the smoking vessel 1050, such that the auxiliary vessel device 1070 can be used to pack and compress smokeable substances within the smoking vessel 1050. In some embodiments, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is configured to be specific to certain smoking vessels 1050, by way of having an outer diameter corresponding to an internal diameter of the certain smoking vessels 1050. In some embodiments, the third compartment 1060 is dimensioned to store and fit an auxiliary vessel device 1070 that corresponds to a smoking vessel 1050 configured to be stored by the second compartment 1040.

[0091] In some embodiments, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 includes a tab feature 1071 that facilitates extraction of the auxiliary vessel device 1070 from the third compartment 1060. For example, a user may leverage the tab feature 1071 in order to remove the auxiliary vessel device 1070 from the third compartment 1060. In some embodiments, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is configured to fit flush within the third compartment 1060 and is configured to be secured within the third compartment 1060 via the flush fit. In some embodiments, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is secured within the third compartment 1060 via a securement mechanism disclosed herein, such as a magnetic mechanism, a snap mechanism, raised buttons, bumps or ridges, a narrowing chamber, and/or the like.

[0092] FIG. 10C show a two-dimensional view diagram depicting the bottom end of the auxiliary vessel 1070 including the tab feature 1071 inserted within the interior shaft of the smoking vessel 1050 at the distal end 1057 (e.g., configured with a crown). As demonstrated in FIG. 10C, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 includes an elongated portion that can be inserted into an elongated cavity of the smoking vessel 1050, e.g., The long slender shaft 1072 (depicted in broken lines). In this example, the long slender shaft 1072 has a diameter less than the interior diameter of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050; yet, in other embodiments, the shaft 1072 may have a diameter substantially the same or slightly less than the diameter of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050.

[0093] FIGS. 10D-10H show diagrams illustrating example embodiments and implementations of the integrated smoking device 1000 in which the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is provided to a user based on a first removal of the smoking vessel 1050 from the lighter contingent (or specifically, the second compartment 1040). In particular, the integrated smoking device 1000 is configured such that removal of the smoking vessel 1050 is a prerequisite for, or at least affects the ease of, removal of the auxiliary vessel device 1070. For example, as shown in FIGS. 10D-10H, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is located internal in the lighter relative to the smoking vessel 1050. FIGS. 10E and 10F show perspective views of the integrated smoking device 1000 depicting the bottom surface of the body 1011, which illustrate varying sizes of the tab feature 1071 for various embodiments of the auxiliary vessel device 1070, shown as auxiliary vessel device 1070E and auxiliary vessel device 1070F, respectively.

[0094] In some implementations of the auxiliary vessel device 1070, for example, removal of the smoking vessel 1050 from the lighter contingent, as shown in FIGS. 10G-10H, may increase accessibility to the auxiliary vessel device 1070. For instance, with the smoking vessel 1050 no longer occupying the second compartment 1040, the tab feature 1071 of the auxiliary vessel device 1070 is unobstructed and available for use by the user to remove the auxiliary vessel device 1070 from the third compartment 1060.

[0095] In some examples, it may be desirable for the auxiliary vessel device 1070 to be more freely accessible. As such, in some embodiments, the auxiliary vessel device 1070 and the third compartment 1060 is not obstructed, adjacent (e.g., sharing a common wall as shown in FIG. 10A; or located on a same half, portion, or end of the lighter body), connected to, and/or accessible via the second compartment 1040 configured to store the smoking vessel 1050.

[0096] FIGS. 10I-10K shows an example embodiment and/or implementation of the integrated smoking device 1000 with increased accessibility of the auxiliary vessel device 1070. As shown, the third compartment 1060 is located on a side different than a side at which the second compartment 1040 is located. In particular, the third compartment 1060 is accessible via an angle or direction different from that via which the second compartment 1040 is accessible. As a result, the third compartment 1060 is configured to be accessible whether or not the smoking vessel 1050 is stored in the second compartment 1040. It is understood that, while the illustrated examples show the third compartment 1060 being on a lateral side of the lighter body 1011 (e.g., a lateral side spanning between a flame side and an opposite non-flame side), other example embodiments and implementations may include the third compartment 1060 being located on a side opposite of the second compartment 1040 (e.g., on the flame side in the illustrated example), or any other side or portion of the lighter body 1011.

[0097] In some embodiments, the third compartment 1060 is adjacent and/or connected to the second compartment 1040 (as demonstrated in FIGS. 10D-10H), and the third compartment 1060 is accessible from a different end than that via which the second compartment 1040 is accessible. For example, as an alternative implementation to that illustrated in FIG. 10A, the second compartment 1040 includes an opening on the bottom end of the lighter body 1011 via which the smoking vessel 1050 is received and/or provided, and the third compartment 1060 is configured to receive and/or provide the auxiliary vessel device 1070 via a top end of the lighter body 1011. Accordingly, the illustrated embodiment or implementation enables a user to remove the auxiliary vessel device 1070 from the third compartment 1060 while the smoking vessel 1050 remains stored in the second compartment 1040.

[0098] FIG. 11 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 1000, in which the securement mechanism 1045 includes a magnet 1145 configured along an interior side wall of the second compartment 1040, sometimes referred to as a magnetic strip. In some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000 shown in FIG. 11, the magnet 1145 includes one magnetic strip that can span the entire or just a portion of the interior side wall of the second compartment 1040 (illustrated by example magnetic strip 1145A or 1145B); whereas in some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000, the magnet 1145 includes two or more magnetic strips (illustrated by both example magnetic strips 1145A and 1145B). In some example embodiments, the second compartment 1040 includes the vessel-access opening 1042 at the bottom of the body 1011, such that the smoking vessel 1050 is able to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second compartment 1040 having one or more outer wall portions, like lower outer wall portion 1014L and upper outer wall portion 1014U, where the smoking vessel 1050 moves through the vessel-access opening 1042 in a direction 1155, e.g., to be pushed in and pulled out by a user. When pushed in, the magnetic strip 1145 magnetically interacts with (attracts to) magnetic material of the smoking vessel 1050. In some embodiments, for example, the portion of the smoking vessel body (e.g., the shaft) that interfaces with the magnetic strip 1145 can include or consist of a magnetic material or materials or can include a magnetic material layer on the material of the body. In some embodiments, for example, the integrated smoking device 1000 (optionally) can be configured to have the magnetic strip 1145 be configured to also magnetically interact with a portion of the auxiliary vessel device 1070 or (optionally) include another magnetic strip (not shown in the drawing of FIG. 11) that is configured within the third compartment 1060 to magnetically interact with a portion of the auxiliary vessel device 1070 to assist in securing the auxiliary vessel device 1070 in the third compartment. In some example embodiments, for example, the body 1011 does not include the lower outer wall portion 1014L and/or the upper outer wall portion 1014U, such that a portion of the side wall of the second compartment 1040 is open for the smoking vessel 1050 to be inserted and removed from the second compartment 1040 via the opening 1041. For example, in embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000 that does not include either of the lower outer wall portion 1014L and the upper outer wall portion 1014U, the smoking vessel 1050 may be inserted and removed into/from the second compartment 1040 along a direction 1159, where it is secured by the magnetic force interaction between the one or more magnetic strips 1145 and the magnetic material of the smoking vessel 1050. In such embodiments, the vessel-access opening 1042 at the bottom of the body 1011 may be optional. Moreover, some example embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1000 that include the upper outer wall portion 1014U but do not include the lower outer wall portion 1014L allow for the smoking vessel to be inserted and removed via movements along both direction 1155 (for the distal end 1057 of the smoking vessel 1050 to be in the portion of the second compartment 1040 behind the upper outer wall portion 1014U) and direction 1159 (for the remaining portions of the smoking vessel 1050 to be in the second compartment 1040).

[0099] FIG. 12 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 1000, in which the securement mechanism 1045 includes a spring turn lock assembly 1245 configured on the smoking vessel 1050 and in or proximate to the second compartment 1040. In some embodiments, the spring turn lock assembly 1245 includes a spring 1242 disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment 1040 along an interior top wall of the second compartment 1040; an indentation or gap 1241 along an interior side wall of the second compartment 1040 that is positioned from the interior top wall at a particular length; and a protrusion 1254 disposed on an exterior side wall of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050, which is positioned on the shaft at a length from the distal end 1057 corresponding to the particular length where the gap 1241 is positioned from the top wall of the second compartment 1040 (e.g., where the lengths are the substantially the same or the length of the protrusion 1254 from the distal end 1057 is slightly greater (e.g., by one or a few millimeters) to allow alignment when the spring 1242 is compressed). In some embodiments of the spring turn lock assembly 1245, for example, the spring 1242 includes a spring plate (not shown) that is coupled to the lower portion of the spring to interface with the distal end 1057 of the smoking vessel 1050.

[0100] In the example embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the second compartment 1040 includes the vessel-access opening 1042 at the bottom of the body 1011, such that the smoking vessel 1050 is able to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second compartment 1040 through the vessel-access opening 1042 in a direction 1255A, e.g., pushed in and pulled out by a user. Yet, in example implementations to store the smoking vessel 1050 in the second compartment 1040 of the integrated smoking device 1000 comprising the spring turn lock assembly 1245, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, the smoking vessel 1050 is first inserted within the vessel-access opening 1042 with the distal end 1057 upward and the protrusion 1254 facing outward from the body 1011 of the integrated smoking device 1000 such that the protrusion 1254 can pass through the space 1043 between guards 1017 of the body 1011 when the smoking device 1050 is pushed upward in the direction 1255A. When the smoking vessel 1050 is pushed in such that the distal end 1057 makes contact with the spring 1242 (e.g., spring plate) to align the protrusion 1242 with the gap 1241, the smoking vessel 1050 is rotated in direction 1255B such that the protrusion 1255 interfaces with (e.g., fits within) the gap 1241 to lock the smoking vessel 1050 in a stored position within the second compartment 1040.

[0101] Yet, in some embodiments, the spring turn lock assembly 1245 is configured such that the indentation or gap 1241 is disposed along on an exterior side wall of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050; and the protrusion 1254 is disposed an interior side wall of the second compartment 1040, where the protrusion 1254 is positioned from the interior top wall at a particular length and the gap 1241 is positioned on the shaft at a length (from the distal end 1057) that corresponds to the particular length where the gap 1241 is positioned to allow alignment when the spring 1242 is compressed).

[0102] FIG. 13 shows a diagram illustrating an example embodiment of the integrated smoking device 1000, in which the securement mechanism 1045 includes a snap click-in assembly 1345 configured on the smoking vessel 1050 and in or proximate to the second compartment 1040. In some embodiments, the snap click-in assembly 1345 includes an indentation or gap 1341 along an interior side wall of the second compartment 1040 that is positioned from the interior top wall at a particular length; and a protrusion 1354 disposed on an exterior side wall of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050, which is positioned on the shaft at a length from the distal end 1057 corresponding to the particular length where the gap 1341 is positioned from the top wall of the second compartment 1040 (e.g., where the lengths are the substantially the same or the length of the protrusion 1354 from the distal end 1057 is slightly less (e.g., by one or a few millimeters) to allow space between the distal end 1057 and top wall of the second compartment 1040). In some embodiments, the protrusion 1354 comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel 1050 is inserted into the second compartment 1040 to allow the protrusion 1354 to be squeezed prior to alignment with the gap 1341.

[0103] In the example embodiment shown in FIG. 13, the second compartment 1040 includes the vessel-access opening 1042 at the bottom of the body 1011, such that the smoking vessel 1050 is able to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second compartment 1040 through the vessel-access opening 1042 in a direction 1355A, e.g., pushed in and pulled out by a user. In some example implementations to store the smoking vessel 1050 in the second compartment 1040 of the integrated smoking device 1000 comprising the snap click-in assembly 1345, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, the smoking vessel 1050 may be inserted within the vessel-access opening 1042 when the vessel-access opening 1042 has a diameter greater than the diameter of the protrusion 1354, such that the protrusion 1354 can pass through the vessel-access opening 1042, but where the diameter of the upper portion of the second compartment 1040 has a slightly smaller diameter than the protrusion 1354 so that the protrusion 1354 can be squeezed through to align with (and rest within) the gap 1341 to lock the smoking vessel 1050 in a stored position within the second compartment 1040. Yet, in some example implementations to store the smoking vessel 1050 in the second compartment 1040 of the integrated smoking device 1000 comprising the snap click-in assembly 1345, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, the lower portion of the smoking vessel 1050 may be first inserted within the second compartment 1040 via the opening 1041 along an angular direction 1355F, and subsequently the body of the smoking vessel 1050 may be then inserted within the second compartment 1040 via the opening 1041 along direction 1355S, where thereafter the smoking vessel 1050 is pushed upward along direction 1355A such that the protrusion 1354 can interface with the gap 1341 to lock the smoking vessel 1050 in a stored position within the second compartment 1040.

[0104] In some embodiments of the snap click-in assembly 1345, for example, the indentation or gap 1341 is configured on the exterior side wall of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050 and the protrusion 1354 is configured along the interior side wall of the second compartment 1040. In such embodiments, the smoking vessel 1050 may be moved easier in the direction 1355A to secure (e.g., lock) and unsecure (e g., unlock) the smoking vessel 1050 with the snap click-in assembly 1345 in the second compartment 1040. In some embodiments of the snap click-in assembly 1345, for example, the protrusion 1354 can be configured as a collar that spans 365 around the circumference of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050 (or around the interior wall of the second compartment 1040), or the protrusion 1354 can be configured as one or more protrusions that only partially span around the circumference of the shaft of the smoking vessel 1050 (or partially span around the interior wall of the second compartment 1040 In some embodiments of the snap click-in assembly 1345, for example, the indentation or gap 1341 is configured as a circular spring (not shown in FIG. 13), which may be flush, indented, or protrude from the interior wall of the second compartment 1040, such that the protrusion 1354 of the smoking vessel 1050 can lock into the example circular spring to reversibly secure the smoking vessel 1050 in the stored position. In some embodiments, the protrusion 1354 on the second compartment 1040 comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel 1050 is inserted into the second compartment 1040 to allow the protrusion 1354 to be squeezed or compressed toward the interior wall of the second compartment 1040 as the side wall of the smoking vessel 1050 is pressed against it (when being inserted or removed) to facilitate in the alignment with the gap 1341 on the smoking vessel 1040.

[0105] FIGS. 14A-14E show diagrams illustrating example embodiments and implementations of an integrated smoking device, labeled 1400, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 1400 includes a lighter contingent 1410, a smoking vessel 1450 removably storable in a compartment of the device 1400, and an auxiliary vessel device 1470 removably storable in an additional compartment of the device 1400, which can be embodied as a vessel packer, vessel tamper, vessel cleaner, and/or the like. The integrated smoking device 1400 is configured to store the auxiliary vessel device 1470 along with the lighter components and the smoking vessel within a singular body, thereby augmenting the convenience and other benefits of smoking practice being integrated into one device.

[0106] FIG. 14A shows a diagram illustrating an exploded view of the integrated smoking device 1400. The integrated smoking device 1400 includes a lighter contingent 1410 comprising a body 1411 and an igniter assembly 1430 coupled to the body 1411. For example, in some embodiments, the igniter assembly 1430 includes a flame igniter, which may include a flint wheel 1435 and a trigger 1437 (e.g., a lever) to create a spark proximate an outer aperture 1432 of a windshield or hood component 1431 that is positioned above a first compartment 1420 disposed in the body 1411 that stores an ignitable fuel (e.g., butane, naphtha, methanol, or liquefied petroleum gas or other) to create a flame directed outward from the igniter assembly 1430. As discussed in relation to embodiments disclosed herein, the lighter contingent 1410 includes the first compartment 1420 for storing an energy source for the igniter assembly 1430, and a second compartment 1440 configured to store a smoking vessel 1450 and provide the smoking vessel 1450 to a user of the integrated smoking device 1400. In some embodiments, like that illustrated in FIG. 14A, for example, the second compartment 1440 has a cavity disposed within the body 1411, which includes an opening 1441 of the body 1411 that extends into the interior of the second compartment 1440. In some embodiments, as in FIG. 14A, for example, the second compartment 1440 includes a vessel-access opening 1442 positioned at the bottom of the body 1411 to allow the insertion and removal of the smoking vessel 1450 into and from the second compartment 1440 of the integrated smoking device 1400. The integrated smoking device 1400 includes a magnetic securement mechanism 1445 comprising a magnet 1447. In some embodiments of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445, the magnet 1447 may be coupled to or positioned against a non-magnetic holder or insert 1446; for example, the non-magnetic holder or insert 1446 can be made of plastic (such as polypropylene, ABS, Teflon or other plastic) or be made of a non-magnetic metal. In some embodiments of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445, for example, the non-magnetic holder or insert 1446 can be used to secure the magnet 1447 in a channel 1415 of the body 1411 that is above the top portion of the second compartment 1440. In some examples, the non-magnetic holder or insert 1446 can partially encase the magnet 1447; whereas in other examples, the non-magnetic holder or insert 1446 can rest above the magnet 1447 in the channel and serve as a space filler so that the magnet 1447 does not move in the integrated smoking device 1400.

[0107] FIG. 14B shows an example embodiment of a magnet assembly 1445MA of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445, not showing the non-magnetic holder or insert 1446 of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445. As shown in the upper perspective view diagram, the magnet assembly 1445MA includes the magnet 1447 contained in a cap 1447C to shield the magnetic field in a manner that drives the magnetic force in a uniform direction 1445F. In some embodiments, the cap 1447C comprises steel (e.g., aluminum or other metal alloys). For example, in implementations of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445 comprising the cap 1447C, the cap 1447C can, at least partially, surround the magnet 1447 on multiple sides but expose at least one side positioned to face an interior of the second compartment 1440, where the cap 1447C is operable to shield a magnetic field emanating into or out of the magnet assembly 1445MA in a manner that drives a magnetic force in a uniform direction with respect to the second compartment 1040. The left inset diagram illustrates an example embodiment of the cap 1447C without the magnet 1447 inside; and the right inset diagram depicts a cross-sectional view 1445XS of the magnetic assembly 1445MA.

[0108] FIG. 14C shows an example embodiment of the smoking vessel 1450, which includes an exemplary crown 1458 at a distal end 1457 and one or more small projecting knob(s) or ridge(s) 1459, e.g., such as a knurl, configured along shaft 1454 of the smoking vessel 1450. In some implementations, for example, the exemplary knurl 1459 can be configured equidistant from the distal end 1457 and the proximal end 1455; whereas in some implementations, for example, the knurl can be configured closer to one end than the other, such as closer to the distal end 1457 than the proximal end 1455.

[0109] FIG. 14D shows a perspective view of the example integrated smoking device 1400, illustrating the channel 1415. As shown in the diagram, for some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1400, the channel 1415 can include a ledge or ridge 1415L at the bottom end of the channel 1415 for the magnet 1447 of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445 to sit upon, where the ledge or ridge 1415L protrudes inward into the channel 1415 to a distance that covers only a small portion of the outer region of the magnet 1447 to secure it (i.e., stop it from exiting the channel 1415) while not substantially interfering with the magnetic field of the magnet 1447, thereby ensuring safety of the device 1400 where the magnet 1447 may not exit the device 1400.

[0110] FIG. 14E shows a diagram illustrating a cross-sectional view of the integrated smoking device 1400, depicting an example positioning of the magnetic securement mechanism 1445 and the smoking vessel 1450 with respect to the body 1411 of the integrated smoking device 1400. For example, the magnet 1447 can be configured within the example cap 1447C coupled to or simply positioned next to the (optional) non-magnetic holder or insert 1446, which is positioned within the channel 1415 to be at a top surface of the second compartment 1440, and with the magnet 1447 positioned on the example ledge or ridge 1415L to prevent the magnet 1447 from entering the second compartment 1440, such that the distal end 1457 of the smoking vessel 1450 sits flush against magnet surface of the magnet 1447 when in the stored position within the second compartment 1440. In this manner, for example, the size and positioning of the cap 1447C can be configured based on the size (e.g., thickness) the magnet 1447 and/or the non-magnet holder or insert 1446. This configuration is important in some example embodiments of the integrated smoking device 1400 where the proximal end 1455 is to be flush with the bottom of the body 1411.

[0111] FIG. 15 shows a top-side view of an example embodiment and implementation of an integrated smoking device, labeled 1500, in accordance with the integrated smoking device 100, where device 1500 includes a lighter contingent 1510 comprising a body 1511 and lighter assembly 1531 (e.g., including a spark wheel 1535); a smoking vessel 1550 removably storable in a compartment (second compartment 1540) of the device 1500; and an auxiliary vessel device 1570 removably storable in an additional compartment (third compartment 1560) of the device 1500, which can be embodied as a vessel packer, vessel tamper, vessel cleaner, and/or the like. The integrated smoking device 1500 is configured to store the auxiliary vessel device 1570 along with the lighter components and the smoking vessel 1550 within a singular body, thereby augmenting the convenience and other benefits of smoking practice being integrated into one device.

[0112] The integrated smoking device 1500 includes an example embodiment of the snap click-in assembly 1345 (discussed previously in connection with FIG. 13). In the example shown in FIG. 15, the snap click-in assembly 1345 includes a curved or circular spring 1548 that is configured within a channel portion of the second compartment 1540 (positioned near the upper region of the second compartment 1540) that wraps around the interior-facing wall of the channel portion such that it protrudes and functions as the protrusion 1354 of the snap click-in assembly 1345. The smoking vessel 1550 includes an indention or gap (akin to the indention or gap 1341 shown in FIG. 13) along the shaft of the smoking vessel 1550 and positioned at a length from the distal end 1557 to align with the protruding spring 1548. When the distal portion 1557 of the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment 1540, it moves within the channel portion such that the protruding curved spring 1548 contacts the smoking vessel 1550 and expands (flexes outward) such that the smoking vessel 1550 can be pushed further into the channel of the second compartment 1540 until the gap aligns with the curved spring 1548, which compresses (unflexes inwards) on the smoking vessel 1550 to secure it within the second compartment 1540.

[0113] In some embodiments of the integrated smoking device 100, for example, the second compartment 140 of the device 100 includes at least one wall, e.g., which can be a separate wall or a shared portion of the body 111, where the at least one wall of the second compartment is operable to secure the smoking vessel 150 within the second compartment 140. In some embodiments, for example, the at least one wall includes a cylindrical shape that includes an access opening into the second compartment 140 through which the smoking vessel 150 is insertable and removable; and wherein the cylindrical shape of the at least one wall has a curvature that substantially matches a curvature of a shaft region of the smoking vessel 150, e.g., where the circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than half the circumference of the shaft region of the smoking vessel 150. For example, the circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall can be configured to be just slightly greater than the half circumference of the shaft region so that the smoking vessel 150 can be pushed in and pulled out of the second compartment 140 with a little flexion by the at least one wall at the access opening, so that the smoking vessel 150 is snugly fit (and secured) within the second compartment 140. In some examples, the circumference of the at least one wall is no more than 25% greater, 20% greater, 15% greater, 10%, 5% greater, 2% greater, or 1% greater than the half circumference of the smoking vessel. In some embodiments, for example, the at least one wall includes a flexible material that allows the smoking vessel to be pushed into and be pulled out of the second compartment past the at least one wall and is securable by the at least one wall when stored in the second compartment. In such embodiments, the shape of the at least one wall could be configured like a U-shape that partially wraps around just more than half the circumference of the smoking vessel 150, such that the smoking vessel 150 can slide in and out through the access-opening of the U-shape, e.g., without having a top or a bottom wall/wrap necessary for the second compartment 140 to secure the smoking vessel 150.

EXAMPLES

[0114] In some embodiments in accordance with the present technology (example 1), an integrated smoking device includes a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.

[0115] Example 2 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment is configured within an interior of the body of the lighter.

[0116] Example 3 includes the device of example 2 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the body of the lighter includes an opening leading into an interior of the second compartment.

[0117] Example 4 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

[0118] Example 5 includes the device of example 4 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the device includes a first form factor when the smoking vessel is not stored in the second compartment that is not greater than a second form factor when the smoking vessel is stored in the second compartment.

[0119] Example 6 includes the device of example 5 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the first form factor and the second form factor are the same.

[0120] Example 7 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

[0121] Example 8 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74. wherein the securement mechanism includes a snap mechanism.

[0122] Example 9 includes the device of example 8 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the snap mechanism includes one or more snap sets, where a snap set includes a first snap arm coupled to the body and positioned apart by a distance from a second snap arm coupled to the body.

[0123] Example 10 includes the device of example 8 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the snap mechanism includes a click lock configuration.

[0124] Example 11 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a rotatable joint mechanism.

[0125] Example 12 includes the device of example 11 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a first portion coupled to the body within an interior of the second compartment and a second portion that is rotatably coupled to the first portion to allow the second portion to move with respect to the first portion.

[0126] Example 13 includes the device of example 12 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a two-dimensional (2D) range of motion.

[0127] Example 14 includes the device of example 13 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the 2D range of motion includes 30 or less, 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, or 270 or less.

[0128] Example 15 includes the device of example 12 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a three-dimensional (3D) range of motion.

[0129] Example 16 includes the device of example 15 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the 3D range of motion, in at least one plane of multiple planes, includes 30 or less, 45 or less, 60 or less, 90 or less, or 180 or less, or 270 or less.

[0130] Example 17 includes the device of example 12 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a protrusion that spans from the second portion and that is shaped and sized to receive at least one aperture of the smoking vessel.

[0131] Example 18 includes the device of example 17 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the protrusion is structured to fit within the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel.

[0132] Example 19 includes the device of example 17 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the protrusion is structured to encompass a portion of the smoking vessel to surround the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel.

[0133] Example 20 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a screw mechanism.

[0134] Example 21 includes the device of example 20 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the screw mechanism includes one or more grooves or threads disposed on an interior receding wall of second compartment in the body, such that corresponding grooves or threads of the smoking vessel are operable to engage the grooves or threads on the interior receding wall in the body to secure the smoking vessel to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

[0135] Example 22 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a rail component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a slide component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

[0136] Example 23 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a slide component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a rail component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment.

[0137] Example 24 includes the device of examples 22 or 23 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the slide component includes a U-shape, a T-shape, or a W-shape.

[0138] Example 25 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a lower securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the body of the lighter to partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position.

[0139] Example 26 includes the device of example 25 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes a top securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a top wall of the body of the lighter to, in combination with the lower securement wall, partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position.

[0140] Example 27 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter and under at least a portion of the igniter.

[0141] Example 28 includes the device of example 27 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

[0142] Example 29 includes the device of example 28 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

[0143] Example 30 includes the device of example 29 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism, a pin mechanism, a screw mechanism, or a spring.

[0144] Example 31 includes the device of example 7 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter.

[0145] Example 32 includes the device of example 31 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is positioned along or at least partially within at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter.

[0146] Example 33 includes the device of example 32 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment.

[0147] Example 34 includes the device of example 33 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism.

[0148] Example 35 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel includes a single inhalation pipe or multiple inhalation pipe.

[0149] Example 36 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel is operable to contain the smoking substance in the interior chamber while the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment of the device.

[0150] Example 37 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the lighter includes a flame lighter, wherein the igniter of the flame lighter is configured to create a flame, and the first compartment is configured to store a fuel to be provided to the igniter to ignite the fuel and create the flame for the ignition event of the smokeable substance.

[0151] Example 38 includes the device of example 37 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the flame lighter includes a pipe lighter, a disposable pocket lighter, a refillable pocket lighter, a blue flame pocket lighter, a catalytic pocket lighter, or a permanent match pocket lighter.

[0152] Example 39 includes the device of example 37 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the fuel of the flame lighter includes at least one of butane, naphtha, methanol, or liquefied petroleum gas.

[0153] Example 40 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the lighter includes an electric lighter, wherein the igniter of the electric lighter is configured to create an electric arc, and the first compartment is configured to store a battery to provide electrical charge to the igniter for the ignition event of the smokeable substance.

[0154] Example 41 includes the device of example 40 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the electrical lighter includes at least one of an electric arc lighter or an electric coil lighter.

[0155] Example 42 includes the device of example 41 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the igniter of the electric arc lighter includes at least two separated nodes electrically connected to the battery to create an electric arc in a space between the at least two separated nodes.

[0156] Example 43 includes the device of example 1 or any of examples 1-74, further including a third compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide an auxiliary vessel device associated with use of the smoking vessel.

[0157] Example 44 includes the device of example 43 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes a tab feature configured to facilitate removal of the auxiliary vessel device from the third compartment.

[0158] Example 45 includes the device of example 44 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the tab feature is obstructed by the smoking vessel while the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment.

[0159] Example 46 includes the device of example 44 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the tab feature is accessible on a bottom side of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment; and/or wherein the tab feature is accessible on a side wall of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment

[0160] Example 47 includes the device of example 43 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes at least one of a vessel packer, a vessel tamper, or a vessel cleaner.

[0161] Example 48 includes the device of examples 43 or any of examples 1-74, further including the auxiliary vessel device, wherein the auxiliary vessel device has an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the interior chamber of the smoking vessel.

[0162] Example 49 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a door coupled to a portion of the body and operable to move between an open position and a closed position to at least partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

[0163] Example 50 includes the device of example 49 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the door is configured to move between the open position and the closed position by pivoting, by sliding, by reversibly releasing from the body, or a combination thereof.

[0164] Example 51 includes the device of example 49 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the door includes a divet and/or a tab to allow for engagement of the door to move between the open position and the closed position.

[0165] Example 52 includes the device of example 49 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the door includes a tether that connects the door to the body in a manner that allows the door to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel.

[0166] Example 53 includes the device of example 49 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the door includes a tab hinge to enable the door to move about an axis to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel.

[0167] Example 54 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to move between an open position and a closed position to enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment, and wherein the securement mechanism includes a door.

[0168] Example 55 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a magnetic securement mechanism comprising a magnet component, the magnetic securement mechanism disposed in the body of the lighter toward or at a top portion of the second compartment.

[0169] Example 56 includes the device of example 55 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the magnet component is disposed in a channel of the body leading to a top region of the second compartment, and wherein the channel comprises a ridge at the end of the channel next to the top region of the second compartment, where the ridge protrudes into the channel to prevent the magnet from entering the second compartment.

[0170] Example 57 includes the device of example 55 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the magnetic securement mechanism further comprises an insert component comprising a non-magnetic material to which the magnet component is attached to or at least partially contained in.

[0171] Example 58 includes the device of example 55 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the magnetic securement mechanism includes a cap configured to at least partially surround the magnetic component on multiple sides but expose at least one side positioned to face an interior of the second compartment, wherein the cap is operable to shield a magnetic field emanating into or out of the magnetic securement mechanism in a manner that drives a magnetic force in a uniform direction.

[0172] Example 59 includes the device of example 58 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the cap is attached at or proximate to a top surface of the second compartment, such that a distal end of the smoking vessel sits flush against a magnet surface of the magnet component when contained within the second compartment.

[0173] Example 60 includes the device of example 55 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the smoking vessel includes a corresponding magnetic feature configured to interface with the magnet component of the magnetic securement mechanism.

[0174] Example 61 includes the device of example 60 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material layer on or in a body of the smoking vessel, or wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material constituent of the body of the smoking vessel.

[0175] Example 62 includes the device of example 55 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the magnetic material component includes a magnetic strip disposed on a side wall of the second compartment proximate the top portion of the second compartment.

[0176] Example 63 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a spring turn lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising: a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; a gap disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the second length is greater than the first length such that the protrusion on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel aligns and fits within the gap on the interior side wall of the second compartment to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

[0177] Example 64 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising: a spring turn lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising: a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a first length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; and a protrusion disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a second length, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the first length is greater than the second length such that the protrusion on the interior side wall of the second compartment aligns and fits within the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

[0178] Example 65 includes the device of example 63 or example 64 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the spring turn lock assembly further includes a plate coupled to a lower portion of the spring to interface with the distal end of the smoking vessel.

[0179] Example 66 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a disposed gap along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

[0180] Example 67 includes the device of example 66 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the interior side wall of the second compartment prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous around a circumference of the smoking vessel or the protrusion is discontinuous around the circumference or discontinuous around a part of the circumference of the smoking vessel.

[0181] Example 68 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a protrusion disposed along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.

[0182] Example 69 includes the device of example 68 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment or the protrusion is discontinuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls or discontinuous on a part of the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment.

[0183] Example 70 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, further comprising a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising: a spring having a curved portion that is disposed along or projected from an interior side wall of the second compartment, which is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; wherein a distal end of the smoking vessel is insertable and removable through the curved portion of the spring in the second compartment such that the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel can be aligned with the spring so that the spring will fit within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment when the smoking vessel is to be stored in the second compartment.

[0184] Example 71 includes the device of any of examples 1-74, wherein the second compartment includes at least one wall, and the at least one wall of the second compartment is operable to secure the smoking vessel within the second compartment.

[0185] Example 72 includes the device of example 71 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the at least one wall includes a cylindrical shape and includes an access opening into the second compartment through which the smoking vessel is insertable and removable; and wherein the cylindrical shape of the at least one wall has a curvature that substantially matches a curvature of a shaft region of the smoking vessel, wherein a circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than one half of a circumference of the shaft region.

[0186] Example 73 includes the device of example 72 or any of examples 1-74, wherein the circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than the one half of the circumference of the shaft region by no greater than 10%.

[0187] Example 74 includes the device of example 72 or any of examples 1-73, wherein the at least one wall includes a flexible material that allows the smoking vessel to be pushed into and be pulled out of the second compartment past the at least one wall and is securable by the at least one wall when stored in the second compartment.

[0188] In some embodiments in accordance with the present technology (example 75), an integrated smoking device includes a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide a smoking vessel.

[0189] Example 76 includes the device of example 75 or any of examples 75-76, further including a third compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide an auxiliary vessel device for use with the smoking vessel.

[0190] Example 77 includes the device of example 75 or example 76, wherein the device includes any of the features of examples 2-74.

[0191] Implementations of the subject matter and the functional operations described in this patent document can be implemented in various systems, digital electronic circuitry, or in computer software, firmware, or hardware, including the structures disclosed in this specification and their structural equivalents, or in combinations of one or more of them. Implementations of the subject matter described in this specification can be implemented as one or more computer program products, i.e., one or more modules of computer program instructions encoded on a tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium for execution by, or to control the operation of, data processing apparatus. The computer readable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition of matter effecting a machine-readable propagated signal, or a combination of one or more of them. The term data processing unit or data processing apparatus encompasses all apparatus, devices, and machines for processing data, including by way of example a programmable processor, a computer, or multiple processors or computers. The apparatus can include, in addition to hardware, code that creates an execution environment for the computer program in question, e.g., code that constitutes processor firmware, a protocol stack, a database management system, an operating system, or a combination of one or more of them.

[0192] A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script, or code) can be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and it can be deployed in any form, including as a stand-alone program or as a module, component, subroutine, or other unit suitable for use in a computing environment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in a file system. A program can be stored in a portion of a file that holds other programs or data (e.g., one or more scripts stored in a markup language document), in a single file dedicated to the program in question, or in multiple coordinated files (e g, files that store one or more modules, sub programs, or portions of code). A computer program can be deployed to be executed on one computer or on multiple computers that are located at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.

[0193] The processes and logic flows described in this specification can be performed by one or more programmable processors executing one or more computer programs to perform functions by operating on input data and generating output. The processes and logic flows can also be performed by, and apparatus can also be implemented as, special purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit).

[0194] Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a read only memory or a random access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer are a processor for performing instructions and one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer will also include, or be operatively coupled to receive data from or transfer data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, e.g., magnetic, magneto optical disks, or optical disks. However, a computer need not have such devices. Computer readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include all forms of nonvolatile memory, media and memory devices, including by way of example semiconductor memory devices, e.g., EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices. The processor and the memory can be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuitry.

[0195] While this patent document contains many specifics, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular inventions. Certain features that are described in this patent document in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.

[0196] Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the embodiments described in this patent document should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments.

[0197] Only a few implementations and examples are described and other implementations, enhancements and variations can be made based on what is described and illustrated in this patent document.