Extendable bowl selector dial

Abstract

The present invention is a smoking device which departs from a traditional “bowl and stem design utilized for centuries, and rather comprises a series of generally cylindrically shaped layers that when stacked and secured together provide the user an effective means to safely store, transport and smoke a plurality of smoking materials. The smoking device may incorporate a bowl selection ranging in number between seven (7) to an unlimited amount, depending upon the size, desired portability and intended use. A rotatable bowl selector dial which positions a flame inlet over one of the plurality of bowls in an adjacent smoking material retention cartridge offers a means for easy bowl selection. The user may draw from the plurality of smoking materials without inhaling smoke from, or through excess burnt ash. The smoking device may further be utilized as a practical means of proportionally and consistently regulating each draw of tobacco smoke.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A multiple-bowled smoking device adapted to measure, store, burn and smoke consistent portions of smoking material within a plurality of uniformly sized smoking bowls comprising:
 at least one bowl selector dial having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, at least one flame inlet opening, a central aperture, a draw hole and at least one annular groove having at least one opening thereof;   at least one smoking material retention cartridge placed at the bottom surface of the at least one bowl selector dial having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, at least one opening, a central aperture, a plurality of bores and at least one blank segment;   at least one wire mesh filter element placed at the bottom surface of the at least one smoking material retention cartridge having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a central aperture; and   at least one bottom housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, a central aperture, at least one opening, a plurality of grooves, and an annular groove; the at least one said bottom housing being placed adjacent to the at least one said wire mesh filter element, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and the at least one said bowl selector dial;   whereby the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, the at least one said wire mesh filter element, and the at least one said bottom housing are stacked and secured together by at least one fastener to provide a user an easy way to load, store and smoke a precise and regulated amount of ground smoking material.   
     
     
         2 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, the at least one said wire mesh filter element, and the at least one said bottom housing may be aligned along a longitudinal axis and fastened by means of at least one component selected from a group of materials consisting of neodymium magnets, rivets, screws, bolts, and/or other common fastening devices. 
     
     
         3 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and the at least one bottom housing may be made of material selected from a group consisting of ferrous or non-ferrous metals, compressed paper, wood, stone, soapstone, plastic or glass. 
     
     
         4 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said opening of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, the at least one said annular groove of the at least one said bowl selector dial and at least one portion of the at least one said inner groove of the at least one said bottom housing may come into equal alignment along a longitudinal axis when the at least one said bowl selector dial is adjoined and secured to the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         5 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said flame inlet opening of the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said opening of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and at least one portion of the at least one said outer groove of the at least one said bottom housing may come into equal alignment along a longitudinal axis when the at least one said bowl selector dial is adjoined and secured to the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         6 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, the at least one said wire mesh filter element and the at least one said bottom housing, when stacked and secured together, may provide an un-restricted path of smoke travel, within the said smoking device, from the at least one said smoking material retention bore to the at least one said draw hole regardless of rotated orientation of the at least one said bowl selector dial when the at least one said flame inlet of the at least one said bowl selector dial is placed over any one of the plurality of smoking material retention bores in alignment along a longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         7 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said annular groove as formed on the lower surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial and as formed on the top inner surface of the at least one said bottom housing, working in conjunction with at least one other smoke path, may be the primary means of providing therein a direct path of smoke travel, from the smoking bowl to the draw hole, regardless of the rotated orientation of the at least one said bowl selector dial. 
     
     
         8 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bottom housing may be adapted to nest the at least one said wire mesh filter element and the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge therein whereas said top surface of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge may sit flush with the top peripheral surface of the at least one said bottom housing when the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, the at least one said wire mesh filter element and the at least one said bottom housing are stacked and secured along a longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         9 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said smoking device may include at least one neodymium magnet embedded therein said bottom surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial and therein said top peripheral surface of the at least one said bottom housing placed in a configuration whereas a field of magnetic repulsion may be adapted to aid separation of the at least one bowl selector dial from the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         10 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said smoking device may be adapted to provide a proportionally equal and regulated amount of smoke when said plurality of smoking materials placed therein are lit by fire flame and drawn upon by the user. 
     
     
         11 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said bowl selector dial may have a thickness ranging between 0.1 cm and 5.0 cm and a diametric measurement ranging between 5.0 cm and 183.0 cm. 
     
     
         12 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said draw hole may be provided on said peripheral edge of the at least one said bowl selector dial placed diametrically opposite the at least one said flame inlet opening. 
     
     
         13 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein at least one said annular groove may be provided therein said bottom surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial. 
     
     
         14 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein at least one said draw hole, provided on said peripheral edge of the at least one said bowl selector dial may intersect with the at least one said annular groove placed therein said bottom surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial. 
     
     
         15 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said flame inlet opening may be placed diametrically opposite the at least one said draw hole. 
     
     
         16 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said flame inlet opening may be configured in an orientation perpendicular or angular to the face of said top surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial passing through said top surface of said bowl selector dial to said bottom surface of said bowl selector dial being open at each end. 
     
     
         17 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein smoke may be drawn from one of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores and pass freely through the at least one said draw hole regardless of the rotated position of the at least one said bowl selector dial, with exception to the at least one blank or non-bored position. 
     
     
         18 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bowl selector dial may be adapted to serve as the primary means of bowl selection. 
     
     
         19 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said bowl selector dial may be adapted to be transparent. 
     
     
         20 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said bottom surface of said bowl selector dial may provide a bearing surface. 
     
     
         21 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said plurality of smoking material retention bores placed in the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge may be configured in a generally annular orientation circumferentially around the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge spaced equidistantly apart in at least one row and in an orientation perpendicular or angular to the face of the top surface of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge whereas the plurality of said bores may further be open at each end. 
     
     
         22 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of said smoking material retention bores placed therein the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge may be configured to any size or shape and maintain a bore quantity of seven (7) or greater. 
     
     
         23 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said smoking material retention cartridge may have a thickness ranging between 0.1 cm and 5.0 cm and a diametric measurement ranging between 5.0 cm and 183.0 cm. 
     
     
         24 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein at least one of the plurality of said smoking material retention bore locations may be kept blank and non-bored, adapted to provide a means of safe containment of said plurality of smoking materials within said smoking device while said smoking device is being transported, stored, or when not in use. 
     
     
         25 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of said smoking material retention bores may be adapted to provide a means of equal volume measurement of said smoking material placed therein. 
     
     
         26 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of said smoking material retention bores may be adapted to form a plurality of said tobacco bowls by means of placing the at least one said wire mesh filter element adjacent to said top surface and/or said bottom surface of said smoking material retention cartridge thereby encapsulating at least one end of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores. 
     
     
         27 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein at least one of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores is kept blank, or non-bored thereby adapted to safely contain the smoking material within the smoking pipe while transporting and/or when not in use. 
     
     
         28 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the relationship of the at least one said bowl selector dial and the at least one smoking material retention cartridge may be adapted to immediately extinguish open flame or burning embers when the at least one said flame inlet of the at least one said bowl selector dial is rotated to the at least one said blank or non-bored position. 
     
     
         29 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said opening of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge may be adapted to removably accept the protruding end of the at least one said anti-rotation pin partially embedded therein the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         30 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein a plurality of said dimple recesses may be formed in said top surface of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and said bottom surface of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge, configured in a generally annular orientation and spaced equidistantly apart being further adapted to removably receive a partial surface of at least one said ball bearing embedded therein the at least one said bottom surface of the at least one said bowl selector dial. 
     
     
         31 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said dimple recess may be adapted to prevent unsolicited rotation of said bowl selector dial in relation to said smoking material retention cartridge. 
     
     
         32 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said dimple recess may be adapted to align and center the at least one said flame inlet in direct longitudinal axis over one of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores. 
     
     
         33 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein features of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge may be identically configured on both said top surface and said bottom surface of said smoking material retention cartridge adapted for placement within said bottom housing in either direction. 
     
     
         34 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may have a diametric measurement ranging between 5.0 cm and 183.0 cm. 
     
     
         35 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may include a central aperture forming a toroidal footprint. 
     
     
         36 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may be formed to a circumference that may simultaneously cover all of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores placed therein the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge without exceeding the outer circumference of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge. 
     
     
         37 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said central aperture of the wire mesh filter element may have a diametric measurement ranging between 0.33 cm and 60.0 cm. 
     
     
         38 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said wire mesh filter element may be adapted to retain smoking material and filter smoke from an amount of at least seven (7) or more said smoking bowls simultaneously. 
     
     
         39 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may be composed of a material selected from a group consisting of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and glass. 
     
     
         40 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may be adapted to simultaneously cover at least seven (7) said smoking material retention bores when placed adjacent the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge thereby forming a plurality of tobacco bowls thereof. 
     
     
         41 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element may be adapted to simultaneously retain a plurality of said smoking materials and filter smoke produced from said smoking materials when ignited therein without requirement of a turret placed directly adjacent thereto said wire mesh filter element. 
     
     
         42 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said wire mesh filter element and the plurality of said outer grooves formed therein said top inner surface of the at least one said bottom housing may be replaced by an irregular surface formed therein said top inner surface of the at least one said bottom housing adapted to filter smoke from burning smoking materials. 
     
     
         43 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said bottom housing may have a thickness ranging between 0.1 cm and 5.0 cm and a diametric measurement ranging between 5.0 cm and 183.0 cm. 
     
     
         44 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said top inner surface of the at least one said bottom housing may incorporate a plurality of said outer grooves and a plurality of said inner grooves formed therein perpendicular to the circumference and spaced equidistantly apart in a generally annular orientation. 
     
     
         45 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said top inner surface of the at least one said bottom housing may incorporate at least one said annular groove formed therein, interconnecting with the at least one said inner groove and the at least one said outer groove thereby forming at least one smoke passage thereof. 
     
     
         46 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bottom housing may be adapted to leave a thin air gap between the at least one said bottom housing and the at least one said wire mesh filter element when the at least one said wire mesh filter element and the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge is placed therein the at least one said bottom housing along a longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         47 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein said recessed landing of the at least one said bottom housing may have a recession that is equal to the same approximate thickness and diametric measurement as that of the at least one said wire mesh filter element. 
     
     
         48 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said anti-rotation pin, when partially embedded in the at least one bottom housing, is positioned in alignment along a longitudinal axis with the at least one said anti-rotation pin receptacle opening formed therein the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge when the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge is placed therein the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         49 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said neodymium magnet may be partially embedded therein the at least one said central aperture of the at least one said bowl selector dial and therein the at least one said bottom housing adapted to provide at least one bearing surface and a means of attachment. 
     
     
         50 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said neodymium magnet partially embedded therein the at least one said central aperture of the at least one said bowl selector dial and the at least one said central aperture of the at least one said bottom housing may be configured to magnetically connect at a centered position within said central aperture of the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge when the at least one said bowl selector dial, the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and the at least one said bottom housing are stacked and secured together along a longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         51 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein the at least one said bottom housing may be optionally formed to allow encroachment of said smoking material retention cartridge to a position flush with said outer peripheral edge of the at least one said bottom housing and said outer peripheral edge of the at least one said bowl selector dial thereby eliminating the nesting wall of the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         52 . The smoking device as recited in  claim 1  wherein at least one landing may be provided on said top peripheral surface of the at least one said bottom housing formed to provide at least one bearing surface between the at least one said bowl selector dial and the at least one said bottom housing. 
     
     
         53 . An extendable bowl selector dial adapted to further the distance of said flame inlet from the smokers mouth comprising:
 at least one modified bowl selector dial having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, at least one flame inlet opening, a central aperture, a draw hole and at least one annular groove having at least one opening thereof, being placed adjacent to the at least one said smoking material retention cartridge and to the at least one said bottom housing;   at least one pivotal cover having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, an offset opening and a draw hole having at least one opening thereof, being placed on the top surface of the at least one said modified bowl selector dial;   whereby the at least one said modified bowl selector dial and the at least one said pivotal cover are stacked and secured together by at least one fastener to provide a user an easy way to distance ones mouth from the at least one said flame inlet.   
     
     
         54 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein the at least one said extendable bowl selector dial may interchangeably replace the at least one said bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 1 . 
     
     
         55 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein at least one said draw hole may be provided on said peripheral edge of the at least one said pivotal cover placed diametrically opposite the at least one said flame inlet opening when the at least one said pivotal cover is rotated to the fully open and smokeable position. 
     
     
         56 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein at least one said annular groove may be provided therein said bottom surface of the at least one said modified bowl selector dial having at least one draw hole intersecting thereof. 
     
     
         57 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein the at least one said draw hole, provided on said peripheral edge of the at least one said pivotal cover, may intersect with the at least one said opening placed therein said bottom surface of the at least one pivotal cover. 
     
     
         58 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein at least one said flame inlet opening may be placed diametrically opposite the at least one said draw hole in an orientation perpendicular or angular to the face of said top surface of the at least one said modified bowl selector dial and may be open at each end. 
     
     
         59 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein said modified bowl selector dial may include a neodymium magnet embedded partially therein said central aperture adapted to provide a means of at least one bearing surface and means of attachment. 
     
     
         60 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein the at least one said modified bowl selector dial and the at least one pivotal cover may be made of material selected from a group consisting of ferrous or non-ferrous metals, compressed paper, wood, stone, soapstone, plastic or glass. 
     
     
         61 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein smoke may be drawn from one of the plurality of said smoking material retention bores and pass freely through the at least one said draw hole regardless of the rotated position of the said modified bowl selector dial when centered over at least one said smoking material retention bore along a longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         62 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein said modified bowl selector dial and said pivotal cover may incorporate an offset pivot point whereby said extendable bowl selector dial and said pivotal cover may be attached by means of said pivot point using fasteners selected from a group consisting of screws, bolts, nuts, rivets or other common fastening devices. 
     
     
         63 . The extendable bowl selector dial as recited in  claim 53  wherein the at least one said opening therein the at least one said modified bowl selector dial may come into alignment along a longitudinal axis therewith the at least one said opening placed therein the at least one said pivotal cover when the at least one said pivotal cover is rotated to the extended smoking position.