Protective case that facilitates the joining of ground, smokable tobacco and herbs with preformed conical smoking wrappers by gravity and inertia through applied force and motion and the method of the same.

Abstract

This protective case facilitates the joining of ground, smokable tobacco and herbs with preformed conical smoking wrappers by gravity and inertia through applied force and motion. The case and method of joining by the case improves upon an otherwise time consuming, current method, by eliminating the filling and compacting practice of the current method. The case also improves messiness and transportation as added features.

1 . A case comprising a main body with a cavity or cavities in one end and a fitted lid or cover creating an enclosed chamber at the other end with a separate piece between said main body and fitted cover having a funnel or funnels, 
     
     
         2 . the case of  claim 1  may contain any number of cavities, corresponding funnels and corresponding enclosed chamber size 
     
     
         3 . the main body of  claim 1  comprising cavities which are conical or cylindrical bearing a size and shape so that said cavity or cavities facilitate the insertion of one or more cone-shaped wrappers, where said cone wrappers consist of a rolled, cylindrical or conical, elongated tubes consisting of thin wrapping material, each tube having two ends, one end being open and free from blockage and being designated herein as the fill end, while the other end, whether open or closed or blocked by any substance or combination of substances, is being designated herein as the filter end, and where said cone-shaped wrapper sizes correspond to industry standard and non-industry standard sizes of preformed and hand rolled cones and or papers 
     
     
         4 . the cavity sizes of  claim 1  facilitate the compacting of ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs within said cone-shaped wrappers while inserted into the cavity or cavities, where said cone-shaped wrappers, upon completing the joining process, are fully joined with said ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs, meeting any desired density upon removal from said cavities 
     
     
         5 . the cavities of  claim 1  prevent said cones from ripping, tearing or breaking while said ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs are being joined to the cones within said cavities or while said case is subject to outside forces while being used for transport and storage of said joined cones and ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs being 
     
     
         6 . the fitted lid or cover of  claim 1  being designed and capable of assembly with the main body, whereupon said assembly causes an enclosed chamber that corresponds in size to the amount of ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs at the opposite end of the case in which the cavity or cavities are made, yet without compaction of said ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs within the enclosed chamber before said process of joining said cone or cones to said ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs begins, and 
     
     
         7 . the cap, lid or cover of  claim 1  comprises a small ledge at the inner seam where the cap, lid or cover abuts with the main body or an assembly comprising the main body and funnel piece, where within the enclosed chamber, the spilling of ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs through the small gap between the pieces during the joining process is impeded, and 
     
     
         8 . the funnels of  claim 1  between the enclosed chamber end of said case and the cavity end of said case, consists of one or more, funneling passageways corresponding to the number of said cones that said case is being used to join with ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs, where 
     
     
         9 . the funnels of  claim 1  narrow toward the cone or cones and fit within the fill end of said cone or cones and prevent the closure of the fill end of said cone or cones 
     
     
         10 . the funnels of  claim 1  also provide directional flow of said ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs into said cone or cones in which the flow of ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs is, to some degree, impeded when the direction of force is reversed from the intended joining process, 
       whereby the method of joining ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs and preformed smoking cones to a desired amount and compaction is facilitated by the following method. 
     
     
         11 . A method of joining ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs with preformed, cone-shaped smoking wrappers to a desired amount and density, using the case of  claim 1  by applying force and motion 
     
     
         12 . the case in  claim 11 , comprising one or more parts, which when assembled and/or when all openings have been closed, causes an adequate sized enclosed chamber on one end for the inserting of ground smokable tobacco or herbs in amounts corresponding to the number and volume of said cones intended to be filled, and 
     
     
         13 . the case in  claim 11 , comprising cone shaped cavity or cavities on the opposite end of said case from said enclosed chamber, whereupon being fully assembled and/or closed, features a passageway, channel, funnel, or directional aperture allowing and/or promoting the transfer of ground smokable tobacco and/herbs from said enclosed chamber end of the case to the cavity end of the case when force is applied 
     
     
         14 . the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs of  claim 11  are inserted into said enclosed chamber end of said case, and the preformed cone-shaped smoking wrappers are inserted into the cavity end of the case, whereupon the case is then tapped one or more times on the side or end of the container where inertia from the tapping produces force through the long dimension of the cone or cones within the case, which force, being in the direction of passing from the fill end of said cone or cones to the filter end of said cone or cones and causing the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs to move from the initial enclosed chamber end of the case in which the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs was first inserted, toward the cone or cones and ultimately, through the fill end of the cone or cones through the interior and settling in the filter end of said cone or cones wherein the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs eventually compress 
     
     
         15 . the applied force and motion of  claim 11 , whereby whatever desired and varying degrees of force, and by way of inertia and/or gravity, the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs, fully pass from said enclosed chamber end, which the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs was first inserted, into the cone or cones, whereupon it is also compacted by continuing said tapping motion until the desired fill and density is reached, 
       whereby the ground smokable tobacco and/or herbs and smoking cones are joined to the desired amount and density.