Hookah hose attachment apparatus

Abstract

A hookah hose attachment apparatus having a centralized body attachment member with an annular sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface, and defining a single opening spatially coupled to a receiving channel and having a plurality of arms each extending radially and outwardly away from the outer surface of the annular sidewall in different directions and having a second free end opposing the first end and defining a single arm opening spatially coupled to an arm receiving channel with an orientation substantially parallel to an orientation of the receiving channel defined by the annular sidewall and with two flange members operably configured to receive and retain a hookah hose in a safe, efficient, and desired orientation.

1 . A hookah hose attachment apparatus comprising:
 a centralized body attachment member with an annular sidewall having an upper end, a lower end opposing the upper end of the annular sidewall, a body length separating the upper and lower ends of the annular sidewall, an inner surface, an outer surface, and defining a single opening spatially coupled to a receiving channel, the single opening and the receiving channel spanning the body length; and   a plurality of arms, each having a first end directly coupled to the outer surface of the annular sidewall, having a second free end opposing the first end and defining a single arm opening defining an opening width and spatially coupled to an arm receiving channel with an orientation substantially parallel to an orientation of the receiving channel defined by the annular sidewall, and having two flange members each with a rounded outer surface and disposed within the arm receiving channel to define a first channel portion with a first arm receiving channel width separating the two flange members less than the opening width and a second arm receiving channel width of a second channel portion, wherein the first channel portion interposes the single arm opening and the second channel portion and the plurality of arms:
 each extend radially and outwardly away from the outer surface of the annular sidewall in different directions and in an upright orientation; 
 forming, with the centralized body, a single unitary piece of material with the upright orientation of each of the plurality of arms configured to retain a flexible hose of a hookah smoking device in a parallel orientation with respect to a longitudinal orientation of the hookah smoking device; and 
 having the single opening interposed the first end of at least two of the plurality of plurality of arms. 
   
     
     
         2 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the plurality of arms are each disposed in a 90°, within +/−15-20°, configuration with respect to the outer surface of the annular sidewall.   
     
     
         3 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the plurality of arms are disposed at equidistant arc lengths with respect to one another.   
     
     
         4 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 at least three arms, each having a first end directly coupled to the outer surface of the annular sidewall and disposed in at equidistant arc lengths with respect to one another.   
     
     
         5 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of arms further comprises:
 a U-shaped mouth including the arm opening and the arm receiving channel.   
     
     
         6 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the annular sidewall further comprises:
 two side terminal ends, wherein the annular sidewall continually spans and terminates at the two side terminal ends.   
     
     
         7 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the receiving channel is of an annular shape and the inner surface of the annular sidewall defining the single opening is of an arcuate shape.   
     
     
         8 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein:
 the single opening defines a first attachment member width separating the opposing portions of the inner surface of the annular sidewall flange members less than a diameter defined by the receiving channel, wherein the single opening interposes the two side terminal ends and the receiving channel.   
     
     
         9 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein:
 the annular sidewall is of a flexible polymeric material.   
     
     
         10 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the annular sidewall further comprises:
 a deformably resilient material disposed thereon, spanning the body length, and substantially surrounding the inner surface of the annular sidewall.   
     
     
         11 . The hookah hose attachment apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein:
 the deformably resilient material has a friction-inducing property.   
     
     
         12 . In combination with a hookah smoking device having a main body having a bowl coupled thereto, at least one flexible hose coupled to the main body, and a base, wherein the improvement comprises:
 a centralized body attachment member with an annular sidewall having an upper end, a lower end opposing the upper end of the annular sidewall, a body length separating the upper and lower ends of the annular sidewall, an inner surface, an outer surface, and defining an opening spatially coupled to a receiving channel with the main body of the hookah smoking device disposed therein and compressively retained by the annular sidewall; and   a plurality of arms, each having a first end directly coupled to the outer surface of the annular sidewall, having a second free end opposing the first end and defining an arm opening defining an opening width and with the at least one flexible hose of the hookah smoking device disposed therein and spatially coupled to an arm receiving channel, and having two flange members each disposed within the arm receiving channel to define a first channel portion with a first arm receiving channel width separating the two flange members less than the opening width and a second arm receiving channel width of a second channel portion, wherein the first channel portion interposes the single arm opening and the second channel portion and the plurality of arms:
 each extend radially and outwardly away from the outer surface of the annular sidewall in different directions and in an upright orientation; 
 forming, with the centralized body, a single unitary piece of material; 
 having the opening defined by the centralized body interposed the first end of two of the plurality of plurality of arms; and 
 each retain the at least one flexible hose of the hookah smoking device by the upright orientation of the arm formed as a single unitary piece of material in a parallel orientation with respect to a longitudinal orientation of the hookah smoking device. 
   
     
     
         13 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of arms further comprises:
 a U-shaped mouth including the arm opening and the arm receiving channel.   
     
     
         14 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the opening spatially coupled to a receiving channel defined by annular sidewall is a single opening, the opening and the receiving channel spanning the body length.   
     
     
         15 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the arm opening of each of the plurality of arms is a single arm opening.   
     
     
         16 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the arm opening spatially coupled to the arm receiving channel has an orientation parallel, within +/−15-20°, to an orientation of the receiving channel defined by the annular sidewall.   
     
     
         17 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the two flange members on each of the plurality of arms have a rounded outer surface.   
     
     
         18 . The improvement according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the plurality of arms are each disposed in a 90°, within +/−15-20°, configuration with respect to the outer surface of the annular sidewall and disposed at substantially equidistant arc lengths with respect to one another.   
     
     
         19 . The improvement according to  claim 18 , further comprising:
 at least three arms, each having a first end directly coupled to the outer surface of the annular sidewall.