Smoking device holder configured to be housed in an ice block

Abstract

A device for holding a water pipe, such as a hookah or other smoking device with a liquid filter, which allows a block of ice to be used as a housing for the smoking device. The ice block has a cavity bored into it, and the device is an insert for the ice block. The device has a bracket or flange attached to a receptacle (or reservoir), and the bracket or flange suspends the ice block insert over the cavity of the ice block while the receptacle extends into the cavity of the ice block. When a water pipe is place on the device, the bracket provides a smooth, flat surface that can form a seal with the smoking device and the stem of the water pipe extends into the receptacle

1 . A smoking device holder comprising:
 an ice block assembly,   a drainage box, and   an ice block stand;   the ice block assembly further comprising an ice block insert, the ice block insert further comprising a bracket configured to receive a smoking device having a stem and a receptacle extending downward from the bracket for holding water and receiving the stem,   the drainage box further comprising a floor;   the ice block stand further comprising a platform having at least one drainage hole extending through the platform and legs to support the platform above the drainage box floor;   wherein a cavity on the ice block is configured to receive the ice block insert's receptacle, with the smoking device's stem extending down into the receptacle;   wherein during operation of the smoking device, the receptacle is in the cavity of the ice block and the receptacle separates the water in the receptacle from the ice block; and   wherein the ice block assembly sits on the ice block stand inside the drainage box on the drainage box floor so that the drainage box catches water as the water melts from the ice block assembly.   
     
     
         2 . The smoking device holder of  claim 1 , the top surface of the ice block insert further comprising cutouts configured to allow for air to travel between a first set of valved smoking holes and a second set of smoking holes of the smoking device and wherein the ice block insert is configured so that the cutouts pair with the first set of smoking holes and the second set of smoking holes. 
     
     
         3 . The smoking device holder of  claim 1 , the top surface of the bracket further comprising cutouts that are open to the top surface of the bracket and the receptacle, wherein the cutouts are configured to receive a seal on the smoking device, the seal having a perimeter and the smoking device having valve smoking holes inside the perimeter, further wherein the cutouts allow the valved smoking holes and the receptacle to be in fluid communication when the smoking device is sealed to the ice block insert. 
     
     
         4 . The smoking device holder of  claim 1 , where the ice box stand comprises a plurality of drainage holes. 
     
     
         5 . The smoking device holder of  claim 1 , wherein the ice box stand comprises a single drainage hole, wherein the single drainage hole is configured to house a light-emitting-diode (LED) projector, and wherein the ice box stand further comprises a plurality of cutouts adjacent to the drainage hole, wherein during operation of the smoking device, the cutouts are configured to drain water from the ice block. 
     
     
         6 . The smoking device holder of  claim 5 , the ice box stand further comprising a shelf disposed beneath the drainage hole. 
     
     
         7 . A smoking device holder comprising:
 a bracket configured to receive a smoking device having a stem and   a receptacle attached to the bracket, the receptacle extending downward from the bracket, wherein the receptacle is configured to hold water and being adapted to receive the stem of a smoking device,   wherein the ice block insert's receptacle is configured to fit an ice block having a cavity and a top surface, and the ice block insert's bracket is configured to rest on the top surface of the ice block while allowing the ice block insert's receptacle to extend into the ice block's cavity,   wherein, during operation of the smoking device, the smoking device's stem extends down into the receptacle of ice block insert;   wherein during operation of the smoking device, the receptacle is in the ice block, water is in the receptacle, the receptacle separates the water in the receptacle from the ice block, and the bracket separates the smoking device from the ice block.   
     
     
         8 . The smoking device holder of  claim 7 , the ice block insert's bracket further comprising an interface for the smoking device that is flat and smooth, wherein the interface is configured to receive a seal on a smoking device and form a seal between the smoking device and the receptacle. 
     
     
         9 . The smoking device holder of  claim 8 , further comprising an ice block stand, the ice block stand further comprising:
 a platform having at least one drainage hole extending through the platform, and   legs supporting the platform.   
     
     
         10 . The smoking device holder of  claim 9 , further comprising a drainage box, the drainage box further comprising a floor; wherein, when the ice block stand is in the drainage box, the ice block stand's legs support the platform above the drainage box floor, and wherein the ice block stand sits inside the drainage box on the drainage box floor to catch water from the ice block during operation of the smoking device. 
     
     
         11 . The smoking device holder of  claim 7 , further wherein the ice block further comprises a top and a cavity extending downward from the top, the cavity being adapted to receive the receptacle of the ice block insert and the top of the ice block being adapted to support the ice block insert's bracket. 
     
     
         12 . The smoking device holder of  claim 7 , wherein the ice block's cavity is configured to receive the ice block insert's receptacle, the ice block insert's bracket is configured to rest on the top of the ice block, and the ice block insert's bracket is configured to receive the smoking device, so that when the smoking device is sitting on the bracket of the ice block insert, the smoking device's stem extends down into the receptacle of the ice block insert. 
     
     
         13 . The smoking device holder of  claim 10 , the top surface of the ice block insert further comprising cutouts configured to allow for air to travel between a first set of smoking holes and a second set of smoking holes of a smoking device when a smoking device is inserted in the ice block insert. 
     
     
         14 . The smoking device holder of  claim 13 , further wherein the ice block insert is configured so that the cutouts pair with the first set of smoking holes and the second set of valved smoking holes when the smoking device sits on the top surface of the bracket. 
     
     
         15 . The smoking device holder of  claim 14 , the seal further comprising a perimeter, further wherein the first set of smoking holes and the second set of smoking holes are inside the perimeter of the seal. 
     
     
         16 . The smoking device holder of  claim 12 , further wherein the cutouts are cavities that open into and are in fluid communication with the receptacle and the top surface of the bracket. 
     
     
         17 . The smoking device holder of  claim 7 , further wherein the cavity of the ice block has an area footprint that is the same or larger than the footprint of ice block insert's receptacle. 
     
     
         18 . The smoking device holder of  claim 7 , the bracket further comprising a top surface and cutouts that are open to the top surface of the bracket and to the receptacle, wherein the cutouts are configured to receive a seal on a smoking device, the seal having a perimeter and the smoking device having valve smoking holes inside the perimeter, further wherein the cavities allow the valved smoking holes and the receptacle to be in fluid communication when the smoking device is sealed to the ice block insert. 
     
     
         19 . A smoking device holder comprising:
 an ice block assembly,   a drainage box, and   an ice block stand;   the ice block assembly further comprising an ice block insert, the ice block insert further comprising a bracket configured to receive a smoking device having a stem and a receptacle extending downward from the bracket for holding water and receiving the stem,   the drainage box further comprising a floor;   the ice block stand further comprising a platform having a single drainage hole extending through the platform and legs to support the platform above the drainage box floor;   the ice box stand further comprising a shelf disposed beneath the drainage hole and orthogonally to the legs, and where, during operation of the smoking device, the receptacle is configured to nest within the drainage hole, with a bottom surface of the receptacle sitting on the shelf;   wherein a cavity on the ice block is configured to receive the ice block insert's receptacle, with the smoking device's stem extending down into the receptacle;   wherein during operation of the smoking device, the receptacle is in the cavity of the ice block and the receptacle separates the water in the receptacle from the ice block; and   wherein the ice block assembly sits inside the drainage box on the drainage box floor so that the drainage box catches water as the water melts from the ice block assembly.   
     
     
         20 . The smoking device holder of  claim 19 , wherein the ice box stand further comprises a plurality of cutouts adjacent to the drainage hole, wherein during operation of the smoking device, the cutouts are configured to drain water from the ice block.