Two part, separable downstem for smoking apparatuses

Abstract

A two-piece bowl for smoking apparatuses and a smoking system that incorporates a smoking apparatus and the two-piece bowl. The two-piece bowl includes a first bowl piece having a first bowl portion, a first stem part extending from the first bowl portion and a first channel disposed in the first stem part. The two-piece bowl also including a second bowl piece releasably securable to the first bowl piece to create the two-piece bowl. The second bowl piece having a second bowl portion to cooperate with the first bowl portion to create a bowl of the two-piece bowl that holds a smokable material, a second stem part extending from the second bowl portion that cooperates with the first stem part to create a stem portion of the two-piece bowl that can engage with the smoking apparatus, and a second channel disposed in the second stem part that cooperates with the first channel to create an airflow hole in the stem portion of the two-piece bowl to permit smoke to flow from the bowl of the two-piece bowl to the smoking apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A two-piece downstem for a smoking apparatus, the two-piece downstem comprising:
 a first downstem piece having a first downstem portion, a first channel disposed in the first downstem piece; and   a second downstem piece releasably securable to the first downstem piece to create the two-piece downstem, a second channel disposed in the second downstem part that cooperates with the first channel to create an airflow hole in the two-piece downstem to permit smoke to flow from a bowl of a smoking apparatus to a chamber of the smoking apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  wherein the first downstem piece has at least one protrusion extending from a face of the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least one protrusion extending from the face of the first downstem piece wherein the at least one protrusion matingly engages with the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         3 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  wherein a face of the first downstem piece has at least one depression disposed therein and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least depression disposed in the face of the first downstem piece wherein a rod element is disposed in the at least one depression in the face of the first downstem piece and the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         4 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  wherein the first downstem piece has at least one protrusion extending from a face of the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least one protrusion extending from the face of the first downstem piece wherein the at least one protrusion matingly engages with the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         5 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 2  wherein a portion of the at least one protrusion extending from the first downstem piece can be wider than a mouth of the corresponding at least one depression disposed in the second downstem piece to create a snap fit. 
     
     
         6 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 2  wherein the at least one protrusion extending from the first downstem piece is designed to securely and frictionally engage the corresponding at least one depression disposed in the second downstem piece to create a secure frictional engagement between the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         7 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  further comprising:
 at least one first depression disposed in a first face of the first downstem piece; 
 at least one second depression disposed in a second face of the second downstem piece generally in alignment with the at least one first depression; 
 a first magnet disposed in the at least one first depression; and 
 a second magnet disposed in the at least one second depression that is magnetically attracted to the first magnet, which releasably secures the first downstem piece to the second downstem piece. 
 
     
     
         8 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 7  wherein the at least one first magnet extends out of the at least one first depression disposed in the first downstem piece and the at least one second magnet has a height that is less than the depth of the at least one second depression to create a recessed area in the at least one second depression and above the at least one second magnet. 
     
     
         9 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  wherein the first downstem piece includes a first face and the second downstem piece includes a second face, the first and second faces mirror each other when the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece are secured together to create the two-piece downstem, the first face or the second face can include a gasket thereon to prevent smoke from escaping between the first and second downstem piece. 
     
     
         10 . The two-piece downstem of  claim 1  wherein the first downstem piece or the second downstem piece can include lateral openings disposed in one end thereof to diffuse the smoke passing through the two-piece downstem. 
     
     
         11 . A smoking system, the system comprising:
 a smoking apparatus for smoking a smokable material; and   a two-piece downstem for smoking apparatuses, the two-piece downstem comprising:
 a first downstem piece having a first downstem portion, a first channel disposed in the first downstem piece; and 
 a second downstem piece releasably securable to the first downstem piece to create the two-piece downstem, a second channel disposed in the second downstem part that cooperates with the first channel to create an airflow hole in the two-piece downstem to permit smoke to flow from a bowl of a smoking apparatus to a chamber of the smoking apparatus. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the first downstem piece has at least one protrusion extending from a face of the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least one protrusion extending from the face of the first downstem piece wherein the at least one protrusion matingly engages with the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11  wherein a face of the first downstem piece has at least one depression disposed therein and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least depression disposed in the face of the first downstem piece wherein a rod element is disposed in the at least one depression in the face of the first downstem piece and the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the first downstem piece has at least one protrusion extending from a face of the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece can have at least one depression disposed in a face of the second downstem piece that is generally in alignment with the at least one protrusion extending from the face of the first downstem piece wherein the at least one protrusion matingly engages with the at least one depression in the face of the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12  wherein a portion of the at least one protrusion extending from the first downstem piece can be wider than a mouth of the corresponding at least one depression disposed in the second downstem piece to create a snap fit. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the at least one protrusion extending from the first downstem piece is designed to securely and frictionally engage the corresponding at least one depression disposed in the second downstem piece to create a secure frictional engagement between the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11  further comprising:
 at least one first depression disposed in a first face of the first downstem piece; 
 at least one second depression disposed in a second face of the second downstem piece generally in alignment with the at least one first depression; 
 a first magnet disposed in the at least one first depression; and 
 a second magnet disposed in the at least one second depression that is magnetically attracted to the first magnet, which releasably secures the first downstem piece to the second downstem piece. 
 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein the at least one first magnet extends out of the at least one first depression disposed in the first downstem piece and the at least one second magnet has a height that is less than the depth of the at least one second depression to create a recessed area in the at least one second depression and above the at least one second magnet. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the first downstem piece includes a first face and the second downstem piece includes a second face, the first and second faces mirror each other when the first downstem piece and the second downstem piece are secured together to create the two-piece downstem, the first face or the second face can include a gasket thereon to prevent smoke from escaping between the first and second downstem piece. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11  further comprising:
 a two-piece bowl, the two-piece bowl comprising:
 a first bowl piece having a first bowl portion, a first stem part extending from the first bowl portion and a first channel disposed in the first stem part; and 
 a second bowl piece releasably securable to the first bowl piece to create the two-piece bowl, the second bowl piece having a second bowl portion to cooperate with the first bowl portion to create a bowl of the two-piece bowl that holds a smokable material, a second stem part extending from the second bowl portion that cooperates with the first stem part to create a stem portion of the two-piece bowl that can engage with the smoking apparatus, and a second channel disposed in the second stem part that cooperates with the first channel to create an airflow hole in the stem portion of the two-piece bowl to permit smoke to flow from the bowl of the two-piece bowl to the smoking apparatus.