Sanitary smoking apparatus and method of smoking

Abstract

The present invention in one aspect discloses a sanitary smoking apparatus and a method for smoking using the sanitary smoking apparatus. The sanitary smoking apparatus comprises a hollow cylindrical tube having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end has at least one slit opening. The sanitary smoking apparatus further comprises a top portion and a bottom portion of the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube comprises at least one or more loops. In an embodiment, the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube is configured to be stretched apart using the one or more loops. In an embodiment the distal end is configured to hold a smoking element, and wherein the proximal end is inserted in a mouth of a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sanitary smoking apparatus, the sanitary smoking apparatus comprising:
 a hollow cylindrical tube having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end has at least one slit opening; and   a top portion and a bottom portion of the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube comprises at least one or more loops, wherein the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube is configured to be stretched apart using the one or more loops, wherein the distal end is configured to hold a smoking element, and wherein the proximal end is inserted in a mouth of a user.   
     
     
         2 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow cylindrical tube and the one or more loops is made at least one of a food grade flexible material comprising at least one of: silicone, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), Fluorocarbon, Neoprene or Nitrile, metals, and other hard materials safe for skin, wherein the material of the hollow cylindrical tube is high heat resistant. 
     
     
         3 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible material insulates the user's fingers from heat dissipated by the smoking element, and wherein the sanitary smoking apparatus protects the user from germs and bodily fluids even if the same smoking element is smoked by another user. 
     
     
         4 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the smoking element comprises at least one of a cigarette, a cigar, a tobacco cigarette,  cannabis  cigarette, a blunt, a joint, a rollup, e-cigarettes, vape cartridges, or a narrow cylinder containing a psychoactive material. 
     
     
         5 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein when the user smokes the smoking element then the smoke passes via the hollow cylindrical tube from the distal end to the proximal end into the mouth of the user, thereby forming a channel for smoking. 
     
     
         6 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more loops are used as a gripping mechanism to hold the sanitary smoking apparatus, wherein the one or more loops are arranged diametrically, wherein the one or more loops fixedly join an outer surface of the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube. 
     
     
         7 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a hollow conical structure disposed within the hollow cylindrical tube. 
     
     
         8 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow conical structure having a wide base end and an opposing tapered nose cone end, each end forming an opening in fluid communication through a channel running concentrically through an inner conical smoking tip, the wide base end forming a pair of slits that allow the wide base end to be expanded for receiving the smoking element, each of the ends having a first diameter. 
     
     
         9 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one slit opening comprises two opposing slits that extend in either a longitudinal direction or a horizontal direction of the distal end. 
     
     
         10 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the top portion and the bottom portion of the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube are configured to be stretched apart using at least one of: hinges, torsion springs, magnets, or screws 
     
     
         11 . A method of smoking, the method comprising:
 inserting one or more fingers of a user in one or more loops of a sanitary smoking apparatus for gripping the sanitary smoking apparatus, the sanitary smoking apparatus comprising a hollow cylindrical tube having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end has a slit opening;   stretching the one or more loops to apply pressure in a direction perpendicular to a length of the hollow cylindrical tube using the inserted fingers such that the slit opening expands;   inserting a smoking element, at the distal end, inside the expanded slit opening of the hollow cylindrical tube;   releasing the pressure on the one or more loops such that the one or more loops retract and revert to an original state;   securing the smoking element inserted in the slit opening by pressing the one or more loops towards each other; and   inserting the proximal end of the hollow cylindrical tube in a mouth of a user to perform smoking of the smoking element.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein when the slit opening expands, a diameter of the distal end of the hollow cylindrical tube increases. 
     
     
         13 . The sanitary smoking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the hollow cylindrical tube and the one or more loops is made of a food grade flexible material comprising at least one of:
 silicone, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), Fluorocarbon, Neoprene or Nitrile, metals, and other hard materials safe for skin, wherein the material of the hollow cylindrical tube is high heat resistant.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the flexible material insulates the user's fingers from heat dissipated by the smoking element, and wherein the sanitary smoking apparatus protects the user from germs and bodily fluids even if the same smoking element is smoked by another user.