Tamping and Storage Device and Method of Using Same

Abstract

A device for filling and packing smokable material into a smokable receptacle including a housing having two sections joined together to allow them to slide against one another. The upper tamping section has a tamper and is configured to attached to a storage chamber such that the material inside the storage chamber falls into the tamping section of the housing and then into the filling section of the housing. The upper section can then be moved up and down with relation to the filling section thereby causing a tamper positioned in the tamping section to push or pack smokable material into a wrapper situated in a cavity in the filling section of the housing. The housings can be separated and then joined again in a different orientation to allow the tamper to push the filled wrapper out of the filling section of the housing.

1 . An assistive device for loading smokable material into a wrapper comprising:
 an upper housing with a tamper;   a lower housing with a cavity;   wherein the upper housing has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the lower housing such that the lower housing can fit into the upper housing; and   wherein the tamper is positioned to insert into the cavity when the lower housing is inserted into the upper housing.   
     
     
         2 . The assistive device of  claim 1  further comprising an aperture located in an outer surface of the lower housing that communicates with the cavity. 
     
     
         3 . The assistive device of  claim 2  further comprising:
 a first opening and a second opening located at opposing ends of the upper housing and a first set of threads located on the upper housing proximate to the first opening. 
 
     
     
         4 . The assistive device of  claim 3  further comprising a chamber comprising a housing having a first opening and a second set of threads proximate to said first opening that are complementary to the first set of threads on the upper housing. 
     
     
         5 . The assistive device of  claim 3  comprising:
 a chamber comprising:
 a housing; 
 a first chamber opening and a second chamber opening at opposing ends of the housing; 
 a second set of threads located proximate to the first chamber opening and a third set of threads located proximate to the second chamber opening; and 
 a lid with a fourth set of threads that are complementary to at least one of the second set of threads or the third set of threads; wherein the second set of threads or the third set of threads are complementary to the first set of threads on the upper housing. 
 
 
     
     
         6 . The assistive device of  claim 1  wherein an outer surface of the lower housing is tapered such that a bottom of the housing has a larger diameter than a top of the lower housing. 
     
     
         7 . The assistive device of  claim 1  further comprising:
 at least one groove located on a surface of the lower housing and extending at least partially from a top of the lower housing to a bottom of the lower housing; and 
 at least one tab located on a surface of the upper housing that is sized and positioned to engage with the at least one groove on the lower housing. 
 
     
     
         8 . The assistive device of  claim 7  wherein the at least one groove has a at least one L-shaped portion. 
     
     
         9 . The assistive device of  claim 1  wherein the tamper is a telescoping tamper that can be extended or retracted. 
     
     
         10 . An assistive device for loading smokable material into a receptacle comprising:
 a cylindrical lower housing with a cylindrical cavity that extends from an open end of the lower housing to an opposing, closed end of the lower housing;   an aperture traversing the closed end of the lower housing and communicating with the cavity; and   a cylindrical upper housing with a tamper that is positioned to extend at least partially along a longitudinal axis of the upper housing and to insert, at least partially, into the cavity in the lower housing.   
     
     
         11 . The assistive device of  claim 10  further comprising:
 at least one groove located on an outer surface of the lower housing and extending at least partially from a top of the lower housing to a bottom of the lower housing; 
 wherein the groove has at least one L-shaped portion; and 
 at least one tab located on an inner surface of the upper housing that is sized and positioned to engage with the at least one groove on the lower housing. 
 
     
     
         12 . The assistive device of  claim 11  further comprising:
 at least one opening at a first end of the upper housing that communicates with a channel expending from the opening at the first end of the upper housing to an opening at a second end of the upper housing. 
 
     
     
         13 . The assistive device of  claim 12  further comprising:
 a first set of threads located adjacent to the at least one opening at the first end of the upper housing; 
 a chamber comprising:
 a housing having at least one open end and a second set of threads located adjacent to the at least one open end; said threads being complementary to the first set of threads on the upper housing. 
 
 
     
     
         14 . The assistive device of  claim 12  further comprising:
 a first set of threads located adjacent to the at least one opening at the first end of the upper housing; 
 a chamber comprising:
 a housing having openings at a first end and a second end of the housing; 
 a second set of threads located adjacent to the opening at the first end of the housing said threads being complementary to the first set of threads on the upper housing; 
 a third set of threads located adjacent to the opening at the second end of the housing said threads being complementary to the first set of threads on the upper housing; and 
 a lid having a fourth set of threads that are complementary to the second and third set of threads. 
 
 
     
     
         15 . The assistive device of  claim 14  wherein the lid is shaped such that it can be screwed into the housing of the chamber to a point where the lid is no longer flush with either the first end or the second end of the housing. 
     
     
         16 . The assistive device of  claim 13  wherein the tamper is a telescoping tamper. 
     
     
         17 . The assistive device of  claim 15  wherein the tamper is a telescoping tamper. 
     
     
         18 . An assistive device for loading smokable material into a cavity comprising:
 an upper housing and a lower housing; wherein a diameter of the lower housing is smaller than a diameter of the upper hosing allowing the lower housing to be at least partially inserted into the upper housing;   a tamper featured by the upper housing and configured to be inserted into a cavity featured by the lower housing;   a groove on an outer surface of the lower housing and a tab attached to the upper housing and that fits into and can slide along the length of the groove;   a plurality of openings in a top of the upper housing that communicate with a channel that runs the length of the upper housing and terminates in an opening at a bottom of the upper housing; wherein the lower housing fits into the opening at the bottom of the upper housing.   
     
     
         19 . The assistive device of  claim 18  further comprising an aperture located in a bottom surface of the lower housing wherein said aperture leads to the cavity and is large enough for the tamper to be inserted therein. 
     
     
         20 . The assistive device of  claim 19  wherein the tamper is a telescoping tamper.