Vaporizer for smoking

Abstract

Various implementations include a vaporizer device. The device includes a weighted body and a vaporizing element. The weighted body has a first body end and a second body end opposite end spaced apart from the first body end. The second body end includes a curved surface. The vaporizing element is disposed within the weighted body. The device is couplable to a cartridge defining a reservoir such that a substance within the reservoir is vaporizable by the vaporizing element. The device is monostatically shaped and weighted such that a stable equilibrium position of the device is located on the second body end.

1 . A vaporizer device, the device comprising:
 a weighted body having a first body end and a second body end opposite and spaced apart from the first body end, wherein the second body end includes a curved surface; and   a vaporizing element disposed within the weighted body, wherein the device is couplable to a cartridge defining a reservoir such that a substance within the reservoir is vaporizable by the vaporizing element,   wherein the device is monostatically shaped and weighted such that a stable equilibrium position of the device is located on the second body end.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the cartridge has a first cartridge end and a second cartridge end opposite and spaced apart from the first cartridge end, wherein when the cartridge is coupled to the device, the second cartridge end is closer than the first cartridge end to the second body end and the first cartridge end is closer to the first body end than it is to the second body end, the cartridge further including a mouthpiece coupled to the first cartridge end, wherein the mouthpiece includes a central opening through which vaporized substance from the reservoir can pass. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the cartridge is removably couplable to the device by a 510 thread or a pod-style connector. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the curved surface of the second body end has a center point, wherein the stable equilibrium position of the device is the center point. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the weighted body comprises a resilient material biased toward an expanded position and urgable toward a compressed position. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the weighted body is convex shaped in the expanded position. 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the device further includes a pressure switch disposed within an inner cavity defined by the weighted body, wherein urging the weighted body toward the compressed position activates the pressure switch, wherein the activation of the pressure switch activates the vaporizing element to cause the substance within the reservoir to be vaporized. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the pressure switch includes a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure switch is activated when a predetermined or selectable pressure is applied to the pressure switch. 
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising the cartridge, wherein the device further includes a lung resistance device to selectively vary resistance of gas passing through the central opening of the mouthpiece. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the lung resistance device selectively restricts a minimum cross-sectional area of the flow path of the vaporized substance from the reservoir through the mouthpiece. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the flow of gas through the cartridge causes the activation of the vaporizing element. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein the vaporizing element is activated after a predetermined or selectable amount of gas flow through the cartridge is detected. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein the vaporizing element is activated after a predetermined or selectable number of inhales, exhales, or both of gas through the cartridge is detected. 
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device includes a thermally conductive material extending from an outer surface of the device to the reservoir when the device is coupled to the cartridge such that heat from the outer surface of the device is transferable to the substance disposed within the reservoir. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 22 , wherein the thermally conductive material comprises metal. 
     
     
         24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a processor and a system memory, the processor being in operative communication with the vaporizing element, wherein the processor executes computer-readable instructions stored on the system memory, the instructions causing the processor to:
 receive an input, and   cause an amperage of an electrical current being sent to the vaporizing element to be altered based on the input.   
     
     
         26 . The device of  claim 25 , wherein the input is provided to the device by an external device. 
     
     
         27 . The device of  claim 25 , wherein the input is provided by a sensor. 
     
     
         28 . The device of  claim 25 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
 after receiving the input, compare the input to a vaporizing signal profile stored on the system memory to determine a vaporizing element, and   wherein the amperage of the electrical current being sent to the vaporizing element is caused to be altered to be altered based on the vaporizing signal.   
     
     
         29 . (canceled) 
     
     
         30 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing element comprises a heating element. 
     
     
         31 .- 148 . (canceled)