Integrated lighter with smoking vessel for smokeable substances

Abstract

Disclosed are devices and systems with an integrated lighter and smoking vessel, and methods of manufacture and/or use thereof. In some aspects, an integrated smoking device includes a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An integrated smoking device, comprising:
 a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter;   a smoking vessel comprising a pipe having an interior chamber between a first aperture and a second aperture; and   a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide the smoking vessel.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second compartment is configured within an interior of the body of the lighter. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the body of the lighter includes an opening leading into an interior of the second compartment. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the device includes a first form factor when the smoking vessel is not stored in the second compartment that is not greater than a second form factor when the smoking vessel is stored in the second compartment. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the first form factor and the second form factor are the same. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a snap mechanism. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the snap mechanism includes one or more snap sets, where a snap set includes a first snap arm coupled to the body and positioned apart by a distance from a second snap arm coupled to the body. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the snap mechanism includes a click lock configuration. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a rotatable joint mechanism. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a first portion coupled to the body within an interior of the second compartment and a second portion that is rotatably coupled to the first portion to allow the second portion to move with respect to the first portion. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a two-dimensional (2D) range of motion. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein the 2D range of motion includes 30° or less, 45° or less, 60° or less, 90° or less, or 180° or less, or 270° or less. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the rotatable joint mechanism is operable to move within a three-dimensional (3D) range of motion. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the 3D range of motion, in at least one plane of multiple planes, includes 30° or less. 45° or less, 60° or less, 90° or less, or 180° or less, or 270° or less. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the rotatable joint mechanism includes a protrusion that spans from the second portion and that is shaped and sized to receive at least one aperture of the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein the protrusion is structured to fit within the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein the protrusion is structured to encompass a portion of the smoking vessel to surround the at least one aperture to receive the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a screw mechanism. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 20 , wherein the screw mechanism includes one or more grooves or threads disposed on an interior receding wall of second compartment in the body, such that corresponding grooves or threads of the smoking vessel are operable to engage the grooves or threads on the interior receding wall in the body to secure the smoking vessel to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment. 
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a rail component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a slide component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a slide-rail mechanism, comprising a slide component coupled to an interior wall of the second compartment in the body and a rail component configured on a side of the smoking vessel, such that the rail component inserts within the slide component to facilitate reversible attachment of the smoking vessel with the second compartment. 
     
     
         24 . The device of any of  claim 22 or 23 , wherein the slide component includes a U-shape, a T-shape, or a W-shape. 
     
     
         25 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a lower securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the body of the lighter to partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position. 
     
     
         26 . The device of  claim 25 , wherein the securement mechanism includes a top securement wall coupled and/or positioned proximate to a top wall of the body of the lighter to, in combination with the lower securement wall, partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment when in the stored position. 
     
     
         27 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter and under at least a portion of the igniter. 
     
     
         28 . The device of  claim 27 , wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is aligned with at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter. 
     
     
         29 . The device of  claim 28 , wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment. 
     
     
         30 . The device of  claim 29 , wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism, a pin mechanism, a screw mechanism, or a spring. 
     
     
         31 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the second compartment is configured outside of the body of the lighter. 
     
     
         32 . The device of  claim 31 , wherein the smoking vessel, when contained in a stored position that is within the second compartment, is positioned along or at least partially within at least one outer wall of the body of the lighter. 
     
     
         33 . The device of  claim 32 , wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to reversibly attach the smoking vessel to the second compartment. 
     
     
         34 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the securement mechanism includes one or more of a snap mechanism, a clamp mechanism, a slide-rail mechanism, a magnet, a hook mechanism, a pin mechanism, a screw mechanism, or a spring. 
     
     
         35 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the smoking vessel includes a single inhalation pipe or multiple inhalation pipe. 
     
     
         36 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the smoking vessel is operable to contain the smoking substance in the interior chamber while the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment of the device. 
     
     
         37 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the lighter includes a flame lighter, wherein the igniter of the flame lighter is configured to create a flame, and the first compartment is configured to store a fuel to be provided to the igniter to ignite the fuel and create the flame for the ignition event of the smokeable substance. 
     
     
         38 . The device of  claim 37 , wherein the flame lighter includes a pipe lighter, a disposable pocket lighter, a refillable pocket lighter, a blue flame pocket lighter, a catalytic pocket lighter, or a permanent match pocket lighter. 
     
     
         39 . The device of  claim 37 , wherein the fuel of the flame lighter includes at least one of butane, naphtha, methanol, or liquefied petroleum gas. 
     
     
         40 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the lighter includes an electric lighter, wherein the igniter of the electric lighter is configured to create an electric arc, and the first compartment is configured to store a battery to provide electrical charge to the igniter for the ignition event of the smokeable substance. 
     
     
         41 . The device of  claim 40 , wherein the electrical lighter includes at least one of an electric arc lighter or an electric coil lighter. 
     
     
         42 . The device of  claim 41 , wherein the igniter of the electric arc lighter includes at least two separated nodes electrically connected to the battery to create an electric arc in a space between the at least two separated nodes. 
     
     
         43 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a third compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide an auxiliary vessel device associated with use of the smoking vessel.   
     
     
         44 . The device of  claim 43 , wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes a tab feature configured to facilitate removal of the auxiliary vessel device from the third compartment. 
     
     
         45 . The device of  claim 44 , wherein the tab feature is obstructed by the smoking vessel when the smoking vessel is stored within the second compartment. 
     
     
         46 . The device of  claim 44 , wherein the tab feature is accessible on a bottom side of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment;
 and/or wherein the tab feature is accessible on a side wall of the body of the lighter when the auxiliary vessel device is contained in the third compartment.   
     
     
         47 . The device of  claim 43 , wherein the auxiliary vessel device includes at least one of a vessel packer, a vessel tamper, or a vessel cleaner. 
     
     
         48 . The device of  claim 43 , further comprising the auxiliary vessel device, wherein the auxiliary vessel device has an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the interior chamber of the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         49 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a door coupled to a portion of the body and operable to move between an open position and a closed position to at least partially enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment.   
     
     
         50 . The device of  claim 49 , wherein the door is configured to move between the open position and the closed position by pivoting, by sliding, by reversibly releasing from the body, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         51 . The device of  claim 49 , wherein the door includes a divet and/or a tab to allow for engagement of the door to move between the open position and the closed position. 
     
     
         52 . The device of  claim 49 , wherein the door includes a tether that connects the door to the body in a manner that allows the door to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         53 . The device of  claim 49 , wherein the door includes a tab hinge to enable the door to move about an axis to seal and expose the opening into the second compartment to deploy or store the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         54 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second compartment comprises a securement mechanism that is coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to move between an open position and a closed position to enclose the smoking vessel in the second compartment, and wherein the securement mechanism includes a door. 
     
     
         55 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a magnetic securement mechanism comprising a magnet component, the magnetic securement mechanism disposed in the body of the lighter toward or at a top portion of the second compartment.   
     
     
         56 . The device of  claim 55 , wherein the magnet component is disposed in a channel of the body leading to a top region of the second compartment, and wherein the channel comprises a ridge at the end of the channel next to the top region of the second compartment, where the ridge protrudes into the channel to prevent the magnet from entering the second compartment. 
     
     
         57 . The device of  claim 55 , wherein the magnetic securement mechanism further comprises an insert component comprising a non-magnetic material to which the magnet component is attached to or at least partially contained in. 
     
     
         58 . The device of  claim 55 , wherein the magnetic securement mechanism includes a cap configured to at least partially surround the magnetic component on multiple sides but expose at least one side positioned to face an interior of the second compartment, wherein the cap is operable to shield a magnetic field emanating into or out of the magnetic securement mechanism in a manner that drives a magnetic force in a uniform direction. 
     
     
         59 . The device of  claim 58 , wherein the cap is attached at or proximate to a top surface of the second compartment, such that a distal end of the smoking vessel sits flush against a magnet surface of the magnet component when contained within the second compartment. 
     
     
         60 . The device of  claim 55 , wherein the smoking vessel includes a corresponding magnetic feature configured to interface with the magnet component of the magnetic securement mechanism. 
     
     
         61 . The device of  claim 60 , wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material layer on or in a body of the smoking vessel, or wherein the corresponding magnetic feature of the smoking vessel includes a magnetic material constituent of the body of the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         62 . The device of  claim 55 , wherein the magnetic material component includes a magnetic strip disposed on a side wall of the second compartment proximate the top portion of the second compartment. 
     
     
         63 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a spring tum lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising:
 a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; 
 a gap disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and 
 a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, 
   wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the second length is greater than the first length such that the protrusion on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel aligns and fits within the gap on the interior side wall of the second compartment to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.   
     
     
         64 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a spring tum lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the spring lock assembly comprising:
 a spring disposed, at least partially, in the second compartment along an interior top wall of the second compartment; 
 a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a first length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; and 
 a protrusion disposed on an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a second length. 
   wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal or the first length is greater than the second length such that the protrusion on the interior side wall of the second compartment aligns and fits within the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment.   
     
     
         65 . The device of any of  claim 63 or 64 , wherein the spring turn lock assembly further includes a plate coupled to a lower portion of the spring to interface with the distal end of the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         66 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising:
 a disposed gap along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and 
 a protrusion disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment. 
   
     
     
         67 . The device of  claim 66 , wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the interior side wall of the second compartment prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous around a circumference of the smoking vessel or the protrusion is discontinuous around the circumference or discontinuous around a part of the circumference of the smoking vessel. 
     
     
         68 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising:
 a protrusion disposed along an interior side wall of the second compartment that is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and 
 a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel, wherein the first length and the second length are substantially equal such that the protrusion aligns and fits within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment. 
   
     
     
         69 . The device of  claim 68 , wherein the protrusion comprises an elastic material to provide flexion when the smoking vessel is inserted into the second compartment to allow the protrusion to be squeezed by the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel prior to alignment with the gap; and/or wherein the protrusion is continuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment or the protrusion is discontinuous on the interior side wall or interior side walls or discontinuous on a part of the interior side wall or interior side walls of the second compartment. 
     
     
         70 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a snap click lock assembly configured on the smoking vessel and in and/or proximate to the second compartment, the snap click lock assembly comprising:
 a spring having a curved portion that is disposed along or projected from an interior side wall of the second compartment, which is positioned from an interior top wall of the second compartment at a first length; and 
 a gap disposed on an exterior side wall of the smoking vessel that is positioned at a second length from a distal end of the smoking vessel; 
   wherein a distal end of the smoking vessel is insertable and removable through the curved portion of the spring in the second compartment such that the gap on the exterior side wall of the smoking vessel can be aligned with the spring so that the spring will fit within the gap to secure the smoking vessel in the second compartment when the smoking vessel is to be stored in the second compartment.   
     
     
         71 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second compartment includes at least one wall, and the at least one wall of the second compartment is operable to secure the smoking vessel within the second compartment. 
     
     
         72 . The device of  claim 71 , wherein the at least one wall includes a cylindrical shape and includes an access opening into the second compartment through which the smoking vessel is insertable and removable; and wherein the cylindrical shape of the at least one wall has a curvature that substantially matches a curvature of a shaft region of the smoking vessel, wherein a circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than one half of a circumference of the shaft region. 
     
     
         73 . The device of  claim 72 , wherein the circumference around the curvature of the at least one wall is greater than the one half of the circumference of the shaft region by no greater than 10%. 
     
     
         74 . The device of  claim 72 , wherein the at least one wall includes a flexible material that allows the smoking vessel to be pushed into and be pulled out of the second compartment past the at least one wall and is securable by the at least one wall when stored in the second compartment. 
     
     
         75 . An integrated smoking device, comprising:
 a lighter comprising a body, an igniter coupled to the body and operable to create an ignition event of a smokeable substance, and a first compartment coupled to and encompassed within the body to store an energy source to be provided to the igniter; and   a second compartment coupled to the body of the lighter and configured to store and provide a smoking vessel.   
     
     
         76 . The device of  claim 75 , wherein the device includes any of the features of  claims 2-74 .