ES2823550T3 - Spill Resistant Hookah - Google Patents

Abstract

Spill resistant water pipe (10) for filtering burning herbaceous materials, comprising: a. a fluid container (12) configured to contain a filtering fluid, the fluid container presenting a bottom surface; b. a steaming bowl coupled to the fluid container (12); c. a neck with a nozzle coupled to the fluid container (12); and d. a base (14) coupled to the bottom of the fluid container, the base having a rounded bottom portion (18) and the base having a weight greater than a combined weight of the fluid container, the steaming bowl and the neck.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Spill Resistant Hookah

Background of the invention

Field of the invention

The present invention relates to smoking accessories, specifically water pipes.

Description of Related Art

Water pipes (also known as shisha, hookah, oriental pipe, hookah or hookah) are filtration devices generally used to smoke herbal substances, such as tobacco and cannabis. These allow the user to extract the smoke that passes through the water and up a tube into the user's mouth and lungs. The water pipes are, generally, watertight and airtight containers that include an inlet (bowl and mast), in which the herbaceous material is smoked, which is coupled to a water container, the mast extending below the level of the water, so that the air bubbles up through the water. There is a neck with a nozzle that is also attached to the water container, through which the user draws the filtered smoke that has bubbled through the water. The mechanics of the device are similar to a laboratory gas scrubber bottle. Some water pipes incorporate additional filter structures and mechanisms. A hookah works similar to a bong by filtering smoke from burning herbs by causing them to bubble up through the water, but is generally larger or more complicated, sometimes including wind shields, charcoal burner plates, valves, and / or hoses, and the like.

By bubbling up through the water, the smoke is filtered of tar, ash, and other substances. Therefore, the resulting water becomes dirty and will often present a noxious odor, especially if it is released out of the water pipe or spilled. People sometimes hit their bongs with their hands when reaching for something and knock them over, resulting in unpleasant mess and bad smells.

Some improvements have been made in the field. Some examples of references related to the present invention are described below in their own words:

US Patent No. 8,387,624, issued to Ducker et al., Discloses an apparatus including a hookah having a bottom surface, a hookah hose, and a hookah bowl; a hookah suspension assembly to contain and suspend the hookah from an elevated structure; a hookah support structure on which a bottom surface of the hookah can rest; various flexible support members, each hooking to the support structure; a guide ring; the support elements extending upward from the support structure to and engaging the guide ring, preventing the guide ring from sliding down the support elements below a predetermined point and forming a circumferential series of support elements, the support members extending further up from the guide ring and converging above the guide ring to engage a suspension member attached to a raised structure; so that the hookah suspension assembly and hookah are raised and suspended and the hookah can be accessed for use and so that the hookah bowl can be accessed between the support lines.

US Patent No. 7,404,405, issued to Mehio, discloses a hookah containment device that allows the user to smoke a prepared hookah while engaged in foot traffic. A portable hookah system includes a hookah and the hookah containment device adapted to mate with the hookah so as to vertically stabilize the hookah during turbulent transport. The hookah containment device includes a side wall adapted to form an interference fit with a hookah base, or includes within a receiving chamber means for releasably securing the hookah within the hookah containment device.

US Patent No. 6,935,345, issued to Carstens et al., Discloses a small bubble generator in a water stage that cleans and cools a smoke-filled air stream. A particle separation filter is a second embodiment of the invention for removing entrained water droplets from a clean, cooled, smoke-filled air stream exiting the water stage.

US Patent No. 4,241,741, issued to Cabados et al., Discloses a traditional bong that has a vertical cylinder divided by a partition into a dry lower chamber into which the pipe neck enters, and an upper aqueous chamber which It is made spill-proof by virtue of a support pipe that extends up from the lower chamber through the baffle, this support pipe is covered by an elongated cap that swings up and down into the filled upper chamber of liquid as the device is used and is sealed against an opening and overlapping baffle when the bong is inverted to prevent spillage. An additional novel effect is produced by the rocking of the diverter cap covering the support pipe, which tends to mix the inhaled smoke with the water while rocking.

US Patent Application Publication No. 20150181931, by Hoover et al. discloses a stabilizer for hookahs used to smoke substances, comprising a shell configured to retain a part of the hookah and a support that is wider than the floor base of the hookah. The stabilizer can provide a wider and more stable base for the hookah that can counteract and / or prevent the hookah from tipping, and / or it can provide shock absorbing properties to reduce the risk of a hookah it spills and breaks or spills.

The inventions known up to now suffer from various drawbacks including non-prevention of spillage of water from a water pipe, occupying too much space, being too expensive, difficult to manufacture, difficult to use, not being safe, the likelihood that tilt and spill if dropped, cumbersome, difficult to use, difficult to properly hand over to a friend without spilling, unable to maneuver with, requiring additional space for additional accessories, and not providing useful storage associated with themselves.

What is needed is a water pipe that solves one or more of the problems described herein and / or one or more problems that may come to the attention of one of ordinary skill in the art upon becoming familiar with this specification.

Summary of the invention

The present invention has been developed in response to the current state of the art and, in particular, in response to problems and needs in the art that have not yet been fully solved by currently available smoking accessories. Accordingly, the present invention has been developed to provide a blunt hookah and / or hookah base.

A spill resistant water pipe may be available to filter burning grass materials. These may include one or more than one fluid container configured to contain a filtering fluid, the fluid container presenting a bottom surface; a steaming bowl attached to the fluid container; a neck with a nozzle attached to the fluid container; and / or a base coupled to the bottom of the fluid container, the base having a rounded bottom portion, and the base having a weight greater than a combined weight of the fluid container, the steaming bowl, and the neck.

It may be that the weight of the base is greater than a combined weight of a weight of an amount of water necessary to adequately fill the fluid container, fluid container, steaming bowl, and neck. It may be that the base is permanently attached to the bottom of the fluid container. It may be that the base is removably attached to the bottom of the fluid container. It may be that the base includes a docking structure on an upper surface thereof and that the fluid container includes a matching docking structure on a lower surface thereof, each of the docking structure and the matching docking structure being configured to marry together selectively and removably.

There may also be an annular damping element that circumscribes the base and extends laterally outwards from it. It may be that the annular damping element includes an outer wall extending upwardly from a lateral edge of the annular damping element, thereby forming a wall-surrounded ledge formed by the outer wall and an upper surface of the annular damping element. . It may be that the annular damping element further includes a storage container arranged on an upper surface thereof.

There may also be a power module functionally coupled to a component module selected from the group of component modules consisting of: speakers, wireless signal transponders, aroma dispensers, clocks, light emitters, light sensors and sensors. position.

In another non-limiting embodiment, there is a hookah assembly which may include one or more of: a hookah body with a bowl and neck, the hookah body presenting water disposed therein; and / or a heavy rounded base that can be functionally attached to a lower part of the hookah body, wherein the heavy rounded base weighs more than the hookah body and the water and the heavy rounded base is rounded around a lower surface thereof.

It may be that the heavy rounded base further includes an annular damping element which circumscribes the heavy rounded base and extends laterally outward thereof. It may be that the annular damping element includes a cavity configured to accommodate materials therein. It may be that the heavy rounded base includes an energy storage device functionally coupled to a loudspeaker. It may be that the annular damping element extends laterally beyond any part of the water pipe body.

In yet another non-limiting embodiment, there is a water pipe base with a hemispherical bottom surface, comprising a mating mating structure that can be selectively coupled to a bottom portion of a water pipe, and an annular damper that circumscribes the coupling structure.

There may also be a component module selected from the group of component modules consisting of: speakers, wireless signal transponders, scent dispensers, watches, light emitters, light sensors, and position sensors. There may also be a power module operatively coupled to a wireless transponder and an audio module that reproduces audio through a speaker arranged within the water pipe base.

It may be that the annular damping element is configured to form a cavity in which the articles can be arranged. It may be that the cavity is formed by a wall disposed around and extending upwardly from a lateral end of the annular damping element.

Reference throughout this specification to features, advantages, or similar language does not imply that all features and advantages that can be realized with the present invention should or are in a single embodiment of the invention. Rather, language referring to features and advantages is understood to mean that a specific feature, advantage, or feature described in connection with one embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the discussion of features and benefits, and similar language, throughout this specification may, but not necessarily, refer to the same embodiment.

Furthermore, the described characteristics, advantages and features of the invention can be combined in any suitable way in one or more embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize that the invention can be practiced without one or more of the specific features or advantages of a particular embodiment. In other cases, additional features and advantages may be recognized in certain embodiments that may not be present in all embodiments of the invention.

These features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by practicing the invention as set forth below.

Brief description of the drawings

In order that the advantages of the invention are easily understood, a more particular description of the invention will be made briefly described with reference to specific embodiments that are illustrated in the attached drawing (s). It should be noted that the drawings of the invention are not to scale. The drawings are simple schematic representations, not intended to represent specific parameters of the invention. It is understood that this / these drawing (s) represent (s) only common embodiments of the invention and, therefore, should not be considered as limiting its scope, the invention will be described and explained in additional specificity and detail using the / of the attached drawing (s), in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a bottom plan view of a water pipe base, according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 3 illustrates an exploded side perspective view of a water pipe assembly, according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 4 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 5 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention; Y

Figure 6 is a modular view of a hookah assembly having a hookah base, according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed description of the invention

In order to facilitate understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawing (s), and specific language will be used to describe them. However, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any additional alteration and modification of the features of the invention illustrated herein, and any Further application of the principles of the invention as illustrated herein, which would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art and in possession of this disclosure, should be considered within the scope of the invention.

Reference throughout the specification to an "embodiment," an "example," or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, feature, or combinations thereof described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, occurrences of the phrases an "embodiment", an "example", and similar language throughout this specification may refer, but not necessarily, in their entirety to the same embodiment, to different embodiments. , or to one or more of the figures. Additionally, references to the expression "embodiment", "example" or the like, for two or more characteristics, elements, etc. It does not mean that the characteristics are necessarily related, are different, are the same, etc.

Each statement of an embodiment, or example, should be considered independent of any other statement of an embodiment despite any use of similar or identical language that characterizes each embodiment. Thus, when an embodiment is identified as "another embodiment", the identified embodiment is independent of any other embodiment characterized by the language "other embodiment". It is considered that the features, functions and the like described herein may be combined in whole or in part with each other, as indicated by the claims and / or the art, directly or indirectly, implicitly or explicitly.

Many of the functional units described herein have been referred to as modules in order to more particularly emphasize their independence of implementation. For example, a module can be implemented as a hardware circuit comprising custom VLSI circuits or gate arrays, commercially available semiconductors such as logic chips, transistors, or other individual components. A module can also be implemented in programmable hardware devices such as field programmable gate arrays, programmable array logic, programmable logic devices, or the like. The modules can also be implemented in software for execution by various types of processors. An identified programmable or executable code module may comprise, for example, one or more physical or logical blocks of computer instructions that may be organized, for example, as an object, procedure or function.

However, the executables of an identified module need not be physically located together, but rather disparate instructions stored in different locations can be understood which, when logically joined together, comprise the module and achieve the stated purpose for the module. In fact, a module and / or an executable code program can be a single instruction, or many instructions, and can even be distributed in several different code segments, between different programs, and across various memory devices. Similarly, operational data can be identified and illustrated herein within modules, and can be incorporated in any suitable way and organized within any type of suitable data structure. Operational data can be collected as a single data set, or it can be distributed in different locations, even across different storage devices, and can exist, at least partially, simply as electronic signals in a system or network.

The various system components and / or modules discussed herein may include one or more of the following: a host server, motherboard, network, chipset, or other computer system, including a processor for processing digital data; a memory device coupled to a processor for storing digital data; an input digitizer coupled to a processor for inputting digital data; an application program stored in a memory device and accessible by a processor to control the processing of digital data by the processor; a display device coupled to a processor and / or a memory device for displaying information derived from digital data processed by the processor; and a plurality of databases, including memory device (s) and / or logical hardware / software-based data storage structure (s).

Various databases / memory devices described herein may include records associated with one or more functions, purposes, intended beneficiaries, benefits and the like of one or more modules as described herein or as one of ordinary skill in the subject would recognize as appropriate and / or useful data in the operation of the present invention.

As those skilled in the art will appreciate, any computer discussed herein may include an operating system, such as, but not limited to: Android, iOS, BSD, IBM z / OS, Windows Phone, Windows CE, Palm OS, Windows Vista, NT, 95/98/2000, OS X, OS2; QNX, UNIX; GNU / Linux; Solaris; macOS; and etc., as well as various conventional support software and drivers normally associated with computers. Computers can be in a home, industrial or business environment with access to a network. In an exemplary embodiment, access is via the Internet by means of a commercially available web browser software package, including, but not limited to, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. .

The present invention may be described herein in terms of functional block components, functions, options, screenshots, user interactions, optional selections, various processing steps, features, user interfaces, and the like. Each of the modules described herein may be one or more modules in exemplary embodiments of the invention, although not expressly referred to herein as a module. It should be appreciated that said functional blocks and etc. they can be performed by any number of hardware and / or software components configured to perform the specified functions. For example, the present invention may employ various integrated circuit components, eg, memory elements, processing elements, logic elements, scripts, look-up tables, and the like, that can carry out a variety of functions under the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similarly, the software elements of the present invention can be implemented with any programming or scripting language such as, but not limited to, Eiffel, Haskell, C, C ++, Java, Python, COBOL, Ruby, assembler, Groovy, PERL , Ada, Visual Basic, SQL Storeed Procedures, AJAX, Bean Shell, and Extensible Markup Language (XML), with the various algorithms that are implemented with any combination of data structures, objects, processes, routines, or other programming elements. Furthermore, it should be noted that the present invention may employ any number of conventional techniques for data transmission, signaling, data processing, network control, and the like. Still further, the invention can detect or prevent security problems with a client-side programming language, such as JavaScript, VBScript, or the like.

Furthermore, many of the functional units and / or modules herein are described as "in communication" with other units, third-party devices / systems, and / or functional modules. Being "in communication" refers to any way and / or form in which functional units and / or modules, such as, but not limited to, computers, networks, mobile devices, program blocks, chips, scripts, controllers, instruction sets, databases and other types of hardware and / or software may be in communication with each other. Some non-limiting examples include the communication, sending, and / or receipt of data and metadata through: a wired network, a wireless network, shared access databases, circuits, telephone lines, Internet backbones, transponders, network cards, buses, satellite signals, electrical signals, electric and magnetic fields and / or pulses, and / or so on.

As used herein, the term "network" includes any electronic communication medium that incorporates both hardware and software components. Communication between the parties according to the present invention can be achieved through any suitable communication channel, such as, for example, a telephone network, an extranet, an intranet, the Internet, point of interaction device (point of sale device, personal digital assistant, cell phone, kiosk, etc.), online communications, offline communications, wireless communications, transponder communications, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), networked devices or linked and / or similar. Additionally, while the invention can be implemented with TCP / IP communication protocols, the invention can also be implemented using other protocols, including, but not limited to, IPX, Appletalk, IP-6, NetBIOS, OSI, or any number of existing or existing protocols. futures. If the network is in the nature of a public network, such as the Internet, it may be advantageous to assume that the network is insecure and open to eavesdropping. Specific information related to the protocols, standards, and application software used in connection with the Internet is generally known to those skilled in the art and, as such, need not be detailed here. See, for example, DILIP NAIK, INTERNET STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS (1998); JAVA 2 COMPLETE, various authors, (Sybex 1999); DEBORAH RAY AND ERIC RAY, MASTERING HTML 4.0 (1997); and LOSHIN, TCP / IP CLEARLY EXPLAINED (1997).

As used herein, "comprising", "including", "containing", "is", "are", "characterized by", and their grammatical equivalents are inclusive or indefinite terms that do not exclude elements. or additional procedural steps not mentioned. "Comprising" should be construed to include the more restrictive terms "consisting of" and "consisting essentially of".

Figure 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention. The hookah is spill resistant and is used to filter burning herbaceous material for smoke consumption purposes. There is a water pipe body 10 having a fluid container 12 and a steaming bowl extending up and to the left of the fluid container and a neck with a nozzle attached thereto and extending upward from the container. fluid. The fluid container 12 contains a filtering fluid (generally water) therein.

A hookah container 12 is shown attached to a base 14 at a bottom 15 of the hookah container 12. The base has an annular damping element 16 and a heavy rounded bottom 18. The illustrated heavy rounded bottom weighs more than the hookah body and also weighs more than the hookah body plus the weight of the water contained therein during normal use. The weight of the water can be calculated by multiplying the density of the water by the volume of water used during normal use. It can also be measured by filling the container appropriately and then pouring that same water into a container that will later be weighed. This calculation can be made based on the maximum amount of water that can be contain the container in order to ensure that the device remains stable, even if a larger quantity of water than usual is placed inside the container. In which the water container is generally spherical, as illustrated, the estimated water capacity can be determined using the equation for the volume of a sphere, which is 4/3 * Pi * (the radius cubed).

Consequently, when the hookah assembly is tilted, struck, or otherwise moved from a vertical position, the rounded bottom combined with the relatively heavy weight at the base of the hookah causes the hookah to snap back into a vertical position. vertical position on its own because that position is the most stable position. This effect is similar to how egg-shaped toys sold under the Hasbro Playskool (1971) brand Weebles exhibit a stable upright position, generating the phrase "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down." sway, but do not fall).

The illustrated disc-shaped damper 16 extends laterally beyond the lateral extension of any other part of the water pipe assembly. The term "laterally" as used herein means normal to the top-down radius defined by the orientation of the device as used in a gravitational field, such that the fluid remains in the fluid container and the device can be operated normally. In such an orientation, the base is at the bottom (bottom) and the parts opposite the bottom of the base are at the top (top) and the radius defined between those two points is the radius above down, to which "lateral" is the set of planes normal to it and extending outwards from it, so that to extend laterally is to extend within a set of such planes away from the radius from top to bottom. The damper 16 limits the range of tilt that the unit can experience, thereby limiting the range of "rocking" and also provides a surface on which other accessories can be arranged. The radius of the disk and the height of the rounded bottom can be selected to limit the angular displacement (that is, the amount that the assembly can swing) of the assembly according to the following formula: The calculated maximum selected displacement angle is equal to the arc tangent of (height of base divided by radius of disk). Accordingly, the size of the disc and base can be selected to stop the tilt at a particular angle of displacement, thereby limiting the roll to angles within that range.

In the illustrated water pipe assembly, the bottom of the water container is attached to the base. Such a coupling can be fixed and / or permanent, in the sense that it cannot be easily disengaged without destroying the coupling structure. As a non-limiting example, the container and the base can be joined by adhesives, epoxy, rivets, welding, or the like and combinations thereof, or they can even be a single molded piece. Such coupling is considered "permanent" in the art of fabrication despite the possibility that destructive force can be used to disengage structures. Alternatively, the coupling can be removable, meaning that it can be uncoupled without destroying the coupling structure. This term "removable" as used herein does not include coupling structures that can be removed, in the broadest sense, by destruction, but rather includes those structures that can be removed without destruction of the coupling structure. , such as, but not limited to: snap fittings, friction fittings, pliers, locking levers, threaded couplings (male and female), reusable sticky adhesives, suction cups, setae (for example, the hair-like structures of gecko feet) and the like and combinations thereof.

Advantageously, objects can also be stored on the illustrated disk, such as but not limited to lighters, matches, amounts of herbs, portable electronic devices and the like and combinations thereof.

In a non-limiting embodiment, there is a water pipe (eg bong, hookah) that is resistant to spillage due to the structure of its base. There may be a heavy rounded bottom at the bottom of the hookah to prevent it from falling off when struck. There may be storage bins / shelves / compartments within the base that allow for the storage of materials. Such a shelf can circumscribe the base and can act as a shock absorber that prevents the water pipe from tipping over completely. The base can be integral with a water pipe or it can be attached to existing water pipes. There may be a wireless speaker in the base.

Figure 2 illustrates a bottom plan view of a water pipe base, according to an embodiment of the invention. A base 14 is shown having an annular damping member 16, the annular shape (ie, ring shape) is best illustrated from this view, and a heavy rounded bottom 18 that is hemispherical. Hemispherical, as used herein, is not limited to presenting a shape that is exactly a section of a sphere, but instead is a convex shape that is a part of a shape that is similar to a sphere, such as but not limited to a section of an ellipsoid or egg shape, and the like and combinations thereof. The hemispherical shaped bottom (i.e. rounded bottom) provides a curved surface on which the water pipe can swing around a stable upright position. The annular damping member 16 extends laterally beyond the range of the rounded bottom portion 18 (convex section).

Figure 3 illustrates an exploded side perspective view of a water pipe assembly, according to an embodiment of the invention. Shown is a water pipe body 30 having a fluid container 32 that can be attached to a base 34 in a lower part 35 of the water pipe container 32 by inserting the lower water pipe body part 35 into a fixing receptacle 37 on an upper surface of the base 34. The base 34 features an annular damping element 26 (damping disk) and a heavy rounded bottom 38. The heavy rounded bottom weighs more than the water pipe body plus the weight of the water contained therein during normal use and such weight can be concentrated in a lower part of the heavy rounded bottom. Damper disc 26 limits the range of tilt that the unit can experience and also provides a surface on which other accessories can be arranged. The base can be selectively attached / detached from the water pipe body or can be fixedly attached, such as by a layer of adhesive attached to the bottom 35 of the container 32.

The hookah assembly may be provided separately, and a user can combine the hookah body with the base. This can be accomplished by gluing, screwing, bolting, riveting, clamping, press fitting, friction fit, or the like and / or combinations thereof. These can be removable, so that a user can attach the same base to several water pipes. The mating structure may be suitable for various sizes of water pipes, such as, but not limited to, the use of reusable adhesive between the base and the water pipe bodies.

Figure 4 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention. A water pipe body 40 is shown coupled to a base 44. The illustrated base 44 includes speakers and / or lights through which sound and / or light emanates. The illustrated base also includes a disk 46 into which a container 42 having a lid is fitted. Container 42 can be used to hold desired items, such as but not limited to amounts of herbs, tokens, lighters, matches, smoking related items, personal items (eg, rings, watches), and the like. Although the illustrated container is of a particular size and shape, it is understood that the sizes and shapes of the containers that could be attached to a top surface of the disk are diverse.

Figure 5 illustrates a side perspective view of a water pipe, according to an embodiment of the invention. A water pipe assembly is shown with an annular damping element 56 circumscribing the base and extending laterally out of the base and having a top surface 59 around which an upwardly extending outer wall 58 is disposed. from a lateral edge of the annular damping element around a perimeter of the annular damping element, thereby forming a walled ledge formed by the outer wall together with the upper surface of the annular damping element.

Advantageously, the entire disk can function as a storage structure, the upper surface and the wall forming an upward-facing concave structure in which the articles can be stored, the cavity-shaped structure housing the materials stored therein. Although the illustrated wall is orthogonal to the top surface of the disc, other concave cavity shapes are considered herein. As a non-limiting example, the upper surface of the disc may be concave and form an annular bowl, in which the upper surface smoothly transits towards an outer wall.

Figure 6 is a modular view of a hookah assembly having a hookah base, according to an embodiment of the invention. A water pipe body 60 is shown having a coupling structure A 62 that can be coupled to the illustrated coupling structure B 64 of the base. The base includes the B coupling structure 64 coupled to each of a shelf (disk, annular damping element) 63 and a heavy rounded bottom 66 that includes a power module 68 and associated component modules 69.

The illustrated water pipe 60 may include a fluid container configured to contain a filter fluid, the fluid container presenting a bottom surface. It can also include a steaming bowl attached to the fluid container. The steaming bowl may be in fluid communication with a mast that extends into the fluid container and terminates at a point within the fluid container below the fluid level when fluid is disposed therein, so that the Air from the bowl bubbles up through the fluid at the termination end of the mast during operation. It can also include a neck with a mouthpiece attached to the fluid container, so that a user can draw air from the neck into the mouth and lungs. The neck can include a valve (often simply a hole in the side that is controlled to act as a valve by the user's thumb, but can include an actual valve structure) that allows the user to extract air from the neck without causing air bubble up from the mast. This allows the user to remove the smoke from the neck without putting more smoke into the neck, thereby avoiding wasted smoke when removing the mouth from the neck.

The illustrated coupling structures A and B, 62 and 64, respectively, are coincident coupling structures (one can be called a coupling structure, while the other, which mates with it, can be called a coincident coupling structure), because they match between Yes. They can marry in a way selective and / or removable from each other and are generally arranged at the bottom of the container and the top surface of the base. Such a structure can be removable or permanent. Non-limiting examples of such structures include snap elements, clips, adhesives, fasteners, rivets, screws, bolts, clamps, friction fittings, threaded coupling elements (male and female), locking levers, sticky material layers, and the like and combinations thereof. In some embodiments, one mating structure is simply a surface that can receive the other mating structure, such as in the example of a layer of sticky material (eg, rubber) on an upper surface of the base to which the bottom of the container can stick with some applied force.

The illustrated shelf 63 provides a surface on which to place the items and conveniently stores the items while the device is in use and / or between uses. The surface may be concave or otherwise include a cavity or other storage structure / container. The shelf may be a damping or disk structure, which may be an annular damping element as described herein.

The illustrated heavy rounded bottom 66 includes sufficient weight to facilitate a stable upright position for the hookah when coupled thereto. Generally, this means that the heavy rounded bottom weighs more than the water pipe and generally also more than the water pipe plus an effective amount of water within it during use. The weight can also be unevenly distributed within the heavy rounded bottom, so that it is mainly in a lower region thereof, thereby improving the stability thereof. The weight can be of any suitable material that provides greater weight, including, but not limited to, minerals, ceramics, metals, plastic, wood, and the like, and combinations thereof. The shape of the material can be a solid insert, beads, nodules, sand-like material, fluid, and the like, and combinations thereof.

The illustrated power module 68 provides power to the component modules and can include one or more batteries, solar power generators, mechanical generators, power transducers, and the like and combinations thereof. There may be power cables that connect to an outlet and one or more transformers or other circuits to change the power characteristics or otherwise change / clean the power of the outlet, thereby providing power to them. The power module is in functional communication with the component modules as needed to enable them to perform their functions.

The illustrated component modules 69 provide power functionality to the base. This can include lights (flashing, strobes, lasers, etc.), sound (music, tones, signals, etc.), interactivity (Bluetooth pairing to portable computing devices such as, but not limited to, smartphones, and the like and combinations There may be one or more component modules, such as but not limited to loudspeakers (passive loudspeakers, electric loudspeakers, electrodynamics, flat panel displays, plasma arc, piezoelectric, etc.), audio modules (radios, multimedia players , alarms, buzzers, wireless speakers such as the Jawbone Minijambox at 99 Rhode Island Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California 94103), light-emitting / light-emitting modules (LEDs and light arrays, incandescent lights, laser emitters, etc.), wireless signal transponders (Bluetooth brand wireless communication protocols and devices, Wifi, infrared, microwave, mobile communications, for example, networks cell phone etc.), scent dispensers (e-cigarettes, metered / powered air fresheners and / or diffusers, etc.), clocks / timers, light sensors, and position sensors. Said devices can be coupled to each other. As a non-limiting example, the position sensors can trigger the activation of one or more emitters of light, sound or aroma if / when the water pipe changes position and / or orientation based on a predetermined programming (for example, if the hookah is tilted more than a certain preset angle, then the base lights up, makes a sound, and / or blows a scent).

It is understood that the above-described embodiments are only illustrative of the application of the principles of the present invention.

The described embodiment is to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not limiting. Therefore, the scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes that are within the meaning and range of equivalence of the claims must be accepted within their scope.

Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with particularity and detail in relation to what is currently considered the most practical and preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications can be made, which include, but are not limited to, variations in size, materials, conformation, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention as set out in the claims. Furthermore, it is envisaged that an embodiment may be limited to consisting of or consisting essentially of one or more of the features, functions, structures, methods described herein.

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1. Spill resistant water pipe (10) for filtering burning herbaceous materials, comprising: a. a fluid container (12) configured to contain a filtering fluid, the fluid container presenting a bottom surface; b. a steaming bowl coupled to the fluid container (12); c. a neck with a nozzle coupled to the fluid container (12); Y d. a base (14) coupled to the bottom of the fluid container, the base having a rounded bottom portion (18) and the base having a weight greater than a combined weight of the fluid container, the steaming bowl and the neck. A water pipe according to claim 1, wherein the weight of the base is greater than a combined weight of a weight of an amount of water necessary to properly fill the fluid container, the fluid container, the steaming bowl and the neck. A water pipe according to either of claims 1 or 2, wherein the base is permanently attached to the bottom of the fluid container. A water pipe according to either of claims 1 or 2, wherein the base is removably coupled to the bottom of the fluid container. A water pipe according to any of claims 1, 2 and 4, wherein the base includes a coupling structure on an upper surface thereof and the fluid container includes a matching coupling structure on a lower surface thereof. , each of the mating structure and the mating mating structure being configured to selectively and removably mate together. 6. Water pipe according to any of the preceding claims, also comprising an annular damping element circumscribing the base and extending laterally outwards from it. A water pipe according to claim 6, wherein the annular damping element includes an outer wall extending upwardly from a side edge of the annular damping element, thereby forming a walled ledge formed by the outer wall. and an upper surface of the annular damping element. A water pipe according to any one of claims 6 or 7, wherein the annular damping element also includes a storage container arranged on an upper surface thereof. A water pipe according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the base also includes a power module functionally coupled to a component module selected from the group of component modules consisting of: speakers, wireless signal transponders, aroma dispensers, watches, light emitters, light sensors, and position sensors. 10. Water pipe assembly, comprising: to. a water pipe body with a bowl and a neck, the water pipe body presenting, water disposed therein; Y b. a heavy rounded base that can be functionally attached to a lower part of the hookah body, wherein the heavy rounded base weighs more than the hookah and water body and the heavy rounded base is rounded around a lower surface Of the same. A water pipe assembly according to claim 10, wherein the heavy rounded base also includes an annular damping element that circumscribes the heavy rounded base and extends laterally outward thereof. A water pipe assembly according to claim 11, wherein the annular damping element includes a cavity configured to accommodate materials therein. A water pipe assembly according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the heavy rounded base includes an energy storage device operatively coupled to a loudspeaker. A water pipe assembly according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the annular damping element extends laterally beyond any part of the water pipe body. 15. Water pipe base with a hemispherical bottom surface, comprising a coupling structure that can be selectively coupled to a bottom of a water pipe, and an annular damper that circumscribes the coupling structure. 16. Hookah base according to claim 15, further comprising a component module selected from the group of component modules consisting of: speakers, wireless signal transponders, aroma dispensers, watches, light emitters, sensors light and position sensors. A water pipe base according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the annular damping element is configured to form a cavity in which the articles can be arranged. A water pipe base according to any of claims 15 to 17, also comprising a power module functionally coupled to a wireless transponder and an audio module that reproduces an audio through a loudspeaker arranged inside the pipe base. of water. A water pipe base according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the cavity is formed by a wall arranged around and extending upwardly from a lateral end of the annular damping element. 20. A water pipe base according to any one of claims 15 or 16, wherein the annular damping element is configured to form a cavity, by a wall arranged around a lateral end of the annular damping element and extending towards above it, in which the articles can be arranged, and which also comprises a power module functionally coupled to a wireless transponder and an audio module that reproduces an audio through a loudspeaker arranged inside the water pipe base .