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Spill proof bong

US4241741A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 1979
Grant dateDec 30, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24F1/30
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A traditional bong is provided having an upright barrel divided by a partition into a lower, dry chamber into which the pipe stem enters, and an upper aqueous chamber which is made spill-proof by virtue of a stand pipe extending up from the lower chamber through the baffle, this stand pipe being covered by an elongated cap which bobbles up and down in the liquid-filled upper chamber as the device is used and seals against an opening and an overlying baffle when the bong is inverted to prevent spillage. An additional novel effect is produced by the bobbling of the diverter cap which covers the stand pipe, which tends to mix the inhaled smoke with the water as it bobbles.

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