US 12,245,642 B2
Apparatus, system and method for filling bat pipes
Austin Davis, Narragansett, RI (US); and Jeffrey LeBlanc, East Greenwich, RI (US)
Assigned to Pre-Pack, Inc., Narragansett, RI (US)
Filed by Pre-Pack, Inc., Narragansett, RI (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/142,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,369, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212359 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 9/02 (2006.01); A24F 1/26 (2006.01); A24F 1/28 (2006.01); A24F 5/10 (2006.01); A24F 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 9/02 (2013.01) [A24F 1/26 (2013.01); A24F 1/28 (2013.01); A24F 5/10 (2013.01); A24F 9/16 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for filling a plurality of bat pipes with top open ends, comprising:
an array of bat pipes with open top ends;
a filling tray having a top surface and a bottom surface and including of a plurality of holes; the plurality of holes respectively aligning with the top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes; the filling tray including an upstanding side wall;
a press plate having a plurality of pegs downwardly depending therefrom; the plurality of pegs aligning and interfacing with the plurality of holes in the filling tray and top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes; the pegs being configured and arranged to respectively extend through the plurality of holes in the filling tray and into the top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes; the press plate being dimensioned to nest within the upstanding side wall of the filling tray;
whereby the filling tray is positionable over the top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes for receipt of smokable plant matter thereon for distribution of the smokable plant matter into the top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes; the upstanding side wall of the filling tray assisting in retaining the smokable plant matter on the filling tray;
whereby the press plate is positionable over the filling tray and configured and arranged to be pressed downwardly to urge smokable plant matter into the top open ends of the plurality of bat pipes.