US 12,453,368 B2
Hookahs, heating units, and related methods
Rodney Masri, Statesboro, GA (US)
Assigned to Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc., Garden Grove, CA (US)
Filed by Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc., Garden Grove, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,276.
Application 17/537,276 is a division of application No. 16/185,608, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,206,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/584,046, filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079218 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 1/30 (2006.01); F24H 3/08 (2022.01)
CPC A24F 1/30 (2013.01) [F24H 3/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising:
a two part housing comprising a base and a lid;
said base comprising a bottom wall and a base sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and an upper edge between the exterior surface and the interior surface, and wherein the base sidewall has a thickness measured between the exterior surface and the interior surface;
said lid comprising a top wall and a lid sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
said base sidewall and said lid sidewall having a seam therebetween;
a combustion chamber defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the base sidewall, and the lid sidewall;
two or more spaced apart fresh air vents formed through the exterior surface and the interior surface of the base sidewall below the upper edge with each of the two or more spaced apart fresh air vents being located at a radial position relative to a central part of the bottom wall; and
two or more spaced apart thermal conduits formed through the thickness of the base sidewall with each thermal conduit having an opening at the upper edge of the base sidewall and an opening at an exterior of the bottom wall.