ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,757, issued on April 1.
"Brass smoking pipe" was invented by Brian Stall (Merrimack, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tobacco pipe comprising a tobacco burning chamber, a stem having a bore communicating with the interior of the chamber, wherein the chamber comprises a brass musical instrument mouthpiece, and the stem comprises the lead tube of a brass musical instrument."
The patent was filed on Sept. 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/902,844.
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