ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,728, issued on Dec. 30.
"Modular smoking pipe" was invented by Richard R. Belziti (Howard Beach, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a modular smoking pipe comprising a body section, at least one mouthpiece, at least one input coupled to said body section, at least one fan, at least one opening coupled to the body section; and at least one bowl for receiving smoking material. The bowl is coupled to the body section and the fan is coupled to the input. The opening is configured to receive a flame, wherein the fan is configured to push air through said at least one opening to drive a flame into said bowl to ignite the smoking ...