ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,680, issued on Jan. 28.
"Water pipe with integrated lighter receptacle" was invented by Howard Franklin (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water pipe is provided with an integrated lighter receptacle to reliably retain a handheld lighter in a convenient location. The water pipe includes a basin with a chamber pipe extending upwardly from the basin and a bowl configured to hold a smoking material. The lighter receptacle is proximate to the basin and retains the handheld lighter in position proximate the bowl so that smoking material in the bowl can be ignited when necessary during a smoking use. The interior of the li...