ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,641, issued on Sept. 2.

"Smoking device" was invented by Jiahao Wang (Jiande, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a smoking device, comprising a base, a cover, an electronic ignition kit, and a smoke delivery assembly. The base includes a combustion chamber for burning smoker fuels and a feed inlet in communication with the chamber. The detachable cover is connected to the base and is configured to seal the feed inlet. The electronic ignition kit is configured to ignite the smoker fuels, while the smoke delivery assembly is configured to direct the smoke generated from combustion to smoke the food. ...