ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,960, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pre-Pack Inc. (Narragansett, R.I.).

"Dual-purpose glass container for storing and smoking ground plant matter" was invented by Austin G. Davis (Narragansett, R.I.) and Jeffrey LeBlanc (East Greenwich, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device includes a single piece of glass configured into smokable plant matter chamber, venturi structure and smoke chamber along with a sealing cap with at least one fin and a lower plug portion. The smoke chamber includes an orifice by which the user draws the smoke after combustion of the smokable plant matter in the smokable plant matter chamber that acts...