Tool and a method for making a smoker's pipe from a firm fruit or vegetable

Abstract

A tool for forming a smoker's pipe from a firm fruit or vegetable such as an apple or a potato has cooperating elements with which a user readily creates a bowl for retaining ignited smoking material, without the need for a screen, and a passage communicating with the bowl to allow drawing of cooled, flavored smoke through the selected fruit or vegetable.

1 . A tool for making a smoker's pipe from a selected one of a firm fruit or vegetable, comprising: 
 an elongate blade element having a thin cross-section, a front end shaped for non-tearing penetration into the fruit or vegetable, and at least one elongate edge to enable non-tearing cutting out of a portion of the selected fruit or vegetable following said penetration; and    an elongate cylindrical pin element for forming a small bore passage in the selected fruit or vegetable.    
   
   
       2 . The tool according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the blade element has a generally arcuate cross-section.    
   
   
       3 . The tool according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a connection element for movably connecting the blade element to the pin element.    
   
   
       4 . The tool according to  claim 3 , wherein: 
 the blade element has a generally arcuate cross-section.    
   
   
       5 . The tool according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a scooping element for scooping out a bowl-shaped portion out of the selected fruit or vegetable.    
   
   
       6 . The tool according to  claim 5 , further comprising: 
 a connection element for movably connecting the blade element, the pin element and the scooping element to each other.    
   
   
       7 . The tool according to  claim 3 , wherein: 
 the connection element comprises a cover element for at least partially covering the blade element and the pin element when the tool is not in use.    
   
   
       8 . The tool according to  claim 7 , wherein: 
 the blade element has a generally arcuate cross-section.    
   
   
       9 . The tool according to  claim 5 , wherein: 
 the connection element comprises a cover element for at least partially covering the blade element, the pin element and the scooping element when the tool is not in use.    
   
   
       10 . A method of forming a smoker's pipe from a selected one of a firm fruit or vegetable, comprising the steps of: 
 scooping out of the selected fruit or vegetable, at a first location thereon, a small bowl shaped to retain a material to be ignited therein for smoking;    forming into the fruit or vegetable, at a second location thereon, an elongate blind bore to convey smoke from said material upon ignition thereof to an open external end of the bore; and    forming an elongate small-diameter passage from a bottom of the bowl, through the selected fruit or vegetable and into the bore, to convey smoke from the bowl to the bore.    
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 10 , comprising the further step of: 
 applying a moisture-absorbent element to the bowl to dry the same.    
   
   
       12 . The method according to  claim 11 , comprising the further step of: 
 depositing into the bowl the material to be smoked.    
   
   
       13 . The method according to  claim 12 , comprising the further step of: 
 igniting the material to be smoked; and    extracting the resulting smoke through the selected fruit or vegetable.