Vaporizable substance storage device

Abstract

A device for storing oil or another vaporizable substance can include a porous body adapted to absorb a volume of liquid and to retain the volume of liquid for vaporization. A porous body can include a matrix of pores adapted to take up and retain oil by capillary action. A method of vaporizing oil can include storing the oil in a porous body and heating the body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device for storing a vaporizable substance, the device comprising:
 a porous body having a top, a bottom and an exterior surface;   wherein the body is configured to absorb a volume of liquid through openings in at least a portion of the exterior surface and to retain the volume of liquid within internal pores until at least a portion of the volume of liquid is vaporized; and   wherein the body is configured to retain its shape and pore volume independently of contact with water.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to absorb cannabis oil by capillary action. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the device is configured to retain a volume of cannabis oil within the internal pores interior of the exterior surface of the body. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the device is configured to retain a maximum weight of 0.05 gram of cannabis oil. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the openings are at least substantially uniformly disposed about the entire exterior surface of the body, wherein the internal pores are at least substantially uniformly disposed throughout the entire body, and wherein the internal pores are of an at least substantially uniform pore size. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the pore size is a maximum pore size of 15 microns and wherein the device has a particle retention of 0.5 micron. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the body is a solid and wherein at least one of the body's shape and pore volume is fixed. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the body is configured to at least partially resist melting and/or burning at an ambient temperature of at least 450° F. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the body is configured to retain the volume of liquid by capillary action. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the exterior surface of the body comprises a radially exterior surface having a plurality of quadrilateral sides. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more thru holes in the body. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface is concave or convex. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a volume of oil stored within at least a portion of the internal pores. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the exterior surface is the total exterior surface of the body and bounds a total body volume, and wherein the total body volume is less than or equal to 0.1 in 3 . 
     
     
         15 . A device for storing a vaporizable substance, the device comprising:
 a porous body having a top, a bottom and one or more sides, wherein the porous body comprises a first plurality of pores that comprise openings in an exterior surface of the body and a second plurality of pores disposed wholly within the body, and wherein each of the second plurality of pores is disposed in fluid communication with at least one of the first plurality of pores;   wherein the porous body is configured to take in a volume of oil through the openings by capillary action and to retain the volume of oil within one or more of the second plurality of pores until at least a portion of the volume of oil is vaporized;   wherein the porous body is configured to retain its shape and pore volume independently of contact with water; and   wherein the porous body is configured to at least partially resist egress of oil through the openings absent vaporization of the oil.   
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the porous body is configured to take in and retain liquid cannabis oil. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 16 , wherein the porous body is configured to be heated to a temperature equal to or greater than a vaporization temperature of the cannabis oil. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein at least one of the one or more sides of the porous body is quadrilateral. 
     
     
         19 . A method of storing a vaporizable substance, comprising:
 disposing a device as claimed in  claim 1  in contact with a first volume of oil;   removing the device from contact with a remainder of the first volume of oil after a second volume of oil is disposed within the device, the second volume of oil being a portion of the first volume of oil; and   storing the device.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising at least one of heating at least one of the device and the oil, removing oil from the exterior surface of the device, and a combination thereof.