Handheld vaporizer

1. A vaporization apparatus comprising:

a heating element; and

a housing encasing the heating element, the housing including a first end having an opening adapted to allow heated air provided by the heating element to exit out through the first end, the housing further including one or more air ducts on an outer surface of the housing, the one or more air ducts adapted to allow ambient air outside the housing to enter into the housing and flow past the heating element so as to be heated by the heating element, wherein the first end has a semi-ovoid shape that enables the first end to press against and substantially seal a substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl, and wherein the heated air enables vaporization of one or more herbal products contained in the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl.

2. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first end includes an elastic ring that surrounds the opening and is adapted to press against and substantially seal the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl.

3. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is positioned in between the one or more air ducts and the first end.

4. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a second end opposite the first end, the second end including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector adapted to recharge a battery within the housing that provides power to the heating element.

5. The vaporization apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second end includes a USB cover adapted to removeably couple to the second end of the housing and cover the USB connector.

6. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is positioned between two (2) and twenty (20) millimeters away from the first end within the housing.

7. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is adapted to achieve a temperature ranging from 250 to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

8. The vaporization apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heating element is adapted to achieve a temperature ranging from 330 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

9. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing is substantially cylindrical-shaped.

10. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a battery within the housing that supplies power to the heating element; and

a button coupled to the housing, the button adapted to activate the battery causing it to supply power to the heating element.

11. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fan positioned behind the heating element such that the fan is positioned between the heating element and at least one of the one or more air ducts, the fan adapted to draw the ambient air outside the housing through the one or more air ducts and blow the ambient air drawn across the heating element and out through the opening of the first end.

12. The vaporization apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature sensor coupled to the heating element and adapted to sense the temperature of the heating element;

a display coupled to the housing and adapted to show the temperature of the heating element sensed by the temperature sensor; and

an input interface coupled to the housing and adapted to control the temperature of the heating element.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a heating element adapted to heat air; and

a housing encasing the heating element, the housing including a first end having an opening and at least one air flow hole, the heating element positioned between the opening and the air flow hole, and wherein a low air pressure region at the first end relative to ambient air outside of the air flow hole causes the ambient air to be drawn into the housing through the air flow hole and flow past the heating element to provide heated air out through the opening at the first end, wherein the first end has a semi-ovoid shape that enables the first end to press against an inner surface of a substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl to substantially seal the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl, and wherein the heated air enables vaporization of one or more herbal products contained in the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first end includes an elastic ring that surrounds the opening and is adapted to press against the inner surface of the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl.

15. An apparatus comprising:

means for heating;

an input interface adapted to activate the means for heating; and

a housing at least partially enclosing the means for heating, the housing having a first end with a substantially semi-ovoid shape that enables the first end to press against an inner surface of a substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl to substantially seal the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl, the first end having an opening adapted to allow heat from the means for heating to radiate out from the first end to vaporize one or more herbal products contained in the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first end includes an elastic ring that surrounds the opening and is adapted to press against the inner surface of the substantially hemispherical-shaped bowl to create a substantially airtight seal.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:

a chamber within the housing; and

at least one air duct located on an outer surface of the housing that allows air to flow into the chamber through the air duct, and wherein the means for heating is positioned such that air flowing into the chamber from the air duct flows through the means for heating to be heated before it flows out through the opening.