Spiral insert with flavor releasing mechanisms
View Patent ↗An insert system for use with a smokable (e.g., such as a pre-rolled or empty cone) including an internal spiral and cutout for securing one or more flavor releasing mechanisms (e.g., flavored “click balls”) and for use with a smokable item (e.g., a pre-roll cone, an empty cone, a pre-rolled or hand-rolled cigarette, etc.) is provided. The insert system is formed by rolling a section of suitable material to form an elongate member with internal volume with a transverse partition. The transverse partition includes a cutout to receive and secure a flavor releasing mechanism therein. The insert system may then be coupled with a smokable to serve as the smokable's mouthpiece.
1. An insert system for use as a mouthpiece to a smokable item and for securing at least one flavor releasing mechanism, the insert system comprising:
a rolled section of material forming an elongate member with a first open end and a second open end opposite the first open end defining an inner volume extending therebetween;
a partition formed from a portion of the rolled section of material folded to traverse the inner volume from the first open end to the second open end and to separate the inner volume into at least two elongate compartments, wherein the partition is formed by a first fold in the material extending from the first open end to the second open end and a second sequential fold in the material extending from the first open end to the second open end, the first fold and the second sequential fold in the same rotational direction;
an aperture in the partition located between the first and second folds;
a flavor releasing mechanism within the aperture and held within the inner volume by the partition.
2. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the aperture includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side and the first fold is adjacent the first side and the second fold is adjacent the second side.
3. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the flavor releasing mechanism comprises a sphere filled with flavor material.
4. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the shape of the aperture is selected from the group: circular, oval, square, rectangular, parallelogram, opened frustum, trapezoidal, and pill-shaped.
5. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the elongate member is conical.
6. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the elongate member is cylindrical.
7. The insert system of claim 1 wherein the rolled section of material completely encircles the flavor releasing mechanism.