diff --git a/src/iter_ext.rs b/src/iter_ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add5373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iter_ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use super::{Token, FilterTypedKeyValuePairs, TokenType, TokenReader};
+
+
+/// Applies convenience constructors to all `Iterator<Item=Token>` types
+pub trait IteratorExt: Iterator<Item=Token> {
+
+    /// Returns an Iterator which filters key=value pairs, if `value.kind` matches
+    /// the given `token_type`.
+    ///
+    /// It is useful, for example, to get rid of `null` values on a lexical level.
+    fn filter_key_value_by_type(self, token_type: TokenType) -> FilterTypedKeyValuePairs<Self> 
+                                                where Self: Sized {
+        FilterTypedKeyValuePairs::new(self, token_type)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a `TokenReader` to produce a byte stream from `Token` instances
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `source` - an optional, original string from which the tokens were 
+    ///              generated. This offers the best performance when 
+    ///              serializing tokens, as they can refer to their original
+    ///              `&str` slice.
+    fn reader<'a>(self, source: Option<&'a str>) -> TokenReader<Self>
+                                                where Self: Sized {
+        TokenReader::new(self, source)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Iterator<Item=Token>> IteratorExt for T {}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bfccaf7..b15e113 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 mod lexer;
 mod key_value_filter;
 mod reader;
+mod iter_ext;
 
 pub use lexer::{Lexer, Token, TokenType, Span, BufferType, Buffer};
 pub use key_value_filter::{FilterTypedKeyValuePairs};
 pub use reader::{TokenReader};
+pub use iter_ext::IteratorExt;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/filters.rs b/tests/filters.rs
index bc1db61..37e7da3 100644
--- a/tests/filters.rs
+++ b/tests/filters.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 extern crate json_tools;
 
 use std::io::{Read, Cursor, self};
-use json_tools::{Lexer, FilterTypedKeyValuePairs, BufferType, TokenType, TokenReader};
+use json_tools::{Lexer, FilterTypedKeyValuePairs, BufferType, TokenType, TokenReader, 
+                 IteratorExt};
 
 #[test]
 fn filter_null_values() {
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ fn filter_null_values() {
 
             let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
             let mut byte = [0u8];
-            let mut r = TokenReader::new(new_filter(bt.clone()), Some(src));
+            let mut r = Lexer::new(src.bytes(), bt.clone())
+                              .filter_key_value_by_type(TokenType::Null)
+                              .reader(Some(src));
 
             while let Ok(l) = r.read(&mut byte) {
                 if l == 0 {