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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 20090119817 | Ballistic elbow and knee guards Elbow and knee guards for providing protection from fragments, bullets, projectiles, and blunt force trauma injuries. The guards contain ballistic material that is incorporated or inserted into the appropriate carriers. A rigid or semi-rigid ballistic or non-ballistic c... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119818 | HIGH DEFINITION LITHO APPLIQUE AND EMBLEMS The invention provides high definition litho appliqué and emblems manufactured from appropriate fabric, such as 100% polyester twill or micro fiber material, which has been sublimated with a high definition photograph-quality print. The high definition litho appliqué ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119819 | Wearable headwear accessory device for communicating A headwear accessory device removably engages a portion of a baseball cap or other headwear to be worn on the headwear. A multiplicity of different headwear accessory devices are wearable on the headwear to communicate in various ways with surrounding environs and peopl... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119820 | Garments Having Auxetic Foam Layers A garment is provided that has a support region and a foam pad at the region. The foam pads has at least one auxetic foam layer. A garment is also provided that includes at least one auxetic foam layer.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119821 | BELT WITH BALL MARK REPAIR TOOL In combination, a belt and a ball mark repair tool, in which the ball mark repair tool is received in the belt and releasably secured for storing the tool when not in use.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119822 | Fiber highly cool to touch It is the object of the invention to provide a fiber excellent in cool contact feeling which is excellent in hand and skin touch and capable of preventing unpleasant feeling in the wet state and a woven fabric, clothing, and underwear excellent in cool contact feeling a... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119823 | FRAMELESS DIVING MASK AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME A method for fabricating a frameless diving includes the following steps. First, providing a lens; next, coating an adhesive on an edge of the lens; then, forming a first flexible layer made of a silica gel on the edge of the lens; thereafter, forming a second flexible ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119824 | CONTAMINATION CONTROL GARMENTS A cleanroom garment containing a nanoweb bonded in a face to face relationship with a fabric, and a second fabric. The garment has a permeability of at least 1 m.min−1.m−2, and a particle filtration efficiency according to IEST-RP-CC003.3 at 0.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119825 | LAVATORY CLEANSING BLOCK A lavatory cleansing block has two parts. The formulations of each part are such that one part has a substantially shorter in-use life time than the other part. The faster dissolving part may provide a different active ingredient to the lavatory bowl or an increased imp... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119826 | Flexible flange apparatus with a flexible membrane The present disclosure generally relates to improved water closet flanges and methods for installing such water closet flanges. In one exemplary embodiment, an improved water closet flange apparatus includes a flexible conduit portion (i.e. sleeve) and an integral membr... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119827 | Bathroom dehumidifier In combination with a toilet tank of a toilet in a bathroom, the improvement comprising a dehumidifier having a predetermined shape for one of being wall mounted or disposed on a top of such toilet tank. A humidity sensor is disposed one of on and in the dehumidifier fo... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119828 | COMMODE LINER AND RECEPTACLE APPARATUS A commode liner (20) and receptacle (100) design for providing a safe, easy, and affordable way to dispose of human waste from existing commodes. A user of the preferably disposable plastic liner which is constructed of a single sheet of material slips the... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A BODY OF WATER WITH AN AREA OF LOWER DEPTH An apparatus and method are provided for retrofitting a body of water with an area of lower depth. A depth reducing support structure, which includes a platform and a platform support, is provided to allow swimmers to sit or stand above the water surface of a body of wa... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119830 | Shower Curtain Rail and Glide Assembly A shower curtain and support system employs an elongated rail supported at the shower or tub. The rail extrusion can be an extrusion with an inverted U profile, with an open slot or slots at its base. There are glides, e.g., nylon members with a ball, hemisphere, or oth... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119831 | SHOWER ASSEMBLIES A shower base assembly comprises a base with an outlet opening (12) for drainage, and a drain plate (14) for fitting in the outlet opening. The plate (14) itself has a drain opening (16) for directing water to discharge ducting. The opening (... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119832 | Flow Control Apparatus And Method The present invention relates to a touch or proximity sensitive device, specifically one which controls characteristics such as the temperature and flow rate of water or other liquids. An apparatus for controlling a flow characteristic of a flowing liquid by a user, the... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119833 | Plumbing device A conduit block for replacing conventional piping under a sink, comprising at least a first liquid inlet conduit and a drainage conduit encased in a block; the first liquid conduit for connection to a faucet for pouring the liquid into the sink and the drainage conduit ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119834 | Modular transportable life support device There is provided a patient care and treatment platform that is connectable to a plurality of modules capable of providing medical functionality. The platform includes a housing and a patient support surface. The platform also includes a power receiver for receiving pow... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119835 | Apparatus for Transportation of a Disabled Person in Standing Position Apparatus for transportation of a disabled person in standing position by which apparatus the person is able by his own strength to rise himself from a sitting position to a standing position, including a wheeled base (1) in the form of an U-shaped frame provided... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119836 | Personalized exercise mat A personalized exercise mat includes a vibrantly adorned rectangular-shaped mat, which is important for enhancing the experience of yoga. The mat is produced from a durable material, like neoprene foam. The may has indentions formed at each corner thereof for providing ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119837 | Changing Table Guard for Infant Disclosed is a safety guard that can be easily and temporarily installed upon an existing infant changing table. The guard generally includes a number of lateral supports that can be positioned over the width of the changing table. The distal ends of these supports each... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119838 | Support structure with side guards A support structure includes a mattress, a bottom sheet, at least one side guard and at least one positioning assembly. The mattress has a plurality of bladders. The side guard is disposed on any one lateral side of the top surface of the mattress. The positioning assem... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119839 | BED HAVING A RETRACTABLE SIDE BARRIER MOVABLE TO MULTIPLE PREDETERMINED POSITIONS A bed is disclosed having a retractable side barrier that is retractable by moving in rotation and in translation, and that is controllable using one hand only, by means of a handle incorporated into the barrier. The barrier element is associated with a deformable-paral... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119840 | Disposable Anti-Vermin Sheet For Bedclothes Disclosed herein is a disposable anti-vermin sheet for bedclothes which protects a skin of a user from bacterial infection due to parasitic vermin on the bedclothes and prevents dust from dispersing. The anti-vermin sheet (1) includes a base sheet (2) whic... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119841 | Bed apparatus and method of determining body movement A bed apparatus includes a connecting frame of a bed, a detecting unit, a determining unit, and an output unit. The detecting unit is provided on a part of the connecting frame, and detects an amount of deformation of the connecting frame continuously. The determining u... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119842 | PATIENT BED SYSTEM In a patient bed system, comprising a patient bed, a support column for supporting the bed and a trolley for transporting the bed, the bed having arranged on it first coupling elements (22) which are intended for selective connection to second or third coupling e... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119843 | MONITORING PATIENT SUPPORT EXITING AND INITIATING RESPONSE The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring patient support exiting and initiating a response. Movement data is accessed from sensors (e.g., cameras) that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform. A motion capture pattern summary is... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119844 | Foldable, portable trauma treatment and monitoring patient platform There is provided a foldable, portable, trauma treatment and monitoring patient platform. The patient platform includes an upper housing body including a top surface and an upper patient support surface. The patient platform also includes a lower housing body including ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119845 | INFLATABLE EXTREMITY ELEVATION DEVICE An inflatable extremity elevation device is provided. The device includes an outer shell which forms an inflatable air chamber. The outer shell includes a support surface extending from a proximal end to an elevated distal end. An adjustable attachment mechanism can be ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119846 | PRESSURE RELIEF SURFACE The present invention includes a pressure relief patient support surface. The pressure relief support surface includes a plurality of layers of a three-dimensional networked fiber material positioned inside a cover.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119847 | CLOTHES WASHING METHOD AND DETERGENT COMPOSITION USED FOR THE SAME The present invention washes clothes using a phosphorous-free detergent composition for clothes, which contains an organic alkaline chelating agent as an essential ingredient, and an anti-soil redeposition agent, but no surfactant.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119848 | CLOTHES TREATING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A clothes treating machine is disclosed. The clothes treating machine includes a cabinet forming the external appearance of the clothes treating machine, the cabinet for keeping clothes, an air conditioning unit for supplying cool air into the cabinet, and a control uni... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119849 | Sequenced Water Delivery in an Additive Dispenser An automatic washing machine includes a wash additive dispenser for dispensing detergent and one or more additives into a wash tub. Water is delivered to a first wash agent chamber in the wash additive dispenser for delivery into a wash tub during a wash cycle. Water is... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119850 | MINERAL STAINS FOR WOOD AND OTHER SUBSTRATES According to the invention, a metal salt and an oxygen source are applied to penetrate or impregnate a suitable substrate sequentially in effective amounts so as to react in contact with the substrate and produce a mineral compound fixed within the surface of the substr... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119851 | Novel Hair Dyeing Composition and Method Hair coloring compositions and methods of coloring hair with such compositions for providing a temporary color to the hair are disclosed, which compositions comprise an inorganic colored pigment preferably selected from the group consisting of iron oxides, ultramarines,... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119852 | Oxidizing Hair Colourant Compositions The present invention relates to oxidizing hair colourant compositions comprising selected oxidative hair dyes and diethylene-triamine-penta-(methylenephosphonic acid). The compositions provide improved hair colour tonality, root to tip evenness and reduced wash fade ov... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119853 | PROCESS FOR DYEING POLYESTER The invention relates to a process for dyeing polyester fibre material according to the exhaust method, which process comprises the following steps:
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| 20090119854 | AIRCRAFT DOOR DETECTOR/WARNING DEVICE Disclosed is an electromechanical system for minimizing passenger door contact with the Passenger Loading Bridge (PLB) floor and subsequent damage to said door, during passenger loading or off loading. The system, as configured at the Cab entry, senses the proximity of ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119855 | The "ickistick" insect/debris retriever The cleaning applicator (1) assembled to the main adapter body (2), for use in cleaning applications. The cleaning applicator (1) is restrained by a fitting within the main adapter body (2) and the clamp force from the restraining clamp (3... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119856 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes an apparatus main body equipped with a washing bath in which an endoscope is mounted; a nozzle unit provided so as to face a connector portion of an endoscope conduit provided in the endoscope mounted in the washi... | 05/14/2009 |
