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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530955 | Signal processing apparatus The present invention involves method and apparatus for analyzing measured signals that are modeled as containing primary and secondary portions. Coefficients relate the two signals according to a model defined in accordance with the present invention. In one embodi... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530942 | Remote sensing infant warmer An infant is illuminated with heater radiant energy so as to warm the infant. A detector remotely senses infant radiated energy so as to determine the extent of infant warmth, and a controller responsive to the detector regulates the heater radiant energy accordingl... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530149 | Lawn crypt covering system and method A lawn crypt covering system that provides a substantially continuous exterior surface between adjacent crypts is disclosed. The covering system includes a plurality of crypt lid covering and at least one insert that slidably engages with the crypt lid coverings of ... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592308 | Disposable dental handpiece | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528582 | Battery charging and discharging by using a bi-directional transistor A battery charger for an electronic device receives current limited power from an external power source, such as a Universal Serial Bus power interface. The battery charger can linearly regulate a charging current to an internal battery and limit the charging curren... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527589 | Therapeutic prosthetic device A male prosthetic device configured to be worn on a flaccid, partially-erect or erect penis which transmits tactile sensations through a stimulation material to the surface of the penis. The device includes a prosthesis with an outer surface and in inner chamber, a ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527213 | Facial indicia element for reel housing A reel housing enclosing a reel assembly includes an access panel, wherein opening or removal of the access panel allows access to the interior of the housing. The exterior surface of the access panel is decorated with facial indicia so that the access panel resembl... | 05/05/2009 |
| D591769 | Engine breather for automobiles | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525730 | Method and device for generating white in an interferometric modulator display Various embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for generating the color white in displays created from interferometric modulators and more specifically, to the generation of the color white through the use of reflected light at two wavelengths. I... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525291 | Linearly regulated battery charger A battery charger for an electronic device receives current limited power from an external power source, such as a Universal Serial Bus power interface. The battery charger can linearly regulate a charging current to an internal battery and limit the charging curren... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525276 | Vehicle having an articulator Systems and methods for a vehicle mounted articulator are described. A vehicle conveniently allows an articulator to be moved to various remote work sites. In one embodiment, the articulator can be mounted on a movable base, thereby increasing the flexibility of use... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525255 | Split phase inverters for CCFL backlight system An apparatus and method for driving a lamp are provided. In one embodiment, an inverter having four switching elements is split into two inverter arms that are deployed at separate terminals of a floating lamp structure to achieve even light output. A controller dri... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524508 | Subgenomic replicons of the flavivirus dengue The present invention discloses the construction of dengue virus subgenomic replicons containing large deletions in the structural region (C-preM-E) of the genome, which replicons are useful as vaccines to protect against dengue virus infection. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524315 | Apparatus for aspirating, irrigating and cleansing wounds An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir (12) connected to a conformable wound dressing (3) and wound exudate from the dressing are recirculated by a device (18) for moving fluid through a flow path which passes... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523598 | Methods and systems for shipping, packaging and/or displaying kayaks and other sporting goods Methods and systems for packaging sporting goods are provided. Embodiments advantageously preserve sporting goods, such as kayaks, against damage during transportation, ease handling of the sporting goods while being transported, and enable easy conversion from a sh... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7520244 | Plasma treatment apparatus A plasma treatment apparatus for thin-film deposition includes a reactor chamber; a pair of parallel-plate electrodes disposed inside the chamber; and a radio-frequency power supply system used for transmitting radio-frequency power to one of the parallel-plate elec... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518775 | Method and system for packaging a MEMS device A MEMS-based display device is described, wherein an array of interferometric modulators are configured to reflect light through a transparent substrate. The transparent substrate is sealed to a backplate and the backplate can contain electronic circuitry for contro... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517871 | Amino substituted diaryl[]cycloheptene analogs as muscarinic agonists and methods of treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders Disclosed herein are analogs of clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, or prodrugs thereof; methods of synthesizing the analogs; and methods of using the analogs for treating neuorpsychiatric disorders. In some embodiments, the analogs are ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517531 | Dengue tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion in the 3′-UTR of dengue types 1,2,3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses 1,2,3, and 4 The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (Δ30) in the 3′-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4. | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517349 | Electrosurgical instrument and method An electrosurgical instrument and method for treating varicose veins. In one embodiment, an elongate catheter has a distal working end that carries an electrosurgical energy delivery surface comprising at least one electrode with a positive temperature coefficient o... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515650 | Quadrature modulation compensation The present invention is related to methods and apparatus that compensate for quadrature impairments of an analog quadrature modulator and/or demodulator over a relatively wide signal bandwidth. One embodiment pre-distorts baseband signals in a quadrature modulator ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515507 | Bottle for dental hygiene product with timing mechanism A packaging system includes a bottle that holds a dental hygiene product. A closure is configured to be removably coupled to the bottle. The bottle defines an opening when the closure is removed from the bottle. The timing mechanism is coupled to at least one of the... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514984 | Charge pumping circuit and direct current converting apparatus using the same Embodiments of a charge pumping circuit insensitive to change in the threshold voltage of a transistor and a direct current converting apparatus employing the charge pumping circuit are disclosed. One embodiment of the charge pumping circuit comprises a source trans... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514934 | DC bias voltage measurement circuit and plasma CVD apparatus comprising the same A circuit for measuring DC bias voltage occurring in an ungrounded electrode of a plasma processing apparatus, includes: a first terminal connected between the ungrounded electrode and the RF power source; a second terminal for determining a value of the DC bias vol... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514452 | 2-furancarboxylic acid hydrazides and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same The present invention provides 2-furancarboxylic acid hydrazide compounds represented by General Formula (I) below, and prodrugs, physiologically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates thereof: wherein A is a group represente... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513841 | Recreation range A recreation range system (10) including a field (11) and a rotatable range carousel (13). ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512592 | System and method of XML query processing A method of processing queries, e.g., XPath expressions, related to an XML document includes generating a plurality of tokens based on the contents of the XML document. At least one query expression is compiled to a first plurality of query nodes defining a tree. A ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512548 | Use of shopping cart to collect and purchase items selected from multiple web sites A system and method are disclosed that enable a personal shopping cart to be used to select items from multiple web sites of multiple business entities, and to place a single order for the selected items. The shopping cart may remain persistent over multiple session... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510503 | Clutch failure detector, automatic clutch system and straddle-type vehicle A clutch failure detector is provided for detecting failure of an automatic clutch system. The clutch failure detector can include a current value detector and a determination device. Upon turning ON a main switch, an operation to disengage and engage a clutch can b... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510499 | Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission is disclosed for use in rotationally or linearly powered machines and vehicles. The transmission provides a simple manual shifting method for the user. Further, the practical commercialization of traction roller transmissions req... | 03/31/2009 |
| D589261 | Toothbrush with base | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509494 | Interface cable An interface cable is configured to connect a host instrument to a physiological sensor. The interface cable has an ID signal input from the sensor and a LED drive signal input from the host instrument sensor port. The interface cable also has a data signal output t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509441 | Systems and methods for segmenting and protecting a storage subsystem A storage subsystem comprises a set of zone definitions that uses physical block addresses to divide a memory array in the storage subsystem into zones or segments. A set of zone parameters defines user access modes and security levels for each of the segments. Defi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508927 | Methods and apparatus for returning a call over a telephony system The present invention provides a call-return process and system, wherein a called party can return a missed call to a caller's private number. A forwarded call is received by a call management system, wherein the forwarded call was originally directed by a caller to... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507672 | Plasma etching system and method A system and a process for plasma etching a semiconductor device. The technique comprises periodically applying a heightened voltage bias during the plasma etching process so as to reduce accumulated charge on the surface of the semiconductor device during plasma et... | 03/24/2009 |
| D589134 | Roof vent | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505618 | Method and apparatus for selectively targeting specific cells within a cell population This invention provides a method and apparatus for selectively identifying, and targeting with an energy beam, specific cells within a cell population, for the purpose of inducing a response in the targeted cells. Using the present invention, every detectable cell i... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504815 | Switch mode power supply control systems We describe a switch mode power supply (SMPS) controller employing a combination of pulse frequency and pulse width modulation. The controller employs a “gear box” control scheme using two complementary control loops, one for real-time control of the SMPS using ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504344 | Method of forming a carbon polymer film using plasma CVD A method of forming a hydrocarbon-containing polymer film on a semiconductor substrate by a capacitively-coupled plasma CVD apparatus. The method includes the steps of: vaporizing a hydrocarbon-containing liquid monomer (CαHβXγ, w... | 03/17/2009 |
| D588364 | Toothbrush with base | 03/17/2009 |
