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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 |
| 8185065 | Transmitting unit that reduces PAPR using out-of-band distortion and method therefor A transmitting unit (12) clips a communication signal (14) to form a threshold-responsive signal (36, 36′) which includes in-band distortion (40) and out-of-band distortion (38). A portion of the out-of-band distortion (38... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184812 | Secure computing device with monotonic counter and method therefor A secure computing device (14) includes a secure processing section (30) having a tamper detection circuit (58) and a monotonic counter (68). The tamper detection circuit (58) detects an event which suggests that the trust associat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175276 | Encryption apparatus with diverse key retention schemes An encryption apparatus (14) includes a secure processing system (12) in the form of an integrated circuit. The secure processing system (12) includes an on-chip secure memory system (30). The secure memory system (30) includes a n... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8155904 | Vector signal measuring system, featuring wide bandwidth, large dynamic range, and high accuracy A new measurement system, with two receiver channels per measurement port, has been developed that provides absolute magnitude and absolute phase relationship measurements over wide bandwidths. Gain ranging is used at RF to provide optimum noise performance and a sw... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149564 | MEMS capacitive device and method of forming same A MEMS capacitive device (90) includes a fixed capacitor plate (104) formed on a surface (102) of a substrate (100). A movable capacitor plate (114) is suspended above the fixed capacitor plate (104) by compliant members ( | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148793 | Three dimensional integrated passive device and method of fabrication An integrated passive device (20) includes a first wafer (22), a first integrated device (28) formed on a first surface (24) of the wafer (22), and a second integrated device (30) formed on a second surface (26) of th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138007 | MEMS device with stress isolation and method of fabrication A MEMS device (20) with stress isolation includes elements (28, 30, 32) formed in a first structural layer (24) and elements (68, 70) formed in a second structural layer (26), with the layer (26) being spaced apart from the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117642 | Computing device with entry authentication into trusted execution environment and method therefor A computing device (10) includes a trusted execution environment (TEE) manager (40) that manages a switchover from non-trusted software (116) to trusted software (118). The TEE manager (40) includes memory (90) configured to... | 02/14/2012 |
| D654139 | Wall fence spike strip | 02/14/2012 |
| D653858 | Fabric | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110942 | Standby saver A remote-controlled mains power switch is provided, which is suitable for supplying mains-powered equipment such as TVs or personal computers with electricity. The switch comprises mains power input, an electricity storage device, a control circuit and a sensor for ... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653792 | Surface mounted light fixture | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098773 | Communication method and apparatus A communication system (30) includes a transmitter (32) which generates transmit phase points (54) defined to be the vector sum of two or more QPSK signals (76, 78). Forward error correction encoding (48) is performed independently... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098645 | Random access slot selection in a communications system A communications system (20) includes a resource controller (22) and a terminal (24) in communication with the resource controller (22). Periodically, the resource controller (22) sends a service announcement (46) that ident... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096182 | Capacitive sensor with stress relief that compensates for package stress A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) capacitive sensor (52) includes a movable element (56) pivotable about a rotational axis (68) offset between ends (80, 84) thereof. A static conductive layer (58) is spaced away from the mova... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096179 | Sensor device with reduced parasitic-induced error A device (110) includes a sensing element (26) having drive nodes (34, 36) and sense nodes (42, 44). Parasitic capacitance (22) is present between drive node (34) and sense node (42). Likewise, parasitic capacitance (... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095800 | Secure configuration of programmable logic device A cryptographic system (100) and methodology executable within the cryptographic system (100) enable the use of a programmable logic device PLD (108) in a single chip cryptographic design flow for secure cryptographic services. Methodology for s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095440 | Methods and systems for effecting payment card transactions The present invention relates to card payment systems. In particular, the present invention relates to systems and methods for processing payment card transactions in a dynamic currency conversion and/or multi-currency scheme. To operate correctly, ghost transaction... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092285 | System and method for controlling a ventilation unit of a vehicle A sensor system (24) for controlling a ventilation unit (22) of a vehicle (20) includes a sensitivity selector (70) for enabling a user to select a setting (76) corresponding to an air quality threshold (94, 98), and an air ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091822 | Aerial image projection system and method of utilizing same An aerial image projection system (20) includes a light aircraft (22) having a parachute-wing (24) attached to a carriage (26). The system (20) further includes an on-board computing and projection unit (30) with an image pr... | 01/10/2012 |
| D650868 | Doll with legs and pacifier | 12/20/2011 |
| 8064851 | RF transmitter with bias-signal-induced distortion compensation and method therefor An RF transmitter (60) generates non-DC bias signals (104, 106) configured to improved power-added efficiency (PAE) in the operation of an RF amplifier (94). The RF amplifier (94) generates an amplified RF signal (126) which, due t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060751 | Access-control method for software module and programmable electronic device therefor A programmable electronic device (10) stores a number of cipher-text software modules (14) to which access is granted after evaluating a user's token (55, 80, 82), a software-restriction class (58) for a requested software module (14 | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056415 | Semiconductor device with reduced sensitivity to package stress A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor (52) includes a substrate (62) a movable element (58) spaced apart from the substrate (62), suspension anchors (66, 68, 70, 72) formed on the substrate (62), and compliant membe... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8030763 | Semiconductor package with reduced inductive coupling between adjacent bondwire arrays A semiconductor package (20) includes circuits (22, 24). The circuit (22) includes electrical devices (52, 54) interconnected by a bondwire array (62). Likewise, the circuit (24) includes electrical devices (58, 60) i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020443 | Transducer with decoupled sensing in mutually orthogonal directions A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer (90) is adapted to sense acceleration in mutually orthogonal directions (92, 94, 96). The MEMS transducer (90) includes a proof mass (100) suspended above a substrate (98) by an an... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645635 | Pallet | 09/20/2011 |
| D645634 | Pallet | 09/20/2011 |
| D643074 | Doll with pacifier | 08/09/2011 |
| D642654 | Wall fence spike strip | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978749 | Bandjamming multi-channel DSSS transmitter and method therefor A direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) transmitter (12) is configured to form “N” multiple excess-bandwidth channels (44) in an allocated bandwidth (54), where N is an integer. Each excess-bandwidth channel (44) includes a lower rol... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959189 | Tube interface and method of securing a first tube to a second tube A tube interface (53) includes a first tube (28) and a second tube (34). The first tube (28) has an oblong opening (54) exhibiting a first major dimension (58), and the second tube (34) has an oblong end (52) e... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958709 | Height adjustment mechanisms for grass treatment devices A grass treatment device height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height of a grass treatment tool above ground level includes a height adjustment mechanism and an elongate rotational element, such as a roller, having first and second ends. The rotational elemen... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943525 | Method of producing microelectromechanical device with isolated microstructures A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device (20) includes a polysilicon structural layer (46) having movable microstructures (28) formed therein and suspended above a substrate (22). Isolation trenches (56) extend through the la... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7252083 | Structure for supporting energy conversion modules and solar energy collection system A structure (26) for supporting an array (22) of solar panels (24) in a solar energy collection system (20) includes a support assembly (42) formed from a rigid subassembly (44). The subassembly (44) includes an elong... | 08/07/2007 |
| D542354 | Asset tag for pour spout | 05/08/2007 |
| 7165785 | Airbag deployment-control process and apparatus therefor A process (100) and apparatus (20) for control of a deployment of an airbag (28) for a seat (30) in a motor vehicle (22). Upon issuance of a deployment request (RD) by a vehicular computer (24) intended for a depl... | 01/23/2007 |
| D534015 | Eyeglass display rack | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138789 | Multiphase converter with zero voltage switching A multiphase DC-to-DC converter includes at least two phase circuits each having upper and lower power switches and a front-end inductor that is operative for forming a resonant tank circuit with the phase circuits to ensure zero voltage switching and minimizing pow... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117937 | Combined refrigerator-oven apparatus A combined refrigerator-oven (20) includes an enclosed chamber (28) having a top wall (22), a bottom wall (24), and vertical side walls (26). The refrigerator-oven (20) further includes a heating unit (50) and a refri... | 10/10/2006 |
