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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360260 | Footboard supporting a stowable bench A bed frame may include a footboard. The footboard may have two corner posts and at least one cross member that may extend between the corner posts. A platform may be pivotally coupled to the footboard for movement between a stowed position and an extended position.... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7093691 | Portable scissor-lift-assembly A lift assembly includes a first platform provided with a top surface, a pair of opposed sides, and wheels and brackets connected to one of the sides for rotating the assembly. A plurality of rectilinear support shafts have opposed end portions conjoined to the plat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066098 | Nesting table with controlled pivoting movement A nesting table comprises a frame, a table top that rotates between a use configuration and a storage configuration, and a control that controls the rate of rotation from the use configuration to the storage configuration but does not affect the rate of rotation of ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7007615 | Collapsible shelf unit A collapsible shelf unit has a three-sided frame made of a single sheet of foldable material and separate shelves which are hinged to the sides and rear of the frame so that the shelf unit can be collapsed to a substantially flat state by folding the shelves up agai... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994034 | Foldable computer desk A computer desk includes a foldable frame and a plurality of desk boards. The desk boards are pivotally connected to the frame and can be folded for storage and unfolded and moved to a horizontal position for use. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966447 | Corrugated display base An upright display stand for mounting a hanging display tray erected from a corrugated paperboard blank. The display stand includes rectangular front panel having a locking slot for engagement of a transverse brace with the upper edge of the front panel including sp... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6820629 | Leg assembly for a canopy A leg assembly includes at least three upright support members and at least three horizontal link members. Each of the support members includes an adjacent pair of planar first and second leg frames that are connected pivotally to each other, and at least one connec... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805062 | Apparatus and method for reclaiming useful oil products from waste oil including hydrogen injection An apparatus and method for reclaiming a useful oil product, from waste oil provides an evaporation chamber in which waste oil is heated and vaporized, preferably at a temperature which causes some cracking of the oil. Hydrogen is injected into the vaporized oil, so... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6715429 | Folding table A folding table having a first and second tabletop portions pivotably connected to first and second pairs of legs respectively. The folding table may comprise a pair of buttresses protruding from each of the first and second pair of legs, such that when the table is... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6666151 | Folding table A folding table including a base member and first and second table top portions that are pivotably connected to the base with two first and two second arm members. In one embodiment, the folding table may include at least one rod member connected to and e... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6443074 | Folding table A table having a base including legs, first and second table top portions that form a table top surface when the table is in the assembled position, and pivotable connectors that connect the first and second table top portions to the base. The pivotable c... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6202571 | Lock mechanism for folding leg A lock system for releasably locking a first component, pivotally coupled along a pivot axis to a second component, in a plurality of positions fixed relative to the second component. The system includes a first engaging mechanism fixed to the first compo... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6006680 | Portable stage assembly A portable stage platform includes a platform assembly having a mass and being shiftable between a stowed configuration and a performance configuration. The platform assembly has a platform that presents an upwardly directed performance surface when in th... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5882098 | Preassembled foldable printer stand A preassembled, foldable utility stand for a computer printer and the like is disclosed having a folded and erect configuration wherein a vertical back panel pivotly carries a plurality of vertical shelf panels. The shelf panels fold upwardly to a general... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5746660 | Game table tilt and roll support A tilt and roll support for pool tables and other game tables having a frame attached to the underside of the table. The opposite ends of the frame have pivot shafts which are axially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the table. Support assemblies at ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5730452 | Collapsible cart A collapsible cart basically for serving food. A ground support assembly includes an axle with a wheel at each end and a caster cross-bar perpendicular to the axle with a caster at each end which provides great stability. Two sets of three parallel vertic... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5392718 | Wheel lifting assembly for mobile folding stage unit A mobile folding stage unit has right and left platform sections pivotably mounted in side-by-side relation to a frame, corresponding sets of roller wheels mounted to the frame, pivot brackets mounted to the bottom of the platform sections, support bracke... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5320150 | Collapsible stand A collapsible stand having a top (14) formed by two mating leaves (15, 17) and supported by legs (28, 30, 32, 34). The legs are pivotedly joined to braces (20, 22, 24, 26) underlying the leaves. The components of the stand pivot with respect to one anothe... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5016545 | Adjustable display stand For displaying items at a point of purchase, a pair of separate upright supports are arranged disjointably to engage shelf ends secured to the ends of shelves which themselves constitute a plurality of transversely severable components whereby shelf lengt... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4582003 | Folding corrugated board display shelving A unitary multiple-shelved folding display stand intended to be made principally from corrugated board comprising a pair of triple-layer board side wall members hingedly affixed to a double-board rear wall panel and able to fold backwardly flat against th... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4526110 | Canopy for an upright display An improved canopy is disclosed for a merchandise display including a front signboard assembly comprised of two side panels and a front panel. The two side panels are respectively pivotally joined at one end to horizontally opposed ends of the front panel... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4478428 | Folding cart for serving meals or the like The cart comprises a frame including first and second uprights which are pivoted at their top ends for mutual rotation about a substantially perpendicular axis to their longitudinal direction and support a lower deck, which is pivotally connected, at a mi... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4271766 | Collapsible display shelf A collapsible display fixture, in the nature of a shelf for displaying merchandise, the display shelf being fabricated from corrugated cardboard sheet and presenting a back wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls extending outwardly from the back wall in per... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4200195 | Stock rack with pivoted trays A stock rack of the type used in tire plants for transporting tread forming blanks and wherein a plurality of trays are supported on end upright supports and one or more intermediate upright supports for swinging movement between a generally horizontal po... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4151803 | Knock down corrugated board floor display The knock down corrugated board floor display illustrated in FIG. 2 with shelves and side walls pivotally secured to a rear wall, and side wall attached ropes supporting the shelves in the display erected position. Corner panels on the side walls pivot pa... | 05/01/1979 |
| 3987737 | Collapsible display stand A collapsible display stand comprises a back wall, two side walls, and a plurality of shelf members, each of said shelf members hingedly attached to at least one of said walls and at least one of said shelf members having an extension attached to one side... | 10/26/1976 |
