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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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| 7219399 | Trigger actuated cable clamp A clamp for a cable having a housing with a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity to receive the cable. The clamp also includes a jaw assembly having a notch. The jaw assembly moves between locked and triggered positions within the cavity. A biasing member... | 05/22/2007 |
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| 7137617 | Composite tensioning members and method for manufacturing same A composite tension member. The composite tension member is assembled from a number of composite rods, each having two ends. A wedge plug is formed around the ends of the composite rods. The wedge plugs are inserted into termination fitting having a termination fitt... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7048755 | Method and apparatus for securing a suture An improved method and apparatus is provided to secure a suture relative to body tissue. When a predetermined minimum force is being transmitted between a suture retainer and the body tissue, the suture is gripped with the suture retainer by plastically deforming ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6948746 | Security seal and lock with enhanced bore sleeve One end of a stranded steel cable is attached to a cast zinc seal housing having a chamber in which a steel sleeve with a tapered bore is positioned. The sleeve in one embodiment is fixed to the housing in the chamber or may be displaceable and captured in the chamb... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948216 | Window covering with improved anchor for operating cord A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail, and a blind material extending therebetween in addition to an operating element or lift cord extending from the head rail to the bottom rail and an improved anchoring system for securing th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6907877 | Suspended inhaler retainer A medication inhaler is provided with a lanyard that is formed into a wearer neck encircling loop. A wearer is thereby able to carry the medication inhaler about his or her neck so that it is readily at hand in the event of an asthmatic or allergic attack. The lanya... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6898827 | Wedge socket with actuator assembly A wedge socket with actuator assembly. A wedge socket has an elongated hollow basket with a large opening at a first end, a small opening at a second end, and a pair of sides. A wedge has a large end, a small end, a peripheral groove to receive a wire rope, and a pa... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6789295 | Clamp apparatus The invention relates to a clamp apparatus for application to an object, for example a plate, a sheet, a fabric or a thin film, by gripping two opposite sides of the object. For this purpose, the apparatus comprises a tubular element with an inner passage with a cro... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6662408 | Elevator load bearing termination assembly with gripping inserts A device for securing an end on a load bearing member in an elevator system includes a socket, a wedge and at least one insert member. The socket at least partially receives the insert member and wedge to maintain the end of the load bearing member in pos... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658704 | Locking device A cord lock has a body and plunger in which a cord is secured, and an extension sleeve designed for insertion through an opening in an article or fabric to which the cord lock is attached. A back plate is engaged along the length of the extension sleeve, ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6581251 | Drop wire clamp A drop wire clamp comprising a shell, a wedge, and a shim, for securing a cable to a fixed object. The shell is an elongated open ended member that is tapered in length and is formed with a U shaped cross section, sized to receive the wedge in sliding eng... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6546600 | Cable clamp A cable clamp of the spring biased wedge type incorporates a housing having an elongate slot formed therethrough, the slot being disposed in parallel relation to the direction of movement of the wedge in the housing. A retractor pin extends through the sl... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6513204 | Flexible flat tension member termination device A termination device for terminating a flexible flat tension member includes a socket and two opposing wedges mounted therein. One of the wedges is preferably pinned within the socket while the other wedge is removable. The invention provides a reliable t... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6470542 | Device and method for tassels A method and apparatus of preserving and protecting decorative tassels after they have become unsightly from wearing of an item, or to prevent their becoming so, particularly on shoes to which they are attached. Typically, one or more tassels are made up ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6457214 | Tamper-resistant cord lock apparatus A cord lock apparatus includes an open-ended housing and a slide member slidably received at least partially in the housing and movable relative to the housing between a cord locking position and a cord releasing position. The slide member includes cord e... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6327751 | Code holding buckle A cord holding buckle is formed of a cord holding device, and an end stopper to be attached to an end of a cord. The cord holding device includes a body portion, a through-hole formed in the body portion for allowing the cord to pass therethrough, a fixin... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6125574 | Fishing line fastener An improved fishing line fastening device comprising a pair of mating members with a first one of the members being formed with a central opening extending therethrough and the other of the members being formed with a projection tapered inwardly and downw... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6115890 | Cord and a positioned spherical clamp A two-piece clamp, of a spherical shape convenient for use as a hand grip, attached about a cord in an interposed position therebetween, which impales the cord with pointed teeth so that the clamp holds fast to its position at the attachment site despite ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6058575 | Cable clamp A cable clamp may be constructed from a hollow body, a wedge-shaped member and a means for dislodging the member from the body. The body includes a tapered channel that is sized and shaped to accommodate the member and round, flat or rectangular cable sec... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5967151 | Hair bead stop and method of beading hair A hair bead stop and method of beading hair are disclosed. The bead stop comprises a first element with a passage therethrough and a second element movably mounted to the first element. In accordance with the method, the bead stop is threaded along a tool... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5836061 | Cable end anchoring nipple and methods of constructing and utilizing same An anchoring structure for a cable end comprises a securing body having a recess defined therein and having an opening defined through an outer surface thereof and extending into the recess, an anchoring nipple for being fixed to the end of the cable and ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5820422 | Cover for an electrical wedge connector A one-piece electrical wedge connector cover having a base section and two flap sections hinged to the base section. The base section has tow posts. A first one of the flap sections has two snap-lock latches. A second one of the flap sections has two hole... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5737808 | Cord fastener A cord fastener includes an insert having a lateral inner cord hole and provided at a lower portion thereof with elastic provisional retaining claws extending outwardly and catches for securing the provisional retaining claws; a shell having an insertion ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5666699 | Cord fastener A cord fastener comprises a fastener body having a hollow and a pair of aligned first cord insertion through-holes communicating with the hollow, and a slide slidably inserted in the hollow of the fastener body and having a pair of aligned second cord-ins... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5621952 | Cord closure A cord closure having a housing with an open end, a surrounding side wall and a closed end which forms a cavity for receiving a plunger. The plunger has a body with a throughhole alignable with holes formed through opposing sides of the housing and a stem... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5582447 | Locking device with serpentine gripping member A serpentine shaped wire clip is disposed in a tapered bore of a housing for axial displacement in the bore and has in a preferred embodiment three U-shaped loops interconnected by end portions. The clip has a bore dimensioned for receiving a cable or rod... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5562689 | Apparatus and method for applying and adjusting an anchoring device A method and apparatus for elevating, approximating and/or restraining internal organs or structures, and more particularly for treating female urinary stress incontinence are provided. The apparatus include an anchoring device having an elongated suture ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5546639 | Shock cord hooks A mechanism for fastening a hook to a shock cord. The mechanism uses a cap to enclose and capture an end of the shock cord inside a cavity of the fastening mechanism. The fastening mechanism includes an aperture and side openings which each expose its inn... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5526552 | Cable end connection for a synthetic fiber cable Cable end connection for a synthetic fiber cable. The cable end connection is suitable for highly loaded synthetic fiber cables wherein a spiral-shaped groove is cut into the generated surface of a truncated cone-shaped retaining body, with the depth of t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5501262 | Cord locking assembly for use with venetian blind A cord locking assembly mounted in the blind head box or the blind hand grip axially movably fitted on the hollow pole suspended from the blind head box. The assembly comprises a movable plug, a fixed plug hole sleeve for fitting engagement with the plug,... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5450657 | Seal A stamped hardened sheet steel tapered ferrule with cantilevered radially resilient fingers is wedged by a spring against a tapered bore of a hardened steel housing. The fingers bend radially inwardly to grip a stranded steel cable in the ferrule bore in ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5435044 | Cord tightening device A cord tightening device comprises a case having a pair of front and rear plates and a pair of opposite lateral walls interconnecting the front and rear plates and having forwardly converging inner surfaces defining a small-width opening at one end thereo... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5383905 | Suture loop locking device A device for securing a suture loop about bodily tissue includes a bead member having a longitudinal bore and an anchor member adapted to be slidably inserted within the bore of the bead member. The anchor member includes at least two axial compressible s... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5364298 | Toy airplane launcher and winder A toy airplane launcher apparatus includes a toy airplane having an electric or rubberband motor for rotating a prop which is rotatably mounted to the airplane. The launcher has a guide rail which slidably carries a rear launcher section which is slidable... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5360188 | Threaded insulator clamp A clamp for use both with sheet metal and softer structural members of a building such as plasterboard or wood to support a pipe or conduit in different size openings through the members, including an exterior tapered surface having helical threads to fac... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5358206 | Bracket for cantilever mounting of flat shelf plates A bracket for cantilever mounting of flat shelf plates has a vertical member with upper and lower spaced projections. A pressure housing is mounted on the underside of the upper projection, and a pressure plate is movably mounted in such underside. Pressu... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5345657 | Cord stopper A cord stopper has a socket having a pair of opposed through holes formed through opposed sides thereof and a plug having a passage formed therethrough. The plug is reciprocally movable through the socket between a pulled-out position where the through ho... | 09/13/1994 |
