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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 |
| 7937839 | Pole pruner An improved pole pruner for pruning a limb from a tree is provided which includes structure which grabs or grasps that portion of the tree limb to be detached as the cutting blade of the pole pruner severs the tree limb from the tree thereby preventing the severed t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7377043 | Shearing apparatus A shearing apparatus includes a pair of scissors including a first blade, a second blade, a first slide on the first blade and a second slide on the second blade. A first handle defines a groove for receiving the first slide, a first portion through which the pair o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7326228 | Medical instrument for surgery A medical instrument especially suited for the HALS operating technique that can be entirely inserted together with one of the surgeon's hands into the operating area for operating purposes and includes a housing [(1)] and at least one tool [(2)] arran... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7263775 | Illuminating nail clipper An illuminating nail clipper for clipping the nails of an animal such as a dog, cat, bird, or the like which allows for the clipping of an individual nail at the desired length to prevent injury or improper length cutting for the animal. The device includes a hand-a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228630 | Hair-cutting apparatus comprising a hair suction device A hair cutting device with a suction device for drawing off cut pieces of hair is provided. A varier, which may have an adjustable spring loaded movable wall portion, reacts to the circumstances of the hair being cut and adjusts an air flow rate in the area of the s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210230 | Cuticle cutter A cuticle cutter of the like is described which is of the scissors type. Instruments of this type, especially in beauty salons, require constant cleaning, sharpening and sterilisation. The cutter of the invention facilitates such procedures by permitting the handles... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198562 | Animal dressing tool A bladed lever for cutting through or splitting animal bones having a head, a handle and a knife with the head having two sides with a row of teeth at the bottom of each side to grip the bone to be cut or split and the knife having a blade positioned below and betwe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182595 | Distal end cutter A flush cutter of wires located on a patient's teeth has at least one pivotably carried cutting edge. An outer surface of the edge can be positioned adjacent to a surface from which the wire protrudes. An elastic insert or clamp, for griping cut wire ends, is carrie... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174640 | Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7124786 | Linesman pliers with wire splice twister Linesman type pliers (10) that have provisions for splicing wires together. The pliers (10) have a right body (20) with a first jaw (22) on one end, and a handle (24) on the other end, and a pivotal bore (26) in-between. The... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114258 | Fruit stone remover A stone removing tool for removing a stone from a fruit having an outer flesh portion surrounding the stone, the tool having a head section configured for being gripped by a user and a stem section extending from the head section and having an end opposite the head ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7073261 | Cut and grab shearing head A cut and grab shearing head for pruning shears or loppers which includes a laterally extending protuberance mounted on one of the jaws of the shears with this laterally extending protuberance having a bottom surface which can be located directly adjacent a resting ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063704 | Surgical trimming tool A surgical trimming tool includes first and second handles pivotally attached to one another. A first cutting jaw extends from a first end of the first handle, and a second cutting jaw extends from a first end of the second handle. The first and second cutting jaws ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6976310 | Nail clipper insert Provided is a nail clipper comprising upper and lower clipper arms, a lever arm, a retaining pin and an insert. The upper and lower clipper arms are joined at one end thereof and having cutting edges disposed on an opposite end. The retaining pin extends upwardly th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971178 | Replaceable blade knife A utility knife includes a handle assembly comprising first and second handle portions pivotally movable between open and closed positions. A blade carriage within the assembly carries a blade. When the handle portions are in the open position the blade carriage is ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966269 | Multi-purpose garden tool A multi-purpose garden tool (10) including a pair of blade assemblies (20)(20′) wherein, each blade assembly (20) includes a handle portion (21), a shank portion (22) and a contoured blade portion (23) wherein, the ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966114 | Wire nipper A wire cutter having a handle, a fixed cutting blade mounted on the handle, a lever pivotally connected to the handle, and a stop on the lever for engagement with the fixed cutting blade is disclosed. The wire cutter also includes a spring to bias the lever to an â€... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6952876 | Plant clipper with chemical dispenser A clipper and herbicide or other chemical dispenser comprises a pair of pivotal handle members that are squeezed together to operate a shear mechanism and a chemical dispenser that dispenses chemical directly on the end of the cut stem after the stem has been cut. P... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944953 | Corner cutter A cutting tool provides a device for cutting a plate glass corner. The structure includes upper and lower blades which are opened and closed to cut the plate glass. The upper and lower blade edge lines mutually oppose each other to form a cutter body having a scisso... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6877228 | Pliers and method for cutting amorphous light wave guide cables The present invention relates to a method and pliers for cutting amorphous light wave guide cables including a core and at least one insulating sheath. The pliers include a pliers head, a first clamping jaw and a second clamping jaw being arranged in the pliers head... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6647627 | Severing implement with cutting capturing feature An improvement to a severing implement (10) having a pair of relatively movable blade elements (22) (33) that are pivotally connected together as at (52) wherein the improvement comprises a pair of cooperating gripping units (13) (14) for captively engagi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634105 | Shears, particularly hand-held garden or pruning shears or secateurs Shears (1) preferably constructed as hand-held garden or pruning shears or secateurs has two shear elements (8, 9) pivotable against one another about a pivot axis (5) and which have engaging portions (15, 16) for mutual cutting engagement and which in th... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6457238 | Eating utensil An eating utensil with a spoon shell fastened to a handle enables handicapped people, who have, e.g., only one usable hand, to reduce in size pieces of food, e.g., meat, by cutting into bite-sized pieces. To achieve this, the spoon shell (1, 31) and the h... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6434830 | Fastening strap scissors The present invention relates to a pair of fastening strap scissors including two blades pivoted with each other and each having a first end formed with a cutting section and a second secured with a respective handle. The cutting section of each of the tw... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6314647 | One-handed branch-cutting device Finger-actuated device for cutting slender articles at a distance, including a first end including an anvil and a cutting edge articulated about a common axis and arranged to temporarily accept a slender article therebetween, a second end including a hand... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6305086 | Pin cutoff tool A pin cutoff tool employs shears to sever pins. The pin cutoff tool is formed in a pliers-like configuration, with working surfaces formed within the jaws, and a pair of handles situated in working arrangement opposite a pivot point to provide leveraging ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5966815 | Wire cutter with flush cut and holding ability A distal end cutter having a flush cut and hold feature. The distal end cutter includes a pair of jaw members having respective cutting surfaces for cutting a wire, such as an archwire of an orthodontic appliance. Disposed adjacent to one of the cutting s... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5564145 | Ribbon curling tool A tool for curling gift-wrapping ribbon has two arms which are pivotally mounted at one end and have a pad and blade at the other end. Closing the arms clamps a ribbon between the pad and blade and the tool can then be drawn along the ribbon to produce a ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5461784 | Circular-bladed pruning shears with holding action Circular-bladed pruning apparatus with holding action includes a mechanism for securing a severed branch of a plant from the moment the branch is cut until a user chooses to release the branch. A rotatable, indexed, circular blade is included, as well as ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5400452 | Ribbon curling tool A tool for curling gift-wrapping ribbon has two arms which are pivotally mounted at one end and have a pad and blade at the other end. Closing the arms clamps a ribbon between the pad and blade and the tool can then be drawn along the ribbon to produce a ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5261163 | Stem cutting device A stem cutting device for cutting the stems of roses and other plants, which includes a barrel fitted with a handle at one end and a cutting head having a slot at the opposite end, a handle lever pivotally attached to the handle and to a plunger slidably ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5254129 | Arthroscopic resector A hand-held instrument is disclosed for use in surgery. The instrument has a set of opposed jaws that pivot about a common axis with respect to a shaft of the instrument's handle. The upper jaw has an upper blade rigidly affixed to one side thereof. A low... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5235750 | Hand tools Shear-type cutters for hard and/or large thickness workpieces having a pair of shearing-action cutting jaws, laterally abutting each of which jaws is a hold-down clamp member having a hold-down surface positioned opposite the other of said jaws. Each hold... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5203084 | Structure for scissors with pincer-clip An improved structure for a pair of scissors with pincer-clip, especially for the control of the scissors' opening angle when it's opened, and the locking of the scissors when it's closed. This pair of scissors with pincer-clip can achieve its function by... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5189794 | Pair of shears with tongs The structure of the shears with a tongs is that a shears overlaps a tongs. There are rivets at the end of the two handles of the two objects. The center hole of the shears cooperates with the round hole of the pivot. The hole of the overlapped parts of t... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5170559 | Rose-gripping shears A cutting blade (16) of rose-gripping shears cooperates with an anvil (30). A clamping piece (50), which has a clamping plate (52) which rests against the anvil (30) in the closed position, is movable together with the cutting blade (16). The said clampin... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5105543 | Rescue cutting tool A power operated portable cutting tool for rescue work. A cutting head comprises first and second jaw members, each jaw member having a cutting edge portion adjacent one end and a shank portion adjacent the other end. The jaw members are pivotally attache... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5095622 | Clamping scissor apparatus An apparatus is set forth wherein an upper jaw includes a concave recess cooperating with a coaxially aligned planar surface, wherein a bottom jaw provides a cooperating planar clamping surface to cooperate with the upper clamping surface and to effect a ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4934053 | Culinary implement system A culinary implement system for use with hard boiled eggs in the preparation, storage and handling of whole deviled eggs. The implement comprises a bifurcated cutter adapted for engaging the surface of a shelled hard boiled egg for cutting through to the ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4850110 | Scissors with hair holding clamp A pair of cutting scissors is modified to clamp the hair at a particular length so that it can be cut as desired. One of the blades of a pair of scissors is provided with a elongated pad along one side adjacent the cutting edge. A clamp blade is pivotally... | 07/25/1989 |
